Category: Blog

Maths with Dominoes

This is the first is a series of blogs for parents and others at home with children. Dominoes are usually easy to find and inexpensive,...

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Chocs in Boxes

Have you been to a supermarket recently? While there may be shortages of essentials, they still have substantial stocks of some items … like chocolates!...

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Extraordinary Times

We are thinking of the uncertainties facing schools in these extraordinary times and, in particular, are hoping that you are managing to stay as well...

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Waiting for Hugo

A friend just introduced me to this lovely story book about a special little boy who loves to count. Everybody has to wait while he...

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What do they know?

Differentiation and Place Value for Years 5 - 7 Recently a teacher showed me a page from her booklet on getting to know the students’...

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Pesky Flies

I had a great week working with the dedicated teachers in Ernabella last week. It was hot and the sticky little flies were everywhere. Fortunately,...

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Where’s Stripey?

Its early in the year and no doubt your focus is on number sense, trusting the count and place value. That's my focus too, so...

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