What's on

By -
The longest night is behind us and its time to look forward to the days getting longer and the calendar of events for Term 3

Kalman Awards - apply now! 
The Margaret and John Kalman CharitableTrust is again generously supporting the achievements of secondary Mathematics and Statistics teachers in the Auckland region. John Kalman was a professor of Mathematics at the University of Auckland from 1964 to 1993, and a leading promoter of Mathematics in New Zealand.

The inaugural winners  were Subash Chandar K, Ormiston College and Mala Nataraj, Selwyn College. They each received a prize of $5000 from the Margaret and John Kalman Trust. In addition they spent a day at the Department with 30 of their students.
Students made Enigma machines with Pringles tubes and conjectured and generalised about “stacks of cans”. Tanya Evans spoke about employment and careers for those with a Mathematics degree and students were intrigued to view and learn about a Gomboc. One student made a ‘vlog’ about her experience that featured interviews with members of the Department and showcasing her Enigma machine and the Gomboc. They also visited the Unleashed Space in the Department of Engineering. This space includes Maker Space which houses the latest 3-D printers, laser cutters and much more. The day concluded with a Maths Trail around Albert Park


Applications will be accepted from individual teachers and groups of teachers from Secondary schools in the Auckland Council region.
Details may be found here .
Applications must be received by 5pm July 30th

Kohia Exam Papers: order now for delivery July 20
Practice exam papers will be available for each of the mathematics and statistics externals for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Statistics and Calculus.
orders can be placed now for delivery from July 20th


Australian Maths Competition: August 9
Entries close Friday July 6th. Use this link if you have yet to register or have extra students you would like to register for the competition.

 Derek Glover, has taken over from the late Alan Parris as the new national director for the Australian Maths competition. Email Derek if you have any questions about the competition.  derekglovereducation@gmail.com

Maths Week August 13-17


Maths week is turning 21 in 2018. Lets celebrate by topping the2017 numbers where 297,258 students and 4,882 teachers took part.

Registrations are open https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/registration

Image result for image for balloons 21Image result for image for balloons 21Image result for image for balloons 21

This years topics include:
The Golden Ratio, A.I., The Largest Prime Number, LOP codes, Noughts and Crosses, The Maths Chase, Indices Cycle Race, Maths Millionaire interactive, Daily Dollar Questions, Maths Games.



AMA Casio-Mathex August 22 & 23
August 22nd  (Years 9 &10)  
August 23rd (Years 7 & 8) 

The AMA Casio Mathex competition is one of the largest maths events in the country. Almost 2000 students attend the  each year.  
Make sure you don't miss out by getting your registrations in early. Schools may enter up to two teams from each year level. Entry is free to AMA and PMA member schools.
The event is again being held at the recently renamed  Barfoot & Thompson stadium, Kohimaramara Rd Rd. (at Selwyn
College)

2017 Casio Mathex Final in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooM4uAFtcyo


AMA Saturday morning  September 1.
Where: Faculty if Education & Social Work, THe University of Auckland, Epsom Ave
When: 8.30 am - noon, September 1
$5 Koha


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Seven Sites to build rich mathematical discussions

By -
We are often looking for ideas to have students work purposefully for short or longer bursts. This post has a collection of  seven sites that you and your students could work on independently, in pairs, small groups or as whole class  Would you rather ?  Would you rather began as a way for John Stevens to start his classes. It has evolved into a large collection of graded problems that ask students to choose an option and justify their choice using maths.  Visual Patterns.org A collection of over 400 patterns to begin rich discussions which can lead to a generalisation for the pattern. Collated by Fawn Nguyen , On the sidebar of her blog you will find links to others sites. Open Middle A huge collection of  problems sorted by topic and grade level. Open middle problems start and finish at the same point but offer multiple pathways through. Put together by    Nanette Johns on and Robert Kaplinsky Estimation 180 This site is curated by Andrew Stadel, a teacher and Mathematics Coach in C
Read more

RISKing Success

By -
Image
Happy hump day - of course hump day means that there is not long until our students are leaving to write their exams. With that comes plenty of practice tests. I wonder what effect the results of these tests have on students mindset and motivation especially those that continually get Not Achieved ? Stiggins (2007) suggests we should look at the effect of assessment from the students point of view. from his research he notes that: For students who are succeeding For students who are Not Achieving Assessment Results Reinforce success Reinforce failure Which makes them feel Hopeful & optimistic Useless They think I am in control I can’t do this Feedback helps me Feedback is more criticism They become more likely to Revise Quit Take initiative Avoid doing anything Keep going when the going gets hard Simply give
Read more

Three quarters of 2016 ...

By -
Image
... Gone. It seems hard to believe that three quarters of 2016 is behind us. As I look back over the year there are so many things I planned to do and didn't quite get to. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1003733/images/n-STRESS-TIPS-628x314.jpg Planning for the last quarter includes completing some new learning. Here I have highlighted some of the more popular online courses that are relevant to us as maths & stats teachers in NZ. For Students As senior students head into exams its worth having them think about how they learn best. The most popular MOOC on Coursera is  Learning How to learn.   The course started this week  (September 12) registrations are still open.   https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn 5 options for teachers  1. FutureLearn: Data to Insight https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/data-to-insight This course is presented by Chris Wild from The University of Auckland. It is full of really powerful ideas for teachers both in t
Read more