Junior Years Mathematics

"When the real world throws us a problem, it never asks what chapter we’ve just studied!" -

(Paul Goldenberg, June Mark, Jane Kang, Mary Fries, Cynthia Carter and Tracy Cordner, 2015)  

This past fortnight, our young Mathematicians have been busy exploring real-world connections in their learning, developing skills that go beyond the classroom.

• Kindergarten students have been settling into school life and learning new routines. They have been showcasing their number knowledge and growing in confidence as they adapt to their new environment.
• Year 1 have been focusing on ‘Time’, using ordinal numbers to explore real-life situations like dates and events. They've identified the months of the year, discussed the seasons, and practised reading a calendar.
• Year 2 kicked off the year with ‘Chance’, describing everyday events using vocabulary like likely, unlikely and possible. They've also been working with calendars, calculating time until upcoming events and using terms like hour, minute, and second to estimate and measure durations.
• Year 3 have been diving deep into numbers, learning to read, represent, and order numbers up to the thousands. They've been using place value to partition and regroup numbers up to four digits, strengthening their ability to be flexible with numbers.
• Year 4 are applying their place value knowledge to represent numbers and are working towards confidently adding and subtracting by decomposing and composing numbers in different ways.

Homework Update – Kindergarten to Year 2:

In response to parent feedback collected at the end of 2024, we’re making a slight adjustment to K-2 homework. In addition to the weekly activity sheet, students will now receive an optional Mathematics worksheet featuring extra questions linked to class content from the previous week. This provides an opportunity for further practice at home.

A reminder of our College Homework Policy: K-2 students are expected to spend 15 minutes on homework on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and one other afternoon each week. Teachers plan for students to spend 5 minutes of this time on Mathematics.

We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to sharing our future learning in Mathematics with the College community.