Invitation to Math Workshop

Elementary School Mathematics Workshop

Mark your calendars for the morning of Wednesday March 2nd.   We hope to build on the success of last year's math day.  So please join your children in their classrooms for our second parent –student math open day.

You are invited to participate in one of our regular math workshops sessions. During the session we will play some of our interactive math games on the computers and the whiteboard. This is an opportunity for you to deepen your understanding of our constructivist approach to mathematics as your children move through the school. We hope to do this in a way that will be informative and fun for you and your children.

We will offer two sessions. The first will be from 9:00-9:40, when prep, grade one and grade two will be open for parents. The second will be from 9:45 - 10:25, when grades three, four and five will be open for parents

For parents who arrive early or who finish the session early we will be serving coffee in the foyer from 9:00-10:30.  This will be a good opportunity for you to socalise with other parents. Please check out our in-house television screen over your coffee. You will see some of our budding mathematicians demonstrating their learning.

 We look forward to seeing you there.

Teresa Coffey

 Deputy Principal

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Math Invesigations

Math Investigations

Measuring and Counting

Unit 4

Focus Points for Investigation 4:

Linear Measurement: Understanding length and using linear units:

Understanding what length is
Comparing lengths of different objects
Developing strategies for measuring the length of an object

Counting and Quantity: Developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by ones:


Connecting number words, numerals and quantities
Keeping track of a growing set of objects
Developing and analyzing visual images for quantities up to ten

Whole Number Operations:
Making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with small numbers

Combining two amounts
Decomposing numbers in different ways
Adding to or subtracting from one quantity to make another quantity
Exploring combinations of a number (e.g. 6 is 3 and 3 and also 5 and 1)

Counting and Quantity:

Developing an understanding of the magnitude and postion of numbers:

Comparing two quantities to determine which is more

Whole Number Operations:

Using manipulatives, drawings, tools and notation to show strategies and solutions:
Recording measurements with pictures, numbers and/or words
Using numbers to represent quantities and record how many

Welcome back!

We hope you and your family had

a restful, fun break.

It’s good to see everyone again.

A big welcome to our new student, Jamie, in Prep 2!