Mathmo Consulting

I am deeply grateful to my students, past and present, for their inspiration, and to the many principals, teachers, and colleagues I have worked with to restore confidence in mathematics education in New Zealand. 🙏

Reflections and gratitude - Mathmo Consulting It is a genuine honour and surprise to be included in the 2026 New Year Honours list in recognition of my services to mathematics education.  I am deeply grateful to my students, past and present, for their inspiration, and to the many principals, teachers, and colleagues I have worked with to res...

From https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11285

"Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer." Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus

50 years of Cantamath! 😍 I attended my first competition when I was 5 or 6 years old.

Gosh, I wish I had seen this animation when I was student. Instead, we constructed the cotangent and tangent line (around 4:15) last week and it was a thing of beauty! Such a pity most of this is lost in the learning of trigonometry because we focus so much on the algebra.

All 6 Trig Functions on the Unit Circle Computer animation by Jason Schattman that shows how sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant & cosecant all fit together in one beautifully unified structur...

NCEA Numeracy – a looming disaster Weaving was the Big Idea of NCEA Numeracy, but it’s starting to unravel…

Happy Pi Day! We all know that Kiwis love a good pi... 🥧

Pi Day | Celebrate Mathematics on March 14th Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter…

Educating our way towards a better and happier society. (y)

Covid-19: School science can help combat conspiracies, educators say When teacher Andrea Tritton started hearing anti-vaccine theories in her classroom, she threw out the curriculum for two weeks to tackle them.

Great news, we will make the most of those extra two weeks. (y)

We recognise the disruption that COVID-19 has caused teaching and learning in 2021.
Today changes to the assessment dates were announced, including NCEA and NZ Scholarship exams.
More information: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea2021

https://www.facebook.com/BringBackColumnAddition/posts/4390009074375453

Column subtraction - the easy way to subtract numbers This video was made especially for primary school children in New Zealand who are distance learning in 2020. Many Kiwi kids struggle with basic numeracy tas...

https://www.facebook.com/BringBackColumnAddition/posts/4389991601043867

Column addition - the easy way to add numbers This video was made especially for primary school children in New Zealand who are distance learning in 2020. Many Kiwi kids struggle with basic numeracy tas...

Really missing Cantamath tonight. 😪

We could not be prouder of all of our students participating in the Cantamath competitions this evening. Great results in Year 7, a leading Year 8 team, and first prize in Year 9! Congratulations to everyone. 🥳🥳🥳👍👍👍