- By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister and MP for Botany
We’re continuing to supercharge our maths action plan with a new, targeted maths acceleration programme!
This year, we discovered shocking data showing just four out of five year 8 students are not where they need to be for maths.
That’s why we’ve moved swiftly to implement our Make It Count maths action plan to set Botany kids up for success.
This latest step in our plan will make sure students who need the most help can catch up to where they need to be.
The trial programme will provide intensive support to around 2000 year 7 and 8 students who have fallen behind in maths.
To bring them up to the required curriculum level, they’ll receive small group tutoring and supervised online tuition for 30 minutes up to four times a week.
Schools and kura across the country will see the programme run for 12 weeks across term 1 and 2 next year.
We’ll look to scale this up across the country from term 3, informed by an evaluation of the trial.
This initiative is just part of the wider support we’re providing to teachers and students to lift maths achievement.
We’ve just released a new knowledge-rich curriculum in time for term 1 next year that sets out a structured, evidence-based approach based on the science of learning.
On top of that, around 400,000 students will benefit from high-quality, curriculum aligned workbooks, teacher guidance and lesson plans. This number will continue to rise.
Our $30 million investment allows every teacher and child to have the resources they need to flourish in the classroom.
We need to improve achievement in this country, not just because it’s the best way to set kids up for success, but because the future of our economy relies on our young people doing well in school today.
The Government is committed to getting 80 per cent of year 8 students at or above the expected curriculum level by 2030.
We’re working fast on our plan to make sure all kids are equipped with the skills they need to succeed.
Botany residents can rest assured we’re unrelentingly focused on lifting student achievement and getting our education system back on track.
