Dr Ange's Blog

On the school holidays I had the pleasure of spending four days in beautiful Newcastle in New South Wales. I was attending the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) conference presenting a research paper titled “Rethinking the Number Magnitude-based Progression: An Analysis of ...

One of my top 5 TV shows of all time is Season 1 and 2 of Ted Lasso (I found Season 3 a little disappointing!). Originally I thought Ted was a sports related TV documentary. I think if I knew it was a drama I might not have watched, so it was fortuitous that I was misinformed!

The basic plot is tha...

I love to read! I have many many books on the go at once. Most are related to the teaching of maths, some to sport, and others to 'self-improvement'. I love books written by experts in particular fields. So basically, as soon as I see something written by someone with a PhD, I am in!

I know first h...

My favourite children’s TV show (and quite possibly favourite show, (apart from Ted Lasso) is ‘Bluey’. It is an Australian animated show that illustrates family life in the most beautiful way. The characters- adults and children- speak to each other with love, respect, humour, and a genuine sense of...

The other day I dropped my son at my mum and dad’s house. They look after him on a Thursday while I work. Thursday is his 'equal favourite' day of the week (equally as exciting as Tuesdays, when he visits his other Grandparents!). He spends the day being doted on and eating much more sugar than he i...

I am not sure about you, but I am a little late to the 'Numberblocks' TV series world! You would think with 4 children and my interest in maths education, I might be all over, this but I wasn’t! My children have spent many hours watching 'Bluey' (which I absolutely love), but I had not discovered 'N...

When a school joins my Numeracy Teachers Academy, I offer to conduct a maths 'audit' with the leaders to gauge the 'current state of affairs' in their teaching and learning of Numeracy.

Over the past 2.5 years I have worked with many schools and one of the most common issues leaders share is someth...

You may be aware that my PhD research looked at designing an assessment for whole number place value. At the end of the four years I had created a valid and reliable paper and pen (and online) assessment called the Place Value Assessment Tool (PVAT). In many schools I am introduced as "This is Ange....

If you follow AFL football you will know it has been an interesting start to the 2023 season. Some of the teams who finished quite 'low' on the ladder last year have had a promising start to the year. One such team is Essendon. I hear a fair bit about Essendon’s season as my husband is a keen suppor...

I have written before about how as a Numeracy Leader I often felt like an imposter. I felt like I didn’t have the knowledge, experience and leadership qualities I needed to be successful in the role. Looking back I can see that this is a very common feeling to experience, and one I have observed in ...

Every night, my husband, children and I each share one thing we are grateful for from our day. This ritual started many years ago when I was lucky enough to listen to an amazing presentation by Hugh van Cuylenburg from the Resilience Project. Hugh shared the importance of feeling and acknowledging g...

If you have been reading my blogs this term you may remember that I wrote about a great family night out playing Bingo at the local bowls club. if you missed it, you can read this blog here.

Bingo has always been one of my favourite maths games to play with F–2 students in the classroom. It provide...