Tēnā koutou katoa, (Hello Everyone) This week we embraced Te Wiki o te Pangarau (Maths Week) as you can see above. Each day different teachers read a maths-based story or taught a maths game with every class after lunch. We also had daily estimation challenges across the kura. Estimation might just seem like ‘making a guess’ but teaching our tamariki to make educated guesses promotes their number sense, problem-solving skills, ability to reason and justify their thinking. Monday was How many paper clips in the container? Tuesday was How many steps will it take Troy to walk from the front...
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