During Term 3, teachers spent time working together in grade teams working through an inquiry which focussed on a specific area of number aligned with our term letters. Each team spent time designing assessment tasks supporting the outcomes within the curriculum and then moderating samples to determine what misunderstandings students had. We worked together to plan learning experiences that provided opportunities for students to engage in learning and supported their growth.

When I asked our students about their learning, here is what they had to say:

“Subitising is knowing the number straight away! We do lots of subitising. We play and use toys to subitise them.” Hudson, Daniel and Andrew, Kinder White

“We have been learning about using lady bugs and plussing them and subitising. My favourite is subitising.” Hamish, Prep White

“We have been learning about part-part whole. It’s great! You can break a whole into two parts. It helps with adding.” Jacob and Maisy, Prep/1

“Miss Cato made our math sheets and targeted teaching rotations really fun. We go to use mini whiteboards to draw arrays on. I have learnt about dividing this term. It has to be equal parts.” Georgia, 1/2 White

“I know lots of stuff now. Multiplication is just like adding!” Leo D, 1/2 Navy

“We have been learning about decimals while on the mat. We get to interact with our teacher, and we got to have lots of fun. Decimals are tenths and hundredths.” June, 3/4 Black

“We now know how to cut up pizzas and cakes into fractions. I once tried to cut a cake into thousands, it didn’t work! We have learnt about one fifth, one sixth and lots of other fractions and decimals. We have learnt how to use decimals and how they are similar to fractions.” Oscar and Loui, 3/4 Blue

“Whatever job we get we know we can do it! We have learnt how to turn a fraction into a percentage and decimal.” Millie and Elsa, 5/6 White

Here are some pictures to illustrate the amazing work of our teachers and students.