Making Mathematical Connections – for teachers and SSOs – 27th March at East Adelaide School

Have you ever wished that maths made more sense, either for yourself or for kids that you work with? This is the day you have been waiting for. Come along and use hands-on materials to explore and learn about how concepts are connected. Leave feeling more confident in your own understanding, and in your ability to help kids to really “get” maths. This course is suitable for teachers and for student support officers.

Together we will:

• Explore concepts using hands-on materials and drawing
• Examine student work samples and find misconceptions
• Unpack and play simple games to help build skills
• Answer your real, honest questions, about any areas of maths that you find tricky

You will be provided with more than 60 different games and tasks to use the next day, including:

• Game templates and instructions
• Card sets and instructions
• Placemats for fluency tasks and instructions

You will also take home:

• Some hands-on materials to get you started
• Questions to use with students to find out where they are stuck

There will also be an option for watching Tierney teach a group of students

This will depend on the time needed for addressing your questions – you will be asked to vote on taking this option during the course.