Mathematics 3186

Dear Parents and Carers,

Congratulations to all the students who participated in The Australian Mathematics Competition this year. The results have been processed and in the coming weeks, students will receive a copy of their results and a certificate.

Maths At Home Tip

Mathematical thinking and reasoning

Questions in maths encourage mathematical thinking. By posing questions, children begin to think about and explore the possibilities. Therefore, start asking questions, you don’t have to know the answers! Nor do you have to know how to get there. Just ask questions and let your child think it through.

Here are some examples:

• What thinking did you use to get this far?

• What else could you try, is there another way?

• What could the next step be?

• How could you find out more about what to do?

• Do you think others may do something different?

Resource: www.mav.vic.edu.au

Your child now has take-home access to Mathletics, a targeted, rewarding and captivating online learning resource, which is aligned to curriculum standards. We have put together an easy to follow collection of support resources to make using Mathletics at home as simple as possible for both parents/guardian and your children.

https://www.mathletics.com/au/

Classroom teachers will be assigning students activities to be completed. Teachers will inform your child which activities they wish them to complete. In the interim we invite you to login into Mathletics using your child’s login details and explore the Mathletics website.

One of the features of Mathletics is the Live Mathletics Dashboard. When in Live Mathletics students challenge others around the world from the pool of students currently online. To make sure the race is a fair contest, students are only matched with those on the same ranking.

If there are any concerns with logging in please email either your child’s classroom teacher or myself.

ccorio@stjamesbrighton.catholic.edu.au

Carmelina Corio

Numeracy Leader