Episode 7: Playful maths across the years with Matt Skoss

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In this episode we chat with Matt Skoss about making maths playful in the senior years and why this is so important. Matt shares stories about the connections he has made over the many years he has been teaching, mentoring and advocating for inquiry based mathematical teaching and learning. Thank you to Matt for taking some time out to have a chin wag and for playing forward your experiences with us.

1. Photo of Matt holding up a Sphinx Tile - image

2. Jumping Kangaroos task - link

3. Giant floor version of MathemaTic-Tac-Toe  - link

4. Eric the Sheep - link

Oh, and here's the dessert menu that Matt selected from - link

NB - While Maths 300 is mentioned in this episode as a valuable teacher resource, it feels important to clarify that this podcast is not sponsored by Maths 300. 

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Thank you for listening to this podcast episode which is part of a seven part series airing to help celebrate the International Day of Mathematics which, in 2024, ran under the theme 'Playing with maths'.

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