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March 2009:** I have 11 Year 8 students who are below VELS level 3. We have 5 x fifty minute periods of maths during the week. On Wednesdays, I spend one lesson teaching them a knew number fluency activity. They take this home for one week and bring it back the following Wednesday. They are required to do four 10 min blocks of the activity for homework. I telephoned each family in week one to talk about the program, asking for their support. I also text message the students on Tuesday night to remind them to bring in their kit. We have a bonus point sytem for homework signed off by parents, plus additional points for bringing the kit in on the right day. I made a follow up call to all parents last week. Their response is very supportive of the program, and the students are keen to do these activities at home. I have noticed a vast improvement in the skills these tasks have targetted, plus witnessing more self confidence in the kids. Year 7 and 8 have just completed the On Demand Adaptive Number test, and all year 7 and 8 students who scored below 4.0 on the General Adaptive Test have been given the Number Fluency Interview. They will be tested again early in term 4 to monitor numeracy improvement.This also satisfies one of the DEEWR conditions as ESC is now involved in a pilot scheme for numeracy improvement. All staff, each domain, have class profiles of the numeracy ability of students in their classes for Years 7 to 10. Year 7 and 8 teachers are working in teams to differentiate lessons in line with the Common Curriculum Numeracy protocols. In particular, differentiating Maths 300 and Maths With Attitude Lessons to ensure that lessons are targetted to the individual needs of our students. The school has employed a numeracy teacher for 7 hours each week to work with groups of students from a year 7 and a year 8 class with number fluency activities. Number fluency activities have also been introduced to another Year 7 and 8 class. From week 5 of this term, each maths class in Year 7 and 8 will begin with students practising their number fluency activity. Number Fluency activities are chosen for each student based on where they are in each developmental pathway from their number fluency interview. We have just begun to write individual targetted learning plans for each student.
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