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Palms became sweaty, mouths became dry and pulses became quicker the moment the math teacher put the first problem on the board.
What is 18 x 5? And figure it out in your head without writing anything down on paper, she said.
The challenge was issued at the start of Math is More Than 2+2, a session for parents looking for tips to help their children with math homework.
It was one of several workshops held Saturday at a special one-day parent conference organized by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and its parent involvement committee. The goal was to bridge the gap between what happens in the classroom and at home.
A parent’s active interest and involvement in a child’s learning is a major indicator of how well the child will ultimately do in school, organizers said, so they built an entire conference around that theme.
“If the parent is talking to the kid about learning, the impact is well-documented,” said Jennifer Adams, the board’s director of education.
Down the hall from the math lesson, parents were packed like sardines into a Sir Robert Borden High School classroom to learn strategies for staying calm and focused when faced with challenging situations.
Meanwhile, in the library, school board officials tried to ease the minds of concerned parents at a session on the province’s new health and physical education curriculum — a subject of some controversy in recent years.
“This new curriculum has generated a lot of interest,” said Pino Buffone, superintendent of curriculum services.
He explained what the curriculum, which includes lessons on human development and sexual health, does — and doesn’t — teach, and at what age. He also directed parents to online resources published by the Ministry of Education, Ottawa Public Health and the Ottawa police.
Given the sensitivity of the issue, Buffone said teachers have been asked to send a letter home to parents outlining the specific content, skills and knowledge they intend to cover in class some weeks in advance of the lesson.
“Be very gentle with your teachers,” he urged parents. “They are very worried about a misstep.”
Other workshops covered the ins and out of special education and individualized education programs, supporting children as they figure out what they want to be when they grow up, and helping them do well in school.
Earlier in the day, child psychologist Peg Dawson gave a thoughtful keynote address about what she calls “executive skills.”
These include working memory, flexibility, organization and time management, as well as learning to control impulses and emotions, and staying focused on a task despite distractions, fatigue or boredom.
“These skills take a long time to develop,” she said, adding, by way of example, that a child’s ability to make themselves begin a task — whether it be cleaning their room or starting their science project — takes 25 years to reach maturation.
Based on the success of this year’s conference, which 600 parents registered in advance to attend, the OCDSB may organize similar events in the future, said Susan Fullerton, who chairs the parent involvement committee.
“We’d like it to become an annual event,” she said.
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What is 18 x 5? And figure it out in your head without writing anything down on paper, she said.
The challenge was issued at the start of Math is More Than 2+2, a session for parents looking for tips to help their children with math homework.
It was one of several workshops held Saturday at a special one-day parent conference organized by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and its parent involvement committee. The goal was to bridge the gap between what happens in the classroom and at home.
A parent’s active interest and involvement in a child’s learning is a major indicator of how well the child will ultimately do in school, organizers said, so they built an entire conference around that theme.
“If the parent is talking to the kid about learning, the impact is well-documented,” said Jennifer Adams, the board’s director of education.
Down the hall from the math lesson, parents were packed like sardines into a Sir Robert Borden High School classroom to learn strategies for staying calm and focused when faced with challenging situations.
Meanwhile, in the library, school board officials tried to ease the minds of concerned parents at a session on the province’s new health and physical education curriculum — a subject of some controversy in recent years.
“This new curriculum has generated a lot of interest,” said Pino Buffone, superintendent of curriculum services.
He explained what the curriculum, which includes lessons on human development and sexual health, does — and doesn’t — teach, and at what age. He also directed parents to online resources published by the Ministry of Education, Ottawa Public Health and the Ottawa police.
Given the sensitivity of the issue, Buffone said teachers have been asked to send a letter home to parents outlining the specific content, skills and knowledge they intend to cover in class some weeks in advance of the lesson.
“Be very gentle with your teachers,” he urged parents. “They are very worried about a misstep.”
Other workshops covered the ins and out of special education and individualized education programs, supporting children as they figure out what they want to be when they grow up, and helping them do well in school.
Earlier in the day, child psychologist Peg Dawson gave a thoughtful keynote address about what she calls “executive skills.”
These include working memory, flexibility, organization and time management, as well as learning to control impulses and emotions, and staying focused on a task despite distractions, fatigue or boredom.
“These skills take a long time to develop,” she said, adding, by way of example, that a child’s ability to make themselves begin a task — whether it be cleaning their room or starting their science project — takes 25 years to reach maturation.
Based on the success of this year’s conference, which 600 parents registered in advance to attend, the OCDSB may organize similar events in the future, said Susan Fullerton, who chairs the parent involvement committee.
“We’d like it to become an annual event,” she said.
mpearson@postmedia.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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