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Term 1, 2013 Welcome to Maths links

This issue …

Preparing for the new NSW K−10 syllabus

2013 CensusAtSchool

ISLP poster competition

Targeting Early Numeracy

Maths Extension 1 TPL

A blast from the past

Quick links

NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum

K-6 curriculum support

7-12 curriculum support

Count me in too

Counting on

TaLe

DEC staff portal

NSW HSC online

Board of Studies NSW

MANSW

Contacts

Primary

Secondary

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Preparing for the new NSW K−10 syllabus

The NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum website (*DEC Intranet) provides support for schools in implementing the new NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum. Here teachers can access implementation advice, the curriculum implementation timeline, professional learning, resources and FAQs.

(* To access this site from outside the DEC network, login to the portal, go to the My websites tab and then click on the Australian Curriculum NSW link.)

Your school and the mathematics K−10 syllabus provides five hours of institute registered professional learning for teachers as they engage with the new syllabus and commence planning for its implementation.

It is preferable that participants in this course collaborate with a small team of colleagues. An experienced teacher or supervisor may lead a

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faculty or group of teachers through the course as a presenter.

Ask your principal to schedule an event on My PL@Edu [Course code 151CLC028] at your school.

Building capacity resources have been developed to enhance teachers' understanding of aspects of the mathematics syllabus that are new or may be challenging. They are intended to be used for professional learning and to complement familiarisation with the new syllabuses.

Mathematics K−6 resources include:

Teaching fractions: A primary concern (.pdf 77MB)

Teaching data: Stage 3 dot plots (.pdf 0.43MB)

Using the numeracy continuum with the new syllabus (.pdf 12.67MB)

Mathematics 7−10 resources include:

Shaping statistics in Stage 4 (.pdf 0.75MB)

Shaping statistics in Stage 5 (.pdf 0.76MB)

Syllabus bites is a series of learning objects to support student learning in the new NSW K−10 syllabus for the Australian curriculum. Titles currently available include:

Syllabus bites: Dot plots and two-way tables (Stage 3)

Syllabus bites: Cartesian coordinate system (Stage 3)

Syllabus bites: Mixing it up (Stage 4)

Syllabus bites: Turbo turning (Stage 4)

Syllabus bites: Flipping and sliding (Stage 4)

Syllabus bites Frenzied flipping (Stage 4)

Syllabus bites: Speedy sliding (Stage 4)

Watch this space for news of further support materials.

2013 CensusAtSchool

CensusAtSchool is a free, fun and easy way for teachers to integrate statistics and probability into the classroom, as well as a practical way to help students understand how a survey works.

Since 2006, over 200 000 students across Australia have completed a CensusAtSchool questionnaire. In 2012, more than 21 000 students input their data.

The 2013 CensusAtSchool questionnaire is now open and will stay open until 19 July. This year, a new question asks students to measure their heart rate as a means to collect continuous numerical data.

For further information go to www.abs.gov.au/censusatschool

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International Statistical Literacy Project poster

competition

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is this year sponsoring the Australian phase of the International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) poster competition.

The ISLP poster competition is open to students from across the world. The goal of the competition is to improve students’ abilities in describing their environment with the help of statistics. The theme this year is 'Agriculture'.

For further information go to

http://iase-web.org/islp/Poster_Competition_2012-2013.php

Targeting Early Numeracy

The Targeted Early Numeracy (TEN) intervention program fulfils a Government commitment to provide support for students experiencing difficulty learning numeracy in the early years of schooling.

TEN was successfully piloted in 2009, and has continued to grow as part of the suite of programs operating under the Best Start initiative.

The program sets clear expectations against the Mathematics K–6 syllabus on what children should be able to do in Number by the end of each school year from Kindergarten to Year 2.

For further information go to

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/beststart/ten/general.htm

Mathematics Extension 1 professional learning

Due to their office relocation, MANSW has experienced difficulties with its phone and fax service. This interruption was unexpected and beyond their control.

If you have been trying to register for the Mathematics Extension 1 Long Course, MANSW will accept registrations until 11 March.

Please email your registration form to the MANSW office at admin@mansw.nsw.edu.au.

Further details are on the MANSW website www.mansw.nsw.edu.au.

A blast from the past

In this section of Maths links we revisit your favourite articles from the Curriculum Support publication.

The article in focus in this edition, Numeracy across the curriculum: Choosing and using graphs, was published in the secondary newsletter in Term 1 2007.

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The archive of Curriculum Support newsletters can be accessed at http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/csn/index.htm

Primary contacts

Mathematics Advisor Chris Francis Ph: 9886 7508 christine.s.francis@det.nsw.edu.au

Numeracy Advisor Elaine Watkins Ph: 9886 7188 elaine.watkins@det.nsw.edu.au

K-2 Special Programs Advisor Vlado Krmac Ph: 9886 7499 vlado.krmac@det.nsw.edu.au

Secondary contact

Mathematics Advisor Chris Robertson Ph: 02 9886 7593 christopher.robertson@det.nsw.edu.au

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