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Learning more about Angles in Yr 7
Year 7 have started the year revising angle names and types, and learning about supplementary and complementary angles, and angles in parallel lines. They have used their iPads and the Field...
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New Year 7 students arrived in February with a range of prior learning and experience about perimeter and area of shapes. They have all expanded their knowledge and have completed a range of tasks to...
View ArticleYear 9 Pythagoras
Students in Year 9 started the year learning about Pythagoras’ theorem. They recorded their explanations of how they solved problems. Here ‘s an example: Pythagoras 1
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Year 7 Sharing their Learning
Year 7 have created Maths posters to show some of the new maths terms and ideas they have been learning. These will be displayed on the digital display screens around the school in the coming weeks....
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Year 11 Creating with Desmos
Tim Johnson gave his Year 11 Math Methods students the opportunity to apply what they have been learning about functions, domains and ranges with some Desmos art. He’s put together a great task that...
View ArticleLearning about Data
As an introduction to Yr 7 students thinking about data they created an All About Me video (inspired by Dan Meyer’s Annual Report) including data about themselves. Some used Keynote, some iMovie and...
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Patterns and Algebra
As part of learning about algebra, students created their own patterns and then worked towards finding the rule (equation) that would allow someone to build a larger step of the pattern. While students...
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Garden Beds
As part of their assessment, Yr 7s completed a task where they had to consider different shaped garden beds that all covered the same area, choose one, then calculate the volume of soil needed to fill...
View ArticleCrossing the River with Yr 8
This year a version of the well known Crossing the River task formed the basis of the Yr 8 Algebra problem solving assessment task. Several students took full advantage of the power of their iPads to...
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Designing with Desmos
desmos is a fantastic website (and they have an app) for students to use to help learn about graphing. We use it at several year levels. This time it is yr 10 Advanced Maths learning about graphs of...
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