Students Excel at 12th Primary Mathematics Student's Workshop

Sat, Jan 17th 2015, 11:00 AM

For the twelfth year, in order to support the commitment of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to raise the level of numeracy skills, the Primary Curriculum Section of the Department of Education hosted the Primary Mathematics Students’ Workshop on Wednesday, 7th January, 2015 at the Learning Resources Section. The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the capacity of students at the primary school level in Mathematics content, strategies and mental computation.

Sixth-grade students were selected to attend the Workshop based on their above average ability in Mathematics. This year, in addition to students from government primary schools, students from Jordan Prince William School, New Providence Classical School and Bahamas Academy attended. Throughout the day, students received tokens for each correct answer given.

Dariq Chase of Oakes Field Primary School emerged as the winner of the first place prize. He said that he thought the workshop was fun and educational and should continue. Dariq explained that he discovered he could use mental math instead of a calculator, enabling him to solve problems quickly and have more time to check his work.

Anfernee Rolle of Bahamas Academy was second. Anfernee said the workshop was a learning experience for him. He made a friend while finding out that mental math can help him to get 100% on the GLAT. Trinity Brooks of Palmdale Primary placed third. She concluded that the workshop was a fun experience. Like Anfernee, Trinity also made a friend, Talia Burrows from Bahamas Academy. Together they completed a crossword puzzle. Trinity was happy to learn how to use mental math to multiply two-digit numbers.

Mrs. Felicity Civil, a teacher at Stephen Dillett Primary School, has been a facilitator at the Mathematics Workshop for five years. She stated that during that time she has seen a growth in attendance and interest. Mrs. Civil said that she believes that the students who attend benefit from the strategies taught because they can be applied to improve their GLAT performance. She said that attending the workshop boosts students’ confidence in their mathematical abilities. Mrs. LeAnna Deveaux-Miller of T.G. Glover Primary School and Ms. Antonia Bain of Gambier Primary School were also facilitators.

Dariq Chase of Oakes Field Primary School (first from left), Anfernee Rolle of Bahamas Academy (second from left) and Trinity Brooks of Palmdale Primary (third from left) won prizes for their ability to compute and solve mental math problems quickly and accurately at the 12th Primary Mathematics Students’ Workshop. The students placed first, second and third respectively (Photo by Edgar Arnette).

Mrs. Felicity Civil assists Gabriella Stubbs of New Providence Classical School during the construction of the Outstanding Math Guide (OMG) take home activity at the Primary Mathematics Students’ Workshop (Photo by Edgar Arnette).

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