McAuley Catholic College Tumut
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33-39 Capper Street
Tumut NSW 2720
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Email: office.mcauley@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6947 2000

INQUISITIVE MINDS WORKSHOPS

On Tuesday June 20, students from Year 5 to Year 11 participated in Inquisitive Minds Workshops.

The Primary classes engaged with maths activities and brain teasers which demonstrated the value of approaching problems strategically.

They also learnt a range of problem solving strategies in an interactive mini-lesson.While selecting and applying appropriate problem solving strategies as they participated in a hands-on Maths Relay.

Teachers  experienced on the job professional learning in the following areas:

Cooperative Learning

Working Mathematically

Fun, Worthwhile, Engaging Maths!!

Secondary classes participated in interactive lessons on problem solving strategies working together on a diverse range of original hands-on problems.

Lessons were tailored to students' needs and  included a variety of problem solving strategies, including 'logical reasoning', 'make a pattern', 'draw a diagram' and 'make a list'.