Whitefriars+LAND+action+plan

This will involve
 * __ LAND PROJECT  __**  **FOCUS**: To develop a common understanding of the teaching and learning of numeracy across the school.

- Planning - Teaching: including learning tasks / assessment .. - Reviewing  To explore our focus we will do it through the Mathematics strand of **//Spatial Sense and Geometric Reasoning//**


 * Possible Resistances: **

Some staff may have particular learning styles and teaching styles. For many the challenge will be to be open to change.


 * Possible Assistance: **

Allow time to work within teams / bands Access staff expertise who have done some Numeracy Inservice Access professional learning from others: eg CEO Numeracy Team

Overview of Project Term 1 2009
 * Possible Strategies: **

- Introduction to LAND - Survey of Staff - Introduce concept of Journalling Term 2 2009

- Week 2 : worked on aligning growth points - Week 5: Working with whole staff using SACSA document and focussing on an  Outcome in Space Sense and Geometric Reasoning - Week 6: Teaching characteristics of highly effective teachers of mathematics

- Newsletter
 * Community: **

– small articles – children working: photos / work samples – updates on LAND: what we are trying to achieve – “Tips for Parents” eg Why should we learn maths? //Roles:// Term 3: Every three weeks have one of the teachers on the  project to provide brief input to newsletter

Term 4: invite other staff or year level groups to continue process

- Workshops

- Share practices / learning strategies to inform parents “how” we teach mathematics