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Diane - just thought this could be a good forum for starting to workon our project for 2009! Good ideas floated yesterday re Maths and Orientation and Mobility and I didn't want to lose them (my brain being what it is now!).

The WESST principle (which I tried to claim) - weight, echo, size, shape, texture - was that for location in space, see I have forgotten already, or was it for object perception? Still good maths stuff! Liked the idea of introducing quarter turn concept to littlies - I saw Tania light up, obviously thinking of Tearima. Reinforcing geometry concepts through O&M - degrees of turn, whole concept of 30 degrees for each 10 minutes of clock.
 * O&M and Maths**

The yellow book which we have to work on
 * Draft Curriculum update**

Great idea Cathy. So much geometry can be about movement through space. Mapping and co-ordinate graphs - location, location, location. Forming a circle by holding on to something at full stretch and moving around - pole dancing perhaps!!

We mustn't forget the paper folding ideas either.

Section on toolbox! Paper squares and circles.