Games with a maths thread
Picture books with Maths
Programmes for Students (ALiM)
Just in Time Maths
Curriculum Resources
Curriculum Refresh
NCEA resources (Numeracy & Level 1)
Promoting mathematical talk with starters
Workshops
Curriculum Refresh
One place to link you to key resources related to the curriculum refresh of Mathematics and Statistics.
The New Zealand Curriculum Years 0-8 Mathematics and statistics.
Download the curriculum document from here (look for the PDF icons).
Education Bulletins Ministry of Education bulletins for the education sector and information for families, whānau and communities.
Maths 0-8 PLD (Days 1 - 4)
PLD to support the implementation of the revised Mathematics and Statistics Learning Area for years 0 – 8 of the NZ Curriculum is available nation-wide from 2025. Facilitators are available to come to a school, or group of schools, to deliver PLD. An online option is also available.
Applications for Term 2 dates close on the 14th March.
Maths 9 - 13 Draft
Open for consultation until: 28th April.
NCEA Resources
One place to link you to key resources. Many thanks to all those who have contributed to the creating and sharing of these ideas.
Click through to links and resources that relate to NCEA Numeracy
Click through to NCEA Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics website. Watch this space for more links and resources.
Promoting mathematical talk using starters
Use starters to develop mathematical talk: debate, discuss, explain, reason, justify … routines for providing safe ways to enter mathematical discourse. Robert Kaplinsky: Levels of Convincing. Podcast (DebateMaths): How to get students talking in math class?
Click through to a PowerPoint for each topic area.
Workshops
Recent workshop presentations and resources. These workshops can be customised for your context and delivered as part of school wide or Mathematics and Statistics faculty PLD.
Make contact with Julia to arrange.
Number Sense to Algebra
Number and Algebra are often taught as separate topics yet are the same strand in the curriculum. How can we springboard into algebraic thinking using number activities? We will explore a few number tasks and calculation ‘tricks’ that can be used in a mixed level class to promote generalising number to algebra.
Curriculum Progress Tools and the Numeracy Co-requisite
The Curriculum Progress Tools can be used to help inform if students are ready for the Numeracy US co-requisite. In this workshop we will explore two aspects of the Learning Progression Framework (LPF) (Multiplicative thinking and Interpreting statistical and chance situations) to show how the progressions and the PaCTool can support teacher knowledge and OTJs.
Hands on Probability Activities
Stimulate curiosity and engagement with hands on probability activities at Level 4/5 of the curriculum. Giraffe master, Draw the spinner, Which spinner, Venn diagram, Release the prisoner.
Data talks
Explore some ready made resources to promote student discussion to develop critical thinking and statistical literacy.
Data visualisations collection
Let’s work together to develop a few similar NZ resources and set up a sharing platform.
Rich Tasks for ALL our learners.
Using low entry and high ceiling tasks that make students think … that are engaging and mathematically rich. Favourite Rich tasks.
Developing student talk to promote mathematical thinking.
“The person ding the talking is often the one doing the learning”. Explore 8 routines to support mathematical talk. Level 7 and 8 Cooperative tasks. PowerPoints with Starters.
Times tables in the teaching of Mathematics Year 1 to 10
Times tables are an area of debate in teaching circles. Why are times tables as an important part of learning maths? Lots of ideas to teach times tables without creating anxiety and pressure.
Retrieval Practice
The act of recalling learned information from memory makes your original memory even stronger. Classroom strategies to build retrieval practice into your teaching and learning programmes.
Games and Puzzles with a maths thread
All Ten (online game): Use all four numbers once each to make 1 through 10 using the given operations.
Set game: (online game) or pack of cards. Make a set of 3. A SET consists of 3 cards in which each of the cards' features, looked at one-by-one, are the same on each card, or, are different on each card. All of the features must separately satisfy this rule.
Ken Ken: Your goal is to fill the whole grid with numbers, making sure no number is repeated in any row or column. Each cage has a target number and operation. Ken Ken Booklet for classroom
Think Square Games: Online games. Many free some subscription only.
Picture Books and Maths
NZMaths: Picture books with mathematical content. Organised by strand and Level 1-4.
DREME: Family Maths. Talking about the math found in picture books can support children’s curiosity and enjoyment of maths.
Maths through stories: Transforming the way mathematics is taught and learned globally - one mathematical story at a time
Programmes for Students (PfS) 2025
Accelerating Learning in Mathematics (ALiM)
Learning in the Fast Lane, Suzy Pepper Rollins. Chapter One gives a fantastic overview of the Acceleration Framework. Just in time support.
Developing Mathematics Identity, Kass Allen & Kemble Schnelle. Strategies for teachers to support the emergence of their students’ maths identity.
Raising Achievement Through Targeted Actions. ERO report 2015.
Mathematics Dispositions Rubric 2023
Just in Time Maths 2022
Throughout 2022 over 250 schools have participated in the Just-in-Time Maths initiative. This initiative supports schools in designing a balanced rich diet through immediate and intentional approaches that optimise use of existing resources for planning, teaching, differentiating, and assessing.
