NEX national newsletter
This Term's National newsletter is the last one under the current Networks of Expertise funding. Highlights from the newsletter : PC4G: a competition for Year 10 girls with or without prior programming experience, but who are recognised by their teachers or peers as...
News from across the ditch
This week kiwis can spread their wings and fly to Australia 🙂 In this post we share the October newsletter from the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) In the Newsletter is information about Maths Mastery webinars ($) Ritangle. an online maths...
Breaking down the silos: Integrating mathematics and statistics with other curriculum areas
Guest post from Dr Pip Arnold: Pip is an accredited PLD facilitator and a member of the AMA executive. The ideas in this post are from Pip’s perspective and experiences and may not represent the views of others on the AMA executive. "One of the guiding principles of...
7 sites for maths class
We are often looking for ideas to have students work purposefully for short or longer bursts. This post has a collection of seven sites that you and your students could work on independently, in pairs, small groups or as whole class. They can also be used to develop...
What does the research say about homework at primary and secondary school?
Grab a coffee and tune into the Education Hub Webinar on Tuesday 29 September at 9.00am and hear from Professor Cathy Vatterott (University of Missouri-St. Louis), an international expert in homework, as she discusses the research evidence on homework. The webinar...
Kalman Fellowship: Time for a project
Do you have a teaching innovation that you would just love some time to be able to develop? Then the Kalman Teacher Fellowships might be for you. There are five Fellowships available for the 2020/21 year. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 5pm on MONDAY 21st SEPTEMBER...
#AMAonline Term 3 Saturday morning
Mahuru 12, Rahoroi | Saturday September 12 What a wonderful morning we have had with 401 teachers registered from across Aotearoa registering. 🙂 The wordle above was made during Michelle Dalrymple's session using Poll Everywhere similar tool to menti.com Resources...
Keeping you in the loop
Kāonga (spring) update from the networks of expertise & your local kaiārahi. If you would like to view past emails and or subscribe to our mailist click here. In the latest upate for years 7-13 Information from NZQA re the MCAT which you may have seen Call for...
Additional changes to NCEA
Extract from the Ministry of Education;s bulletin for school leaders ..... Additional support for NCEA students due to continuing COVID disruption Minister Hipkins announced this afternoon additional support for senior secondary students and further changes to NCEA...
Census at School news
This week from Rachel Chris & Anne It's such a great time to be teaching Statistics. With risk assessment, data and opinions colliding on social media (Covid-19, climate change, etc), there has never been a more important time to demonstrate how facts can be...