What is Numeracy?

Numeracy, like literacy, is an essential component of our school curriculum. It is about students having the confidence to choose and use mathematics skills they learn at school in everyday life, as well as the classroom. We want students to develop the confidence to apply mathematics in their everyday lives.

Numeracy is used in a SOSE or science class when students interpret a graph, in technology when they confidently measure a piece of wood, or in food when a student halves a recipe without being given specific instructions on what to do.

What’s happening at Copperfield College?

As part of its Strategic Plan, Copperfield College has developed a Numeracy Improvement Plan in conjunction with a Regional Consultant. This has a clear focus on the Curriculum Planning, Assessment for Teaching and Learning and Lesson Instruction.

Each of these aspects is then looked at from the Planning, Professional Development, Differentiation of Instruction in the classroom and the Classroom environment perspective.

Data

All students at Years 7 and 9 sit the NAPLAN test in May. Reports will be sent to parents in September.

All students sit the PAT Maths at the end of the school year. Reports are discussed with parents at the Parent Teacher interviews in Term 1 the following year.

This data is used regularly by teachers to better inform their teaching and to cater for individual learning needs.