Mathematics
Building Numeracy Leadership
Building Numeracy Leadership (BNL) aims to extend teacher’s knowledge and capabilities to enhance the numeracy outcomes of students in Early Action for Success (EAfS) schools. The professional learning of BNL is based on evidence from research, school and state-wide data. It strives to build the pedagogical and mathematical knowledge of teachers, enhancing their knowledge and practices in areas such as:
· Embedding working mathematically (the mathematical proficiencies)
· The big ideas in number
· Designing, implementing and evaluating rich tasks
· Developing classroom environments that enhance student engagement
· Assessment for and of learning.
Our classrooms plan for number talks in to build on students' number sense. The emphasis is not on gaining an answer to a mathematical problem, but discussing how students obtain the answer.
The study of mathematics is mandatory from Kindergarten to Year 10.
By studying mathematics, students learn to work mathematically – developing fluency, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning and communication skills.
The syllabus consists of the following strands:
- number and algebra
- measurement and geometry
- statistics and probability.