Maths Week is a major event that is held each year, having been first held in 1998. Sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers, a number of resources are written and made available to teachers and students in Years 1 – 11.

The aims of Maths Week are:

• to encourage students’ interest in mathematics and statistics

• to give teachers resources that they can use in the classroom, particularly material that requires some research and which may not be readily available to them, or that can be used electronically in class

• to show the pleasure that mathematics can provide and some of the everyday places where mathematics and statistics can be used

• to give teachers material that can provide extension.

Maths Week 2021 will be held between Monday 9 August and Friday 13 August.

Presently, schools are preparing for 2021. Schools may wish to include Maths Week in their planning.

www.mathsweek.co.nz

Scholarships are currently available through Women & Leadership New Zealand to support the development of women leaders across New Zealand’s education sector.

Scholarships of between $1000 and $5000 will support participation in one of three leadership development courses designed for emerging through to senior leaders.

Expressions of interest close on 30 June. Find out more and register your interest at https://www.womenandleadership.co.nz/scholarships.html

Applications for the Ernest Duncan Awards for 2021 are open.

These are a monetary award based on the criteria listed below:

http://bit.ly/EDAward2021

This document, released by the NZSA Educational Committee, aims to guide teachers about what to do when time series are dusrupted by events that go outside the assumptions that our analysis is based on. A conclusion is that disrupted series are good for learning and statistical thinking, but are not good for assessment. Teachers, when assessing, need to avoid them.

Visit this link for more information

Check out the flyer for the event here

Or visit the website

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The Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize nominations are open.

Due in by 9 October - details here

Congratulations to Michelle Dalrymple on this amazing pirze. Michelle is the first Mathematics and Statistics Teacher to win this award

More details here

Got students looking for a challenge? Look no further. See the link below for more details

Problems here

AAMT Webinars (connected to the Growing Mathematically Project)

National Mathematics Summer School

Mathematical Minsets Webinar with Prof. Jo Boaler

QUT: Primary STEM Activities

Challenging Mathematical Tasks: Unlocking the Potential of all Students

The KineticKiwi competition is a platform for you to explore and showcase your passion for learning by creating a video about a science, mathematics, technology or social science topic you’ve learnt about at school.

You can decide what you want to make; maybe you want to show everyone how that enzymes topic isn’t as difficult as they think it is, or perhaps you have some tips that make kinematics problems less scary —any of your contributions can help others!

A really nice site with lots of possibilities

https://sites.google.com/view/digitalmathinspirator/digital-math-tools

The Networks of Expertise website has recently been launched. This is a site that will be a hub of information including regional news, contacts.

Also, it is a hub of support around COVID-19 and moving to online teaching and learning.

Follow the link here

Problem Challenge is a mathematics problem solving competition aimed primarily at children in years 7 and 8. It is organised by John Curran and John Shanks, retired members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago, with extensive secretarial help from Leanne Kirk, also of that Department.

Follow this link for more information: https://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/pc/

All five sets are held on Thursdays. The dates for 2020 are as follows:

Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Final Challenge 30 April 28 May 25 June 23 July 20 August 22 October

Follow this link to see a webinar on Moving Teaching Online. This was put together by the Canterbury Mathematics Association in conjunction with Think elearning due to the COVID-19 situation many schools are currenty faced with.

We are very sorry to announce that the 2020 Senior Mathematics Competition has been cancelled at this stage. Given the current situation globally, we feel that this competition cannot take place. We will be back up and running for this in 2021.

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Are you or do you know a Year 13 female who has an interest in maths and science? New Zealand needs more women in the aviation industry as Engineers, Technicians, Pilots and more! There are more choices than you probably realise.

Could aviation be the perfect future for you?

Click here to find more information

Check out this link for a new method of factorising Quadratics

The NZPSTC 2020 is unfortunately cancelled.

https://www.facebook.com/nzpstconference/videos/420748865253261/

https://www.facebook.com/nzpstconference/

Congratulations to Jasmine Hall for being selected as the 2019 Bevan Werry speaker at the NZAMT16 Maths Conference.

Jasmine is a PhD student at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Victoria University.

She will be available to regions to do presentations and support mathematics teachers and students.