Whole School Numeracy

This Month in Maths

Students have had a great start of the year in Maths, applying their prior knowledge to developing new skills. VCE students are settling into their final years, and are developing good work habits. Years 7 – 10 have all had their first performance task and are on to their next topics. We encourage you to talk about these at home with your child.

Year 7 – Whole Number, factors and multiples

Year 8 – The Cartesian Plan

Year 9 – Pythagoras’ Theorem

Year 10 – Linear Relationships

Mrs Stacee Dobson

Maths KLA Leader

Maths Help

Maths teachers at Mornington Secondary College are always looking for ways to support students. One of the ways in which we do this is by offering lunch Maths help, staffed by volunteer Maths teachers. This support is open to all students. Any student who feels as though they require extra support are encouraged to attend. We have set up separate spaces for Junior and Senior students.

Junior (7-9) Maths Support:

Tuesday and Thursday in LC1A

Senior (10-12) Maths Support:

Tuesday and Friday in R6

Enrichment Program (RST)

In the Classroom

Year 9 students have been studying Financial Mathematics in class. In this lesson students were developing their understanding of percentages. A hands on activity was selected which offers opportunity for students to verbalise the principles behind a percent calculation. The lesson pivots on students discussing and justifying their calculations and, in their own time, developing short cuts. From the beginning, calculators are used in partnership with the discussion to allow students to test their hypotheses in a non-threatening way. Our students were able to explore the concept of percentages and develop communication skills by designing a mini lesson to teach the concept to younger students. From here students moved on to complete problems of profit, discounts and tax, before completing an assignment on Buying a Car.