Courses and Workshops

Are you using Breaking Barriers to support students with learning needs? Catherine will guide you through the Teaching Handbook and some activities to support you in your planning and assessment.

This hour zoom looks at the similarities and differences between these 3 catch-up and intervention programmes to help you choose the best one for your learners’ needs You will learn • What needs and ages each are designed for • How long they take • What PLD is recommended • What equipment is needed • How Numicon shows mathematical ideas • Some success stories Question time at the end if there is time. For advice personalised to your school, we recommend you request a visit from one of our friendly Numicon Consultants.

Jo will show you the amazing joy of using Numicon to help children understand the power behind counting on and back as strategies of addition and subtraction by thinking part-whole and understanding numbers as sets or groups.

Catherine will guide you through a clear assessment and sequence of activities to support you in using Numicon Big Ideas. This is a smaller group to allow for discussion, Q & A. These students are not at the expected levels in the NZC and need a catch-up. It's hugely successful!

Catherine will guide you in using the Teaching Handbooks 2 - 6. You'll have a familiarisation tour and experience some great activities that will give you a clear picture of your students' knowledge and confidence. She will show you how a formative assessment is also achieved.

Rochelle will show you the wonderful treats in Numicon helping all children access learning with confidence and joy. What is Numicon? Why use it? What is it like for the children? How does using Numicon reflect in the school wide data? Is it appropriate for kura and early childhood as well as intermediates and secondary students? Yeah right! Sure is!

This hour zoom looks at the similarities and differences between these 3 catch-up and intervention programmes to help you choose the best one for your learners’ needs You will learn • What needs and ages each are designed for • How long they take • What PLD is recommended • What equipment is needed • How Numicon shows mathematical ideas • Some success stories Question time at the end if there is time. For advice personalised to your school, we recommend you request a visit from one of our friendly Numicon Consultants.

Tanya Jarkiewicz, has been using Firm Foundations for several years. She has a passion for teaching 5 year olds and loves play based learning. She will join Margaret in a 90 minute course. You will find out how to use the Firm Foundations teaching resource to teach mathematics across the curriculum in a New Entrant play based classroom including practical ideas around classroom management, assessment and planning. $50.00 + GST per person.

This course is an Introduction to Numicon particularly aimed at teacher aides who are working with students who struggle with maths. The course covers why Maths is tricky to learn and teach, how Numicon helps children understand abstract concepts, using the Numicon equipment yourself and how to use the Breaking Barriers Teaching Handbook. Any Teacher Aides supporting Maths learning should be eligible for the Teacher Aide PLD pilot fund. Participants will get to use the Numicon equipment and a Maths Bag of resources to use on the course and back in class. COURSE OPTIONS (to be chosen when booking the course): Option 1: Includes provision of Breaking Barriers Teaching Handbook = $405.00 + GST Option 2: Does NOT include provision of Breaking Barriers Teaching Handbook = $180.00 + GST Venue: Mangere East Primary School

Rochelle will show you the wonderful treats in Numicon helping all children access learning with confidence and joy. What is Numicon? Why use it? What is it like for the children? How does using Numicon reflect in the school wide data? Is it appropriate for kura and early childhood as well as intermediates and secondary students? Yeah right! Sure is!

Margi will guide you through how Numicon works to support learning Maths concepts and applying them to solve problems for students in intermediate and secondary at levels 1 and 2 of the curriculum. This session is particularly useful for teachers and TA's in Learning Centres and those taking the lower ability classes.

Come and learn more about Numicon with Belinda. The course will cover: Numicon and NZC - alignment Numicon teaching programme maths big ideas - basic facts, add sub mult div fractions and decimals, integers, other strands Assessment - formative and summative using xl spreadsheets, and checklists Vocabulary - developing rich language in maths and conversations Lesson structure - mixed ability, differentiated lesson formats Including other resources to support the Numicon approach - align to Numicon teaching progression, further consolidation/practise, further visualisations for deep learning, pictorial representation. A closer look at planning using the guides, and assessment. Setting up a rich learning environment. Go back to your class with new ideas and more confidence with guiding your students' learning journey.

Come and learn what Numicon is all about and how you can start it in your classroom today! Belinda will be presenting a course on the use of Numicon across all year levels. If you don't know what Numicon is, here's your opportunity. We will also take a more in-depth discovery to get more from the Teaching Handbooks, as well as cover assessment and implementation. You might have attended our Zoom courses, so this is a great opportunity to build on that course. This course is suitable for teachers, teacher aides, SENCO, RTLBs and LSCs.

This is a course for Teacher Aides working with students who are struggling with maths particularly students from Years 7-13 working at Level 1-3 of the NZC. This course will cover number sense. place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percentages and decimals. We will explain how to use the Breaking Barriers Teaching Handbook. We recommend attendees purchase the book, Breaking Barriers ($225 + GST). Teacher Aides are likely to be eligible for MOE PLD funding if they assist students with maths. Apply for funding from the MOE before the course date. Any questions please email catherine@edushop.nz

Come and learn what Numicon is all about and how you can start it in your classroom today! Catherine will be presenting a course on the use of Numicon across all year levels. If you don't know what Numicon is, here's your opportunity. We will also take a more in-depth discovery to get more from the Teaching Handbooks, as well as cover assessment and implementation. You might have attended our Zoom courses, so this is a great opportunity to build on that course. This course is suitable for teachers, teacher aides, SENCO, RTLBs and LSCs. Venue:TBC

Come and learn what Numicon is all about and how you can start it in your classroom today! Jo will be presenting an introductory course on the use of Numicon with a focus on the Junior school levels. If you don't know what Numicon is, here's your opportunity. We will also take a more in-depth discovery to get more from the Teaching Handbooks, as well as cover assessment and implementation. You might have attended our Zoom courses, so this is a great opportunity to build on that course. This course is suitable for teachers, teacher aides, SENCO, RTLBs and LSCs. Taihape Venue TBA

Suitable for teachers of Year 3 - 8 students, RTLB, LSCs, Lead Teachers, Principals, TAs Join us for a half day workshop exploring how to teach Fractions using different manipulatives in the classroom and the progression of learning.

This is a full day course, introducing Breaking Barriers, Numicon Intervention Programme (NIP). You will learn how to use the programmes and assessments, how to individualise them for your students needs, and how to use the support Numicon apparatus. This course is suitable for those who work in education with students that struggle in maths and need support and those students who have learning needs - RTLBs, LSCs, T.As and Teachers. Any Teacher Aides supporting maths learning should be eligible for the Teacher Aide PLD pilot fund. Participants will get to use the Numicon equipment and a Maths Bag of resources to use on the course and back in class. COURSE OPTIONS (to be chosen when booking the course): Option 1: Includes provision of Breaking Barriers Teaching Handbook = $405.00 + GST Option 2: Does NOT include provision of Breaking Barriers Teaching Handbook = $180.00 + GST Manawatu Venue TBA

Welcome to an afternoon face-to-face Hui. Come and share your ideas about planning and any questions you have regarding using Numicon. Belinda will show some Numicon ideas as well. Teachers interested in finding out about Numicon are very welcome. Each attendee pays $10 and receives a pack of 1-10 Numicon shapes. Afternoon tea provided. Venue: Wellesley College, Days Bay