Maths Week Team Leader/Editor

Maths Week is an event held in schools each August under the auspices of the New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers (NZAMT). The event is sponsored by NZAMT and the Ministry of Education. For Maths Week, a team of writers prepares a variety of resources that teachers and students can use.

NZAMT is seeking a Lead Writer/Editor for the Maths Week team. Responsibilities include:

• leading the team of writers (typically about five or six)
• checking the material produced by writers
• liaising with the Maths Week website manager
• producing Maths Week notices and reports and other documents
• managing various aspects of the Maths Week processes
  and may include writing some resources.

The role requires a sound mathematical knowledge and of English.

The following skills and experience would be beneficial in this role:

• leading a small team
• checking and formatting documents
• experience with Word drawing tools and Excel.

Maths Week is funded by the Ministry of Education. An honorarium is paid to the writing team.

The role would suit someone who does not hold a full-time position.

For more information, contact Gillian Frankcom-Burgess, NZAMT President, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Anyone interested in the position should contact the NZAMT President as above in the first instance.

Notice to Register

Maths Week 2025 – including an event for teachers and home educators

Maths Week 2025 will be held between Monday 11 August and Friday 15 August.

This year an event is being held for teachers and home educators, and students – to submit a way to promote Maths Week. Prizes are on offer. Teachers are encouraged to let students know about the event. 

For details, go to https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/forteachers

Maths Week provides resources for teachers and students to support the mathematics and statistics curriculum. Last year, 5269 teachers and 242 400 students throughout New Zealand registered for Maths Week.

Maths Week material is available free and on-line from the Maths Week website, to teachers, students and the public.The aims of Maths Week are:

• to encourage students’ interest in mathematics and statistics
• to give teachers resources that they can use in the classroom, particularly material that requires some research and which may not be readily available to them, or that can be used electronically in class
• to show the pleasure that mathematics can provide and some of the everyday places where it can be used
• to give teachers material that can provide extension.

Maths Week resources are written in five sets for all students from Year 1 through to Year 11. To find more about the Maths Week levels and resources (including other aspects that are new for 2025, including a slight change to the registration process), go to https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/forteachers

Teachers who register for Maths Week also have access to answers to questions for the quizzes, and the answers and other notes for the worksheets. They will have access to this material for the worksheets from Monday 28 July to enable them to familiarise themselves with the material before Maths Week starts.

Notice to Register

Wiki Pāngarau 2024 – haere mai ki tētahi kaupapa me tētahi whakataetae pāngarau mō ngā kaiako me ngā whānau

Ka tū te Wiki Pāngarau 2024 i waenganui i te Mane 12 Akuhata me te Paraire 16 Akuhata.

I tēnei tau, kei te haere he kaupapa mō ngā kaiako koutou ko ngā whānau- ki te tuku whakaaro hei whakatairanga i te Wiki Pāngarau.  Mō ngā taipitopito kōrero, haere ki https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/forteachers/

Ko te Wiki Pāngarau, he whakarite  rauemi mō ngā kaiako me ngā whānau hei  tautoko i te marautanga pāngarau.  

Kāore he utu mō ngā rauemi nei ki ngā kaiako, ngā whānau me te iwi whānui mō te Wiki Pāngarau me te hono ki te ipurangi mai i te paetukutuku a te Maths Week.

Ko nga whāinga o te Wiki Pāngarau ko te;
•    whakatenatena i ngā ākonga ki te mahi pāngarau.
•    hoatu rauemi ka taea e ngā kaiako te whakamahi i roto i te akomanga, te rangahau, te mahi-a-ipurangi hoki.
•    whakaatu ki te katoa i ngā wāhi mahi pāngarau
•    whakakaha i ngā ākonga ki te whakaoti rapanga kia riro i a rātau he taonga.

Kua tuhia nga rauemi o te Wiki Pāngarau mō ngā reanga e rima arā, ngā ākonga katoa mai i te Tau 1 ki te Tau 11. Kia kite i ngā rauemi mō ia reanga mō ngā rā katoa o te wiki, me ngā tohutohu hoki, me haere ki
https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/forteachers/maths-week-sets-and-resources

Mehemea ka rehita ngā Kaiako mō te Wiki Pāngarau ka riro i a koutou ngā whakautu ki nga pātai me ētahi atu kōrero tautoko mō nga pepa mahi.  Ka taea te tango ēnei rauemi mō ngā pepa mahi mai i te Mane 29 o Hurae kia mārama ai ki nga kaupapa i mua i te tīmata o te Wiki Pāngarau

Kei te tautoko te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga i te wiki o te pāngarau.

Kia rehita ia kaiako me te tokomaha o ngā ākonga, haere  ki
https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/forteachers/maths-week-sets-and-resources

Me whakamōhio atu i ōu hoa mahi kei te haere he whakataetae mō te Wiki Pāngarau

Gillian Frankcom-Burgess, Perehitini NZAMT

Maths Week Sets and Resources

In previous years, Maths Week resources have been classified by levels. As from this year, they will be classified by Sets as follows.

• Set A – primarily for Years 1 and 2.
• Set B – primarily for Years 3 and 4.
• Set C – primarily for Years 5 and 6.
• Set D – primarily for Years 7 and 8.
• Set E – primarily for Years 9, 10 and 11.

This will mean that teachers can use different resources in the same class without any reference to different levels. Not all sections have material for all sets (see details below).

Maths Week resources are either quizzes or worksheets.

• Quizzes have short answer questions or multiple choice questions.
• Worksheets provide mathematical activities and questions. They can be downloaded and printed by teachers

The Maths Week resources this year are as follows.

• The Maths Chaser/Whai Pāngarau. Five Quizzes for Sets B – E. An in-class activity. The quizzes can be downloaded and printed by teachers. PowerPoint versions of these quizzes and a link to Google slides are also available.
• Power of 2/Mana o 2 (previously called Maths Millionaire/Kaipāngarau Whai Rawa). Five Quizzes with Years 3 – 5, Years 6 – 8, Years 9 – 11 and Family divisions. The questions for each day are based on a theme. Each quiz is completed on-line. Those who answer all questions correctly can print a certificate. There are te reo Māori versions of these quizzes.
• Money Sense/Tikanga moni. Quizzes to support financial capability, with one quiz for Set D and five quizzes for Set E (each on a particular theme). Each quiz is completed on-line.
• Daily Dollar/Ko te Tāra o te Rā. Worksheets for Sets A – E. A record sheet (a Word version and a spreadsheet version) for teachers to keep a cumulative class record for this series is available with the other Daily Dollar teacher resources.
• Survivor Series/Kia Mōrehurehu. Worksheets for in-class tasks for Sets A – E for each day during Maths Week. Each day’s tasks have a theme (the same theme for all levels).
• Maths Extra!/Pāngarau taapiri! (previously named The Basket of Maths/Te Kete o Pāngarau). One worksheet on a mathematical topic. Primarily written for Years 9 – 11 but could be suitable for some in Years 7 and 8.
• Super Challenge/Kua takoto te Manuka. One mathematical challenge question each day for Monday - Thursday during Maths Week. Answers are submitted on-line on the last day of Maths Week. Those who submit correct answers for the questions and the total can print a certificate. Answers and any other notes are available for teachers on the Tuesday in the week following Maths Week.
• Games. Interactive games that students can access on their electronic devices.

The Daily Dollar and Survivor Series worksheets, and the Maths Chaser and Power of 2 quizzes, are longer using day names – they are now being referred to as Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 and Day 5. This means that teachers can use any of this material without reference to a specific day.

My Best Way To Promote Maths Week