Literacy and Numeracy
MATHEMATICS DURING REMOTE LEARNING - WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS SAY ARE THE POSITIVES?
As we enter another week of Remote Learning I invite you to take the time to reflect on how your mathematics learning is going. What has gone well? What has been challenging? What has been a new experience?
Whilst it is easy to focus on the negatives about completing mathematics tasks in Remote Learning I have been very interested in listening to some of the students talk about what they have enjoyed about Mathematics during Remote Learning. At this challenging time, I thought it would be great if these comments were available for everyone to hear.
From the students
- I love working with mum and dad on my tasks - sometimes they don't know all the answers and I get to explain it to them
- Being able to work at my own pace helps the learning stay in my brain
- Discussing questions with my friends on a Hangout and on the phone helps me understand some questions
- I like not worrying about whether the other students are looking at me and judging me
- Sometimes it easier to ask for help now than it is in the classroom
- If I do my maths task first I get it out of the way
Thanks
Josh Crowe
Numeracy Leader
joshua.crowe@sjvermont.catholic.edu.au
National Science Week
This week is Australia's National Science week. During this week we celebrate and recognise the importance of science and technology in our daily lives as well as the extraordinary developments in these areas that are contributing to our health and wellbeing. The theme for schools for 2021 is Food: Different by design.
Follow this link to try these science projects at home and get involved in some fun, hands on learning and discoveries:
https://www.scienceweek.net.au/diy-science/
Book Week 2021
The Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week will be celebrated from 21st - 27th August. The theme this year is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds. During this week, we acknowledge the amazing work of authors and illustrators. Follow this link to discover this year's shortlisted books. You may have these titles at home or may be able to access them via local library website or our e-platform. Happy reading everyone!
https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2021
Premiers' Reading Challenge 2021
Well done to all of our students that have been enjoying their reading and recording all the books that they have read! Keep up the great work!
We still have a few weeks to complete the challenge. Looking forward to watching your progress.
Please contact me if you have any questions
Mrs. Cathy Dimitrakopoulos