Assistant Principal Report 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Explore maths every day: The power of maths for young children

Monday 

Make collections:

Collect objects from the outdoors, like stones, leaves or twigs 

Sort them into groups and count how many items are in each group 

How many items are there in your favourite collection?

Tuesday 

Try measuring:

Explore ways of measuring using sticks, foot prints or hand lengths 

Measure the height of people in your family 

Who is the tallest? Who is the shortest?

Wednesday 

Work out ways to measure ingredients for a recipe:

Explore ways of measuring using a cup, a jug, a teaspoon and a tablespoon

If you have kitchen scales weigh different foods such as a packet of flour, 

a bag of rice or some vegetables

Put the things you have weighed in order from lightest to heaviest. 

Thursday 

Think of ways of moving with maths outdoors:

Find ways to balance your weight with a friend on the see-saw 

How many steps does it take to get from the park bench to the slide? 

What other maths games can you play in the playground? 

Friday 

Find patterns:

Try following a pattern someone else has started and continue the pattern on 

your own

Make a pattern using pebbles, pegs or pieces of coloured paper

What patterns can you see around you? 

Saturday 

Stack building blocks:

Build a tower as high as you can

Can you build a tower that is taller than you are?

What other structures can you make with building blocks?

Sunday 

Seek out shapes:

Start and finish a jigsaw puzzle

Find four or more different shapes in your house

Draw some of the shapes you can see inside your house.

Assistant Principal

Dani Bird