K - Yr 6 Learning 

Book your Parent Teacher Interviews Through Compass

Year 1-6 Interviews in Week 5 & Week 6

Kindergarten Interviews in Week 8 & Week 9

MaST  Project - Mathematics

The MaST project, a Mathematics improvement strategy implemented by the Armidale Catholic Schools Office across the Armidale Diocese. Our Infants classes at St Mary's began this journey last year and our primary students and staff have begun with great enthusiasm in 2024.

Year 3-6 are investigating 3D objects, needing to visualise, sketch and construct a range of 3D objects including prisms and pyramids. 

 Research has shown that -

1) Student motivation has increased during learning with the CPA approach, 

2) The performance of problem-solving in students subjected to learning with the CPA approach is better than the performance of problem-solving in students subjected to learning with conventional approaches, and 

3) Students' problem-solving performance improves after being subjected to learning by the CPA approach.

(CPA) The Concrete Pictorial Abstract - approach is a system of learning that uses physical and visual aids to build a child's understanding of abstract topics.

Kindergarten - 2D Space

Kindergarten have completed a unit of work on 2D Shapes. It is important that students experience shapes that are represented in a variety of ways, eg 'tall skinny' triangles, 'short fat' triangles, right-angled triangles presented in different orientations and of different sizes, and shapes that are represented using a variety of materials, eg paint, images on the computer or use string.  Students should be given time to explore materials in order to represent shapes by tearing, painting, drawing, writing, or cutting and pasting.

Stage 1 - 2D Shapes

Stage 1 have been learning to recognise, describe and represent shapes including quadrilaterals and other common polygons before moving onto Representing Whole Numbers. Did you know ...

'Quadrilateral' comes from the Latin quadrilaterus, meaning four sides or flanks. Squares and rectangles are examples of quadrilaterals.

Year 4 Maths - Representing Numbers using Place Value - Tips for parents:

Rounding can be a very challenging concept for many students. Most of the time students try to memorise the rules: if the number to the right is less than 5, round down; if it is 5 or greater, round up. This is a good rule if students are rounding a bunch of numbers on a worksheet for rote practice but not when they are trying to relate rounding to estimating or real-world concepts. The more you practise rounding in everyday situations with your child, the more links to estimating will occur.

We really want students to see the entire number and how that number relates to other numbers near it. Increasing children's understanding of rounding will develop their number sense at a deeper level.  It helps for children to make connections to numbers and see logical progression between numbers.  Below are several rounding games/activities to play with your children to develop their rounding skills and build their number sense.