Mathematics

At Maraetai Beach School mathematics is taught for an average of 60 minutes per day including dedicated lessons as well as integrating maths into other curriculum areas such as science. This helps them to see the relevance of maths and how it connects to real life.

Successful Maraetai Beach School mathematicians:

• Ask questions when they don’t understand

• Explain their thinking so others can understand

• Use different ways to show their solutions

• Revise their thinking when they learn new information or strategies

• Understand that mistakes are learning opportunities

• Value a deep understanding not speed

• Check that their solution is sensible

• Check back in with the problem and what it is asking

• Support other mathematicians to develop their understanding

A typical lesson for Years 1-3 will look like:

Get Started  - 5-10 minutes

Make links to and extend previous learning; introduce new learning with a focussed activity/challenge/problem

Work Time - 15-25 minutes

Small groups of 2-3, independently or as a class explore, develop and consolidate using:

Investigations, ‘low floor-high ceiling tasks’, open-ended tasks, exercises, problem solving or games. Students should be sharing their thinking.

Or

It is targeted teaching that meets learning needs of individuals/groups.

Connect and Reflect- 5-10 minutes

Make connections back to purpose of the lesson

Summarise new learning - discuss, share, analyse

Check understanding

Notice and highlight curiosity, resilience, perseverance, challenge, progress.