The first blog for 2012, Very late but it is here!

Hi everyone! 

Welcome to my first entry on the blog for 2012. I am really sorry that it has taken so long to get this up and running but hopefully I will be a regular  'blogger' now that I have started.

I have been working at Kaiapoi North School since the middle of February and am loving the interaction I have with the children I work with. It is great to be greeted by children I worked with earlier this year who still talk about how much they enjoyed working with me.

 This term I have started working with some new children and am pleased with the progress they are making already. It is neat that they are all wanting to come to their learning sessions and that their attitude towards maths is becoming more positive as they see the progress they are making.

I have discovered some good websites that enable children to practice their maths. 

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

This site has got a variety of games and is very popular in the library during the break times. There are games that are not very 'math' orientated on here.

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/student-sites

Is another website that is worthwhile looking at. This one has several links on it for different websites that are all math orientated. I used this one with the children last term and they all seemed to enjoy it. 

If you are wanting to make contact with me regarding coming in for a chat to find out about what we do during a session or organizing a time to come to watch a teaching session in action feel free to leave a comment on here or email me at school katherine.b@kaiapoinorth.school.nz 

I look forward to writing again soon and hopefully hearing some feedback from you or your children.

Katherine Bibby.