We’ve got some great activities going on to complement our math program right now. Students have been introduced to IXL math over the last two weeks and have put in over 35 hours on this site answering over 5000 problems; surely the extra skills practice will extend their learning, they are certainly having fun mastering specific categories, remembering that fractions and ratios are the focus for the next few weeks.

Our class has also been signed up for the World Education Games. The World Education Games is the exciting event for ALL schools and students around the world. It runs from 6-8 March, involving 5.5million students from over 200 countries and territories. Practice opens on 1 February. This is the global challenge to get ALL students (4-18 years of age) excited about learning, and to give the top students in each school an opportunity to see how they measure up against the best.

The format is:
1 February – The Games open for Practice
6 March – World Spelling Day
7 March – World Maths Day
8 March – World Science Day

Everyone has received their username and password and they can now start practicing during their free time.  It’s lots of fun and kids get to challenge others from all over the world in real-time!