Homegroup TP & L
Numeracy
HG L and TP have been learning different strategies to add and subtract large numbers including using the jump strategy on a number line which involves breaking a number into parts e.g. tens and ones, and then jumping along the number line in increments. This is an effective method because it gives the children the tools to visualise the calculation. A lot of the time, the barrier to understanding Maths operations is that they can seem quite abstract. However, by incorporating a number line, your children can trace the numbers to the left as the number decreases in a subtraction calculation or to the right as the number increases in an addition problem.
The students have also loved exploring location and direction concepts using programmable robots called Bee Bots. The students have been learning to use vocabulary such as north, south, east and west, as well as forwards, backwards, right and left to demonstrate directions. They have been learning to write a clear algorithm to get from point A to point B and have been learning to program the Bee Bot to follow their algorithm.
