Spotlight on Learning  Room 2

Welcome to week 3! It has been a busy week for Room 2. This week, we have focused on exploring ‘What is a Mathematician? And what do Mathematicians do?

Creating a classroom that fosters a positive disposition towards Mathematics, supports our learners in the classroom by encouraging students to take risks in their learning, challenge themselves, persist and keep trying, even when we “make a mistake”. 

We started with a survey to support our classmates in sharing their thoughts and feelings towards Mathematics at this moment.

Throughout the week we as a group we have learnt…

• Our brains are like a muscle, the more we try and practice, the more we will learn, and our brains will “grow”.

   

• Mathematicians understand that mistakes are okay and help us learn. 

   

• Mathematicians say positive statements to themselves including “I will not give up”, “I can keep trying”, “I can’t do it yet, but I will keep going”.

   

• Mathematicians stick to it. 

We can’t wait to see what the rest of the term brings.

Katrina Finis and Vanessa Toogood

Reception/ Year 1 - Room 2