Dr Ange's Blog

If you follow me on Instagram/Facebook you will know that I love playing, and encouraging parents and children, to play board and card games.

Literally, I am yet to come across a game that doesn’t involve maths in some way! 

So, I wanted to share another way that I promoted numeracy at my school. ...

In this week’s blog post I wanted to share some tips on increasing the profile of maths at your school

An important part of our role as Numeracy Leaders, is to increase the profile of Numeracy in our school. One way you can do this is through creating a regular section in the school newsletter.

No...

In this blog post I wanted to share with you some tips on preparing and facilitating a maths parent information night.

I have done a LOT of these over the years (at my own school when I was a Numeracy Leader, and in other schools as a consultant) and wanted to share some of my tips.

1. The audienc...

This week I want to share with you a snapshot of the reading I have been doing around one aspect of this topic. Firstly, I was interested in unpacking my observation that in the extension/enrichment classes there are often more boys than girls.

This is some of the research around this...

When you ...

This week I have been speaking to a few teachers about 'Extension' or 'Enrichment' Maths Programs.

Do you run these at your school?

There were a few issues that popped up as we discussed the pros and cons of these offerings.

1. Boys vs Girls: When you offer these programs do you try to have a bala
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In a previous blog I mentioned the importance of always taking into consideration the amount of time you have been allocated, before you implement change at your school. Time has a major influence on your potential impact…

BUT if you are thinking… I have invested a lot of time into my role and I am...

In my work as a lecturer to pre-service teachers I have the privilege of working with the first year Masters of teaching students. 

In our Masters course, students come from a huge variety of professions. I have taught chiropractors, lawyers, architects... all of whom have heard the calling to begi...

If you follow me on Instagram/Facebook you will know that I love playing, and encouraging parents and children, to play board and card games.

Literally, I am yet to come across a game that doesn’t involve maths in some way!

So, I wanted to share another way that I promoted numeracy at my school. I...

I have been looking in detail at the draft of the new Australian Mathematics Curriculum since its release. I am very passionate about the curriculum, as I believe this document can, and will, shape the way we teach maths over the next decade. This is our chance to really change things up! So, this w...