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What is Mathematics and Statistics about?
Mathematics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in quantities, space and time.
Statistics is the investigation and use of patterns and relationships in data. (NZC 2007)
What math looks like in a classroom at APS AH team + Monique.mp3The Y3/4 teachers discuss their Maths programmes, structure and teaching.
Why study Mathematics and Statistics?
By studying Mathematics and Statistics learners will develop the ability to think creatively, critically, strategically and logically. Our learners will be able to demonstrate the mathematical and statistical literacy to confidently make sense of the world in which they live. They learn to create models and predict outcomes, to conjecture, to justify and verify, and to seek patterns and generalisations. They learn to estimate with reasonableness, calculate with precision, and understand when results are precise and when they must be interpreted with uncertainty. Mathematics and statistics have a broad range of practical applications in everyday life, in other learning areas, and in workplaces. (NZC 2007)
How is Mathematics and Statistics organised at Albany Primary School?
At Albany Primary School, we follow the structure below and each term plan for Mathematics and
Statistics. Teachers plan according to their learner’s needs, using the ‘Teaching as Inquiry’ model.
(NZC 2007). All strands will be covered in a year, however the amount of time spent on each strand will vary depending on the level in which the learners’ are working at. The domains of Mathematics and Statistics are interwoven, therefore are integrated within the mathematics programme.
The fundamental learning areas for each strand are listed below with problem solving and number
integrated throughout:
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