Mathematics @ GEC
Happy Holidays from the Maths Team!
Thank you to all the Maths staff, students and the parents for an amazing year with Maths this year regardless of the difficulties with Covid and lockdown conditions!
This year in Maths, many exciting opportunities were offered to students. They had the chance to participate in many different fun Maths activities and competitions to improve their mathematical thinking. Some of the highlights were the ‘Pi day’ on 14th March, selected classes participating in the Maths challenge trial organised by the Education Department, Australian Maths Competition, School Maths Olympics, Maths Olympiad and Virtual Maths Games day.
Though these competitions give students an opportunity to extend their mathematical thinking skills, students still have opportunities in class to extend their abilities by always having the mathematical conversations with their peers, exploring the concepts and asking curious questions.
I am proud of all students this year for giving their best and wishing them all a wonderful well deserved Christmas break! Looking forward to meeting you all again next year, which for sure is going to be another exciting year!
To finish off, I would like to share an article that caught my eye recently since I find these findings valuable for a student wellbeing and performance. These are some excerpts from this article:
“Cleare said shame could be really damaging to children, and that the Dutch have a reputation for being open to talking about topics that might be considered more uncomfortable to discuss in other countries.”
“Cleare said the Dutch had a reputation for “valuing diversity [and] being very inclusive.”
This kind of approach to parenting was important, she said, given how much pressure children now encounter both academically and socially, in terms of social media.
“So I think that growing up in a culture where everyone’s unique gifts are celebrated, and children feel like they can be who they want to be, and they’re not being judged, is likely to make friendships more positive, playground culture more positive, and is going to help children’s happiness levels,” she said.”
(Image source: https://www.openaccess.edu.au/news/happy-holidays-2021)
Arivu Kumaran
Maths Learning Area Leader