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The past few months have been
quite exceptional in terms of demands of work relating to children’s
mathematical graphics, including:
- We both presented at the EECERA
conference at the end of August (in Prague this year) and were
thrilled to hear presentations from both Vygotsky’s daughter
Gita and from his grand-daughter Elena. Gita provided a
fascinating insight to her childhood and how her father had
involved her in some of his research:
Gita Vygotskaya’s greetings (in English)
- I made a made a visit to the
Netherlands to visit the schools where I shall be collaborating
with teachers and collecting data for my doctoral research. The
Juliana School is in Schragen, 50km to the north of Amsterdam
and the Avonturijn School is in the centre of Amsterdam. I shall
also be gathering data in Bristol and in a village near Bath –
M.
- This term we have led sessions
at an Early Years conference in Bristol and courses in Harrow.
Richmond LEA invited us to make presentations to all the Primary
Maths Coordinators and also to a Primary Heads’ meeting;
followed by two, one day courses covering the Foundation Stage
and Key Stage 1
- Meanwhile interest in children’s
mathematical graphics continues to grow. Numbers of visitors to
our website have also increasing significantly in the past two
months with a ‘high’ of 2506 for October – a record for the
Children’s Mathematics Network!
We were fortunate to have received a
funding Award from the Vicky Hurst Trust, to enable us to produce a
booklet about research into children’s mathematical graphics (coming
later).
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The following items have been added to
the website this month:
Welcome to new
members
From India,
welcome to: V
H Hanumantha Ravi Pusuluri
in Andhra Pradesh and
Bhavika Trivedi in
Gujarat;
From New Zealand,
welcome to Cherry Taylor in
Waikato.
From The United Kingdom:
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Scotland:
welcome to
Penny Munn in
Glasgow
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Wales:
welcome to
Tracey Gardiner,
Newport
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The North of England:
welcome to
Joyce Guthrie,
Northumberland
From London and South East
of England, welcome to:
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Suzanne Gilbert
from Chatham
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Helen Cummins from
Harrow
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Cherry Baleer, Sara Bromfield , Kate Chattaway, Dawn Claeher,
Natalie D'Cruz , Kerry Diver, Nikki Greenfield, Kathryn Hayward,
Shelley Hills, Hannah Kerry, Claire Keith, Julia McCann, Maria
Moler, Helen Munro, Rebecca Perry, Susannah Rose-Doyle, Michelle
Rutter, Liz Skivington, Jane Steel , Annabelle Xaverey
- all from Richmond
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Daniella Gorman
and
Rebecca Seddon
from Sheen
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Kate Clark
and
Ciara Hall from
Teddington
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Kate Gauvain, Lyn Gray, Briarley Jenvey
and
Catherine van den Broek
from Twickenham
From The South and South
West of England, welcome to:
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Emma Burt
from Bridport, Dorset
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Sarah Bourner
from Southampton
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Shelley Allecy, Teresa Bell, Sue Browne, Laura Carey, Sally
Compton, Sue Cowdell, Vivian Dhao Pardoe,
Karen Farmer,
Jane Feluily, Ann Freebury,
Vicky Gainard, Louise Hannan, Cilla Hodson, Sue Jay, Sian Jones,
Pat Kendall, Mary Leach, Janet Marin, Tracey Marsh, Jacqui
Masters-Fry, Kelly Mason, Gill Matt, Halina McEwan, Jan Palmer,
Mo Pearson, Beth Pritchard, Veronica Rayner, Heather Roche,
Helen Scorgil, Lianne Sheldon, Karen Sheppard, Jeanne Simpson.
Laura Skyner, Sharon Viney,
Katie Watson, Chris Weston, Sarajayne Wherlock, Caroline Wood
- all from Bristol
Apologies if I’ve typed anyone’s name incorrectly – this is likely
to be due to my interpretation of your handwriting, so please do
get in touch to give me correct spellings!
If
you are from Bristol and signed up at the Bristol EY conference in
September but don’t see your name here – apologies: someone
accidentally went home with some sheets! Just email me and I’ll
enrol you as a member.
Resources
New
Publications (chapters):
- Worthington, M.
'"It's my birthday bridge": multi-modal meanings through play'
in: J. Moyles (Ed.) (2007) Beginning Teaching, Beginning
Learning, Maidenhead: Open University Press / McGraw Hill.
- Carruthers, E.
(2007) ‘Children’s Outdoor Experiences: a Sense of Adventure?’
in J. Moyles, (Ed) (2007) Early Years Foundations: Meeting
the Challenge, Maidenhead: Open University Press / McGraw
Hill.
- Worthington, M.
(2007) 'Multi-modality, play and children's mark-making in
maths' in: J. Moyles, (Ed.) (2007) Early Years Foundations:
Meeting the Challenge, Maidenhead: Open University Press /
McGraw Hill.
Recent
reports new on the website
New Research
New References:
New Links
Other
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