What’s happening in Maths at LC?

There has been lots of positive changes in Maths this year! We welcome Monica Planko, Brandon Gosens and Acacia Novak to the Maths team. Lots of planning and teamwork has been done by our staff and our VCE teachers have already attended professional development! Please feel free to contact your child’s teacher.

Our teaching teams this year are:

Year 7

7A

7B

7C

7D

7E

7F

7G

7H

DKI

Daniel King

MPL

Monica Planko

KSP

Kirsty

Speirs

JRA

Justin Rea

ANO

Acacia Novak

NTA

Nicole Taylor

MPL

Monica Planko

RVA

Rani Varughese

Year 8

8A

8B

8C

8D

8E

8F

8G

LHU

Linda Huynh

AHL

Ali Hilli

CRN

Caleb Rennie

EJO

Ebony Jozsa

KSP

Kirsty Speirs

DKI/FMI

Daniel King/

Fiona Milkins

EJO/AHL

Ebony Jozsa

Ali Hilli

Year 9

Targeted	Standard	Advanced
Brett Bailey/Monica Planko	Caleb Rennie – MSM.A	Rani Varughese – MAM.B
	Caleb Rennie – MSM.C	Ali Hilli – MAM.A
	Ebony Jozsa – MSM.D
	Ebony Jozsa – MSM.B

Year 10

Targeted	Pre-CAL	Standard	Advanced
Monica Planko	Caleb Rennie	Daniel King – MSM.B	Ebony Jozsa - MAM.A
		Linda Huynh – MSM.C	Ali Hilli – MAM.B
		Linda Huynh – MSM.A
		Brandon Gosens – MSM.D

VCE and VCAL

Year 11 General	Justin Rea – MGM.A Rani Varughese – MGM.C Brandon Gosens – MGM.B
Year 11 Methods	Rani Varughese
Year 11 Foundation	Justin Rea – MFM.A Sarah Giessler – MFM.B
Year 12 Further	Justin Rea – MFM.B Rani Varughese – MFM.C Ali Hilli – MFM.A
Year 12 Methods	Caleb Rennie
VCAL Numeracy	Trevor Cox – 12VCSNUM.B Sarah Giessler – 12VCSNUM.A

What’s happening in our classrooms?

The Year 7 students are currently revising their negative number skills. Building on their prior knowledge, students are learning how to multiply and divide using positive and negative integers and applying their BIDMAS skills. We have been lucky enough to have a member of our Numeracy Team create YouTube clips explaining each skill and providing examples. The links for Year 7 are below – they are a great tool for students to watch at home and may assist with understanding.

Number Line	https://www.mathsisfun.com/number-line.html
BIDMAS	https://youtu.be/WkHBnCe9L_U
Integers (whole numbers)	https://youtu.be/0PVT6GONGbA
Adding and subtracting positive integers	https://youtu.be/OHkOvt_V-WQ
Adding and subtracting negative integers	https://youtu.be/SQm3GibyLo4
Multiplying and dividing integers	https://youtu.be/vWXf23MHu24
Order of operations involving positive and negative integers	https://youtu.be/6wNw8z4smRg
Substituting integers	https://youtu.be/zJZaOUiKdeE

The Year 8 students are revising key skills related to the topic of algebra. Students have been revising BIDMAS, substituting numerical values for pronumerals (letters), simplifying by identifying like terms and expanding brackets. Students will move on to the new topic of factorizing shortly! The Year students are also lucky to have revision video clips made exclusively for them by our Numeracy Enrichment Team. The links for Year 8 are below – they are a great tool for students to watch at home and may assist with understanding.

Introduction to Like Terms	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__b_RVOUds&feature=youtu.be
Identifying Like Terms	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-d0co49Oo&feature=youtu.be
Simplifying Like Terms	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioVq3DEiHSc&feature=youtu.be
Key Algebra Vocabulary	https://youtu.be/7Wt7wlmLRIo
BIDMAS Revision	https://youtu.be/WkHBnCe9L_U
Substitution	https://youtu.be/waBU9urMXu8

Essential Assessment

All our Year 7 and 8 students and students in the Year 9 and 10 Targeted Maths classes have access to Essential Assessment. The electronic program is designed for students to practise key skills at the level they are learning at. All students have been given their login details and the program can be accessed at home. Email the classroom teacher if there are login issues.

Numeracy Enrichment Program (NEP)

We all know that we spent large chunks of Term 2 and 3 in 2020 at home learning remotely. During this time our Numeracy Team set up a Numeracy Enrichment Program (NEP), supporting students with their learning in Maths. During Term 4, schools across Victoria have been focused on supporting students’ mental health and wellbeing, in addition to assisting students to readjust to on-site learning. Teachers have also been focusing on assessing student learning, addressing individual learning gaps and identifying those students who need extra support for their learning, using classroom-based observation and assessments.

We know that the remote learning experience was different for every student. While some students thrived, some students may not have engaged as fully with remote learning. For most of our students, regular high-quality teaching in 2021 will be enough to help them progress to the expected level of learning. Some students will benefit from additional intensive learning support in 2021.

We have received funding to build on the program we set up last year and have a range of tutors who will support students. Our tutors for 2021 are Daniel Board, Grace Matthews, Grace Wilson, Ben van Dyk, Lochie Francis, Lauren Akers and Mugsy Mootka. We look forward to support they will offer our students with their numeracy skills. More details to come!

On March 14th it is the International Day of Mathematics (IDM)! The theme for 2021 is ‘Mathematics for a Better World’. The organisation has created a poster competition for people to enter. Head to https://www.idm314.org/2021-poster-challenge.html - participants have up until March the 1st to enter.

Useful Resources for Maths

Maths is Fun: https://www.mathsisfun.com/

Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/

Maths Drills: https://www.math-drills.com/

Community

Latrobe City Youth Council

Latrobe Street Games

Saver Plus