Hi all,
The next Maths PD will be held at St Johns College this Friday 29th August – arrive around 5:15pm for a 5:30 start. When driving into St Johns use the right hand road to the admin/senior school area. The room (room 3?)  is on the right, as you look from the carpark – with a grass area between it and the admin building.

Dinner will follow at the Ayuriz Indonesian Restaurant in Darwin Central. Entrees will be served at 7:30pm and the restaurant closes at 8:30pm so we’ll be quick. MTANT will pay and partners are welcome.

PD maths: As usual we will do some good maths that can be taken straight into the classroom – currently the plan is to begin with a simple setting of perimeter and area (in this case some AMT Challenge problems) but really getting into problem solving, logical steps and number (arithmetic). The content of the motivating problems are accessible to year 5 onwards (and adaptable to younger kids), but the methodology needed is universal, and the chance to interact with other teachers is priceless.

Please RSVP by email before 11am Thursday so that I can pre-book the restaurant with numbers and menu (at Thursday lunchtime). I need

Number (names preferred) of people for PD:              Number for dinner:

My phone is 0403406999 – please let me know about any late changes.

Other matters:

1. Enrichment for kids (you and your kids are invited) Today at 3:15-4:45pm at Good Shepherd, Howard Springs. Friday 29th at St Johns 3:30-5:00pm.

2. Four of us have just returned from another successful maths camp in TiTree. We have now had 12 camps over 6 years and the kids and teachers still love them. This year was a little different as we are now catering for kids through to year 12 at the camp. Thanks to the many who helped so much for the Batchelor camp.

3. Problem for your kids: Which positive integer occurs least/most often in prime numbers under 100? (There are 25 primes under 100).

Hope to see many of Friday. Please bring your friends and pass on  this message. Apologies if cross-posting as one of my mailboxes has disappeared.

Bye
Ian