Mathematics                                                           

We achieved a lot this year, and I am proud of all the hard work that everyone put in. 

In Unit 4 we covered; length, perimeter, area, transformation, tessellation, and symmetry in our Tiny House Project. We learned a lot about scale and only one house actually ended up being tiny.  The students really took to the design element of the project and went above and beyond what I hoped could be achieved.  The project had some challenges, but the students persevered and were able to solve them. We utilised digital technologies, such as SketchUp, to draw the exterior of our designs, and Floorplanner to create a digital version of the interiors from our drawn plans.   

We then used our project as the topic to explore data and representation, designing and implementing a survey, which was used to create a variety of graphs and tables. 

In Unit 5 we moved on to; 3D shapes, volume, capacity, mass, and position. We explored volume of composite shapes, and the students designed their own composite shapes making real world connections to the topic. 

In unit 6 we explored; chance, probability, and time. Time proved to be a bit more challenging than expected, particularly when converting between 12 and 24 hour time, but we all got there in the end.  

It has been a hectic and exciting year, and I would like to congratulate the students on their continued efforts. Well done to everyone this year, and good luck for the future.