Burnie Counts Foreshore Maths Activities
Program bringing mathematics to the Burnie foreshore
Monday, 8 April marked the grand opening of the new Burnie Counts Foreshore Maths Activities. To celebrate the launch groups of school children enjoyed a BBQ lunch and got to tour the new activities, all located on the Burnie Foreshore.
All activities are located on the Burnie Foreshore, allowing people to learn as they soak in the beautiful seaside view. Activities include a large compass showing the distance to world landmarks, a height chart to compare your height to a famous person, a sea creature measurement path showing the size of some of the ocean’s largest creatures and a human sized Snakes and Ladders board complete with spinner.
The development has been a collaborative effort between Australian Schools Plus, the Burnie City Council, the Tasmanian Community Fund and local schools.
“We are proud to fund such an impactful new project,” TCF Chairperson Sally Darke said.
“Ensuring more children engage with education is a core value of the TCF and we are so pleased that Burnie Counts have produced such an interesting and unique learning environment for children.
“This innovative program helps engage children with learning in a fun, interesting way, showing them that not all learning has to happen in the classroom.”
Burnie Counts is a multiyear, multilayered, numeracy outcomes and community engagement project funded by the Tasmanian Community Fund and supported by the Burnie City Council.
The program has an emphasis on providing professional learning for staff at partner schools in the Burnie area on key numeracy focus areas, building the capacity of families to engage in meaningful learning with their children, lifting numeracy outcomes across the collective and developing a model that can be applied in other schools and educational settings.