Our school teaches Numeracy with the Big Ideas by Professor Di Siemon. The Big Ideas are about creating “number sense” – a person’s general understanding of number and operations along with the ability and inclination to use this understanding in flexible ways to make mathematical judgements and to develop useful and efficient strategies for managing numerical situations. The Big Ideas are the sequential building blocks to "number sense".
Our teachers use a scope and sequence that builds on mathematical understanding. Concepts are built upon and automaticity of times tables and number facts is taught to build to fluency.
Students are support with manipulatives to develop deep understandings all the way from Foundation to Year 6.
In 2024 all teachers undertook Yoshimoto OG Maths training to use multi-sensory manipulatives to teach.
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