The Nurlendi News

Mathematics

Hello VPS families, and welcome to the Numeracy section of the Nurlendi News! This is where we’ll share exciting resources, fun games, and practical ideas and updates you can enjoy at home with your children to support their mathematical learning.

Maths Curriculum Day - Wednesday, August 13

On Wednesday, our teachers participated in a full-day professional learning workshop with Anna Kapnoullas from TopTen Mathematics, focusing on Multiplicative Thinking. They explored practical, hands-on strategies for teaching multiplication and division—progressing from early concepts like repeated addition and skip-counting to more advanced skills such as multi-digit multiplication, multiplying decimals, and division techniques. This training has equipped our staff with fresh approaches to designing engaging lessons that build problem-solving skills and boost mathematical confidence in every student.

Helping Your Child with Maths at Home

Supporting your child’s Maths learning doesn’t have to mean working through worksheets. You can help build confidence by making Maths part of everyday life.

  • Measure ingredients, work out change, estimate travel times, or compare prices.
  • Encourage your child to explain their thinking, not just give the answer.
  • Use real-world problems to make Maths meaningful and fun.
  • Keep Maths positive, praise effort and persistence.
  • Remind them that mistakes help us learn.

Math Riddles 

I’m an even number between 10 and 20.My digits add to 5, and I’m not a multiple of 3. What number am I?

 

The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 87. What are the numbers?

 

I’m a two-digit number. When you reverse my digits, the new number is 27 more than me. Also, my digits add to 11. What number am I?

Maths Parent Videos

The students at Vermont Primary School have developed a large set of instructional videos which are designed to help parents work with their children on Maths at home.

To access the videos go to https://au.accessit.online/VRM00/#!landingPage.

Your username is your child's Student ID Number. The password is vpsread. 

 

Have a look and we're sure you'll find them useful!