With the majority of students still learning from home, Term 2 calls for parents to continue in their new roles as primary school educators. It is our hope that our ORIGO At Home lessons have made teaching mathematics meaningful and enjoyable, and have taken a little stress out of your day! Here are the highlights […]
READ MORETop Tips for Making Online Teaching Work
If you were to ask any teacher if they expected online learning to take off so quickly, they are likely to say that this phenomenon is unlike anything they ever expected to witness. Despite the speed with which the education world has adapted to such a scenario, and done so very well, many teachers are […]
READ MOREORIGO At Home- Wrapping up Week 4
With the majority of students learning from home, the beginning of Term 2 looks a little different this year! ORIGO At Home provides guidance and instruction to continue maths learning at home. ORIGO’s team of educators have handpicked these resources and activities to help provide engaging mathematical thinking and practice for school students in Years F […]
READ MOREKids Math Learning
Many of today’s parents didn’t particularly like mathematics when they were in school. There were too many rules and procedures to remember and problems lacked contexts that had any real meaning. Maths was the “quiet” subject of the day. We all sat in rows and weren’t allowed to talk or work together on any problems. […]
READ MORETop Tips for Teaching Kids Mathematics at Home
With an increasing number of us parents trying to help our children continue their education at the dining table, it’s only natural that tensions and anxiety will often run high as we try our hand at teaching. After all, we are used to professional teachers taking on this important task! How are we supposed to know what to do? Teaching our kids at home is certainly a challenge, but it’s not an insurmountable problem – given the right approach and the right tools. Read […]
READ MOREORIGO At Home- Wrapping up Week 2
ORIGO At Home provides guidance and instruction to continue maths learning at home. ORIGO’s team of educators have handpicked these resources and activities to help provide engaging mathematical thinking and practice for school students in Years F to 6. Each week focuses on one topic, with each day providing a different way of learning and retaining […]
READ MOREKeep Learning Maths: Even if isolated by COVID-19
ORIGO Education has now released ORIGO At Home: a new “learn from home and “teach from home” initiative that was developed to continue learning away from the classroom. Released weekly, these online resources will contain daily activities designed for use by a caregiver or remote teacher who is away from their school. It will also […]
READ MOREA Note to Educators- Planning for Instruction Away from School
Dear Fellow Educator, This year marks our 25th anniversary of creating engaged, motivated, and happy maths learners. At ORIGO Education we understand the importance of the continuity of instruction and having well-prepared materials that engage students in mathematics learning in a variety of ways. As the situation around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve in […]
READ MOREKim McHugh returns from the professional learning experience of a lifetime in Tanzania!
In December 2019, ORIGO Education announced Kim McHugh as the winner of our Professional Learning Opportunity in Tanzania. Kim is an esteemed Numeracy Coach at 13 of WA’s remote Aboriginal schools. For 10 days in late January, she traveled with ORIGO Education’s Director of Professional Learning, Sara Delano Moore, and Teachers2Teachers Global to share expertise […]
READ MOREInteractive Maths Resources: New Digital Resources Make Mathematics Interactive
Interactive Maths Resources – ORIGO Stepping Stones Allows Less Time Sitting and More Time Doing F-6 classrooms, where ORIGO Stepping Stones is used to teach maths, are equipped with interactive maths resources that are dynamic and fun, and give students a way to both see what they have learned and justify their thinking. The static […]
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