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The purpose of the blog is to help support primary teachers within Falkirk primary schools in their use of ICT across teaching and learning. This blog has lots of valuable links to support science inquiry in primary schools.

This blog has lots of valuable links to support science inquiry in primary schools.

This video explores the numeracy skills used in everyday life when posting a parcel (namely Length, Weight, Distance and Money). It can be used to either introduce new concepts or consolidate them. It also allows the teacher to pause and discuss each topic with the class through the discussion questions provided. It is aimed at Primary School students (years 2-5).

Excellent example of a primary numeracy video. About numeracy related to sending a parcel via the post office.

Scott Baddock's blog - primary online teaching resources includes ipad apps.

Scott is a primary school teacher from Adelaide. This blog is well presented with lots of interesting resources to explore including ipad aps and IWB resources.

student-created digital video as a pedagogical approach to achieving a variety of educational objectives.

A Numeracy Stimulus Video to be used during a Measurement or Fractions unity of study within a Numeracy primary curriculum.

This video is an educational video designed to assist students, parents and teachers with numeracy in the primary years. This video addresses the topic money and looks specifically at buying items at the shop with a budget and also discusses the ways to round money.

A movie about buying books for school, but having a budget and making sure you've still got money left! To encourage kids to think about numeracy in their every day lives.

The amazing students at Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha Nebraska have lots to share about what they learn. Each Willowcast is packed with entertaining segments! An example of podcasting at its best in the Primary Years.

Johnny Rabbit orders lunch from the school canteen and we follow how much change he gets

This is an numeracy based educational video on money. To appeal to an early primary years' age group we set the video in the school canteen using a toy bunny (Johnny Rabbit) in place of a child, which allows children to relate better to the character while exploring the concepts of money and numeracy (The Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority) . (ACMNA017, ACMNA034, ACMNA059). This video could be used as an initial exploration into money, with the ability of delving into more in-depth questions as the students become proficient with the concepts.

EDUC3625 Numeracy Primary

EDUC3626 numeracy primary

A great 'teacher' version of YouTube that is not as likely to be blocked in primary schools.

A video for educational purposes

This is an educational video aiming to teach the topic of 'how to use a street directory'. This video focuses on the numeracy aspects of grid referencing and data representation. This is a video aiming for Primary School students (Year 5).

This numeracy stimulus video explores the answers to every child's problem, and indeed their parent's, of the amount of time it takes to arrive at a destination when driving. Considering the variables of speed and distance, what is the amount of time for our travellers to arrive at their destination?

This video is a great resource for an upper primary classroom and provides opportunities for critical thinking and offers ideas for extension activities.

EDUC3625 educational numearcy video on non-standard units of measurment for primary school classroom

This video demonstrates the many features of buildings within the community that could be measured using non-standard units, such as hand-height, foot-length and arm-span. Viewers will understand that these measurements can be used to estimate length, height and area when standard units are not available, such as tape measures.

This is an educational video on 'how to make chocolate brownies'. This video focuses on the numeracy aspects of time and measurement, with other aspects of area and perimeter. In a more advanced lesson, volume can also be taught as well as weight and size. This is a video aiming for Primary School students but can be adapted and modified for older students.

A video created for educational purposes that focuses on numeracy. This video demonstrates mathematical skills of Measurement and Time in a fun environment of cooking in a kitchen. While it was aimed at Year 3/4s it would be easily adapted to different year levels depending on the focus. It is aimed to engage students in learning about numeracy while using ICT

This numeracy video was created for educational purposes and designed for students teachers and parents to use as a resource when teaching fractions in a junior primary setting. Our video aims to communicate the importance of numeracy as a life skill as it shows how numeracy can be used beyond the classroom. For example, real life situations such as baking a chocolate cake :)

This video could be used as part of numeracy learning experiences, either as a base to a numeracy lesson, lesson introduction, or lesson idea. It could also encorporate cross curricula links to subjects such as ICT and Home Economics!

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=34078 You could also check out the link on the 'WatchKnowLearn' website - a website where you can view hundreds of free educational videos!

This video was created for educational purposes focusing on ICT and Numeracy. Our video's theme is : Calculators Can't Replace The Need To Learn Numeracy. This is intended for Junior Primary/Primary School.

According to many health promotion advocates, we need to walk at least 10,000 steps a day to maintain a healthy lifestyle. This is a stimulus video created for educational purposes that aims to help people measure exactly how far 10,000 steps a day is for them. Enjoy!

This video is aimed for upper primary school students. However, it is just as useful for teachers, parents and people of all ages!

An ICT tool that can be utilised to demonstrate the links between numeracy, the Australian Curriculum and life in the community. The video introduces financial mathematical concepts to primary school children. Such concepts include the addition and subtraction of money.