Accord day resources
From the Ministry Bulleting for School leaders Accord Teacher Only Days 2021 for secondary schools The first Accord Teacher Only Day 2021 supporting the implementation of the NCEA Change Programme begins today. When Where 11 May Wellington, Otago/Southland 13...
News & updates for Term 2
Kia ora * Talofa lava * Fakaalofa lahi atu * Kia orana * Ni sa bula vinaka * Namaste * Malo e lelei * Kam na Mauri * Talofa koutou * Taloha ni * ni hao ma * Greetings The May update for teachers and kaiako of mathematics and statistics includes information on HOD...
NZ Mathematical Society news
The NZ Mathematical Society promotes the development, application and dissemination of mathematical knowledge in New Zealand and currently focuses mainly on academic things. They publish a quarterly newsletter. Back issues may be found here Page 6 of the current...
Conference grants available
NZAMT 17 : Reach your peak - Whāia te maunga teitei New Plymouth Boys High October 12-14 2021 The New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers, (NZAMT), under the Network of Expertise proposes to support a limited number of its members to the NZAMT 17 Conference in...
Census at School Survey going live May 10th
Did you know, Census At School launches for the 10th time on May 10. The biennial online census for Years 5-13 collects real, relevant student data as part of an international project Register and download the teacher guide for this years census at this...
Ending streaming in Aotearoa
A growing number of schools in Aotearoa New Zealand are removing streaming from their maths programmes. A recently released report from Tokona te raki advocates for the ending of streaming and highlights the journey of 4 schools as they destreamed their classes. The...
Powerful pedagogies
The first in a 3 part blog series from NZARE highlighting popular pedagogical approaches in mathematics was published this week on Ipu kererū In the first post, Judy Bailey focuses on using rich tasks and advocates for students engaging in working with rich tasks...
Women in Engineering in school programmes
The University of Auckland, Women in Engineering Outreach Program introduces high school students to the wide range of exciting opportunities in engineering. They do this mainly by visiting schools and providing free one hour workshops run by 3-4 current engineering...
Draft Level 1 information open for consultation
Today the Ministry of Education Released draft learning matrices, sample course outlines and learning and assessment guides for all Level 1 subjects. You can find all this information for mathematics and statistics on the new NCEA site Download the draft...
Maths in the media
Lots of interesting reading comes through the literacy online feed. Literacy is so important for academic achievement and we all need to be teachers of literacy and language. If students struggle with reading and writing so many things become a challenge. If you wish...