Task Centre News

October 2005

• Iceberg Information
  Four months ago in this News link we began writing cameos about individual tasks, starting from Task 1. This month we include Task 5, Make A Snake. We have also started a new section in the Iceberg Information link on the left so that past task cameos can be found more easily. Take a look and you will see the links to each of the tasks explored so far. Each month a new link will be added to this Task Cameo section.

• Mathematician's Friday
  Throughout the year, about every two weeks, students in Catherine La Franchi's Year 3 at St. Vincent de Paul School in Strathmore, Victoria, have been dressing up as mathematicians and coming to school to solve a problem together. They have signed the Mathematician's Code of Conduct and built a Working Mathematically community. Interested? Look in the Working Mathematically link on the left. They have prepared a fabulous presentation for us.

• Maths on the Move: New Workshops
  Two exciting new full day workshop programs have been added to the MOTM Workshop Library just in time for your professional development planning for 2006. Please take a look at the descriptions of:
  • Indigenous Students Working Mathematically
  • Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening Mathematics
  in the Workshop Library of the Maths on the Move link on the left.

• Task of the Month
  
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  Task 5 ... Make A Snake

  Read about this Task of the Month in Task Cameos in the Iceberg Information link on the left.

• Did you miss the September News?
  If so you missed information about:
  1. New tasks
  2. New price list link
  3. Connecting tasks and Maths300 to VELS (Victoria)
  4. Ideas for Infants
  5. Task 4, Window Frames
  6. ... and more

Keep smiling,
Doug.