3 March 2020

2020 User Group Conference

  • 2020 User Group Conference

    The NumberSense Conference is a wonderful two-day networking and learning opportunity.

    It is time for the fifth NumberSense Conference! Will you be there? The NumberSense Conference is a wonderful two-day networking and learning opportunity. Meeting with NumberSense teachers from a wide range of schools, each with their own story to tell and share while having fun in the many different sessions.The Conference will be held on 22 and 23 May 2020, at The Vineyard Conference Centre, Newlands, Cape Town.

    What to look forward to:

    • Pre-Conference Session: (On the Friday morning before the Conference starts.)
      • Being the school’s NumberSense lead teacherThis session targets teachers who are leaders of the NumberSense Mathematics Programme in their school and aims to equip them with the resources needed to play the role. Schools are encouraged to send their NumberSense lead teacher(s) to this session! Limited to the first 40 people to register for the session.
    • Break-Away Workshop Sessions to Include:
      • Lesson planning that is responsive to the concepts being developed on the page.
      • Teaching according to the page type (concept development; calculation strategy; companion; and practice) in the Intermediate Phase classroom.
      • Using the NumberSense App, in class, at home and for remedial support.
      • Developing extension tasks for the more confident students in a class.
      • Using comic strips to discuss student work.
      • Data handling activities from the NumberSense Companion programme.
      • Space and Shape (Geometry) activities from the NumberSense Companion programme.
      • Measurement activities from the NumberSense Companion programme.
      • An overview of the Grade 8 and 9 MathsSense Mathematics Programme – developments since the previous conference.
      • And more …
    • Networking Activity: Celebrating the sale of the 2 millionth workbook and the launch of the NumberSense Foundation

     

    Please register as soon as possible to take advantage of the early bird special which ends on the 13 March 2020. We look forward to seeing you there. Please mail any queries to conference@NumberSense.co.za