Brighten your child’s future with SEMAS Abacus Maths
Developing students’ full potential Founded in 1965, the school offers a broad educational experience that combines academic excellence with its six College values of respect, heritage, commitment, adaptability, friendship and community. Through a strong pastoral care program, St Norbert College provides a learning environment in which students’ spiritual, intellectual, physical, social and emotional needs are met.
The school boasts a brand new, state-ofthe-art Performing Arts Centre as well as the Floreffe Trade Training Centre – a unique facility that allows students to learn trades such as plumbing and painting. In addition, St Norbert College is the only Catholic school in WA that has a Specialised Basketball Program, with more than 100 participants at present. St Norbert College’s annual Open Day will be held on Friday 9 March, with tours commencing at 9am and 1pm. For more information, visit norbert.wa.edu.au
ANNUAL OPEN DAY - FRIDAY 9 MARCH
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Highly popular! This course is designed to assist your Year 3, 5 ,7 and 9 students in their preparations for the upcoming NAPLAN tests in May. Your child will get access to specific NAPLAN focused testing which will assist our tutors to develop each child’s individual needs.
NumberWorks’nWords caters for students who are struggling with school or bursting to
• Auditory processing • ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia • Learning & listening difficulties • Poor memory, speech delay
(08) 9345 0388
EXPO The inaugural Mathematics Expo for families will be running in April 2018 aimed at supporting children’s mathematical learning at home.
Baby/ToddlerSchool, Preschool & Kindy, School Readiness Programs. HOME BASED PROGRAM
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22nd & 23rd February 2018 Information Webinars - 5pm 14th February & 14th March 2018
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Phone Janice at NumberWorks’nWords Subiaco now on 9388 3727.
Attend school with your child (3 months - 7 years).
Book a Tomatis Listening Assessment in Perth
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NumberWorks’nWords offers an assessment and introductory lesson free, so your child can experience tuition that’s so much fun it doesn’t feel like learning.
Tomatis® auditory retraining program helps:
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All aspects of English are covered, including reading, comprehension, spelling, grammar and writing. The maths program covers the Australian curriculum from numbers to problem solving.
Building a child’s mathematical curiosity can nurture the development of an inquisitive mind. Good questions can ignite curiosity. However, instantly providing them with answers can extinguish this flame.
Allow your kids to productively struggle
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Learning that doesn’t feel like learning
The NumberWorks’nWords learning environment is vibrant and the lessons harness the power of fun. Your child gets specialist tutors in each subject – with faceto-face individualised tuition using purposewritten software to support learning.
Scientists from the University of California claim that curiosity is the key, in that it prepares our brain for acquiring new knowledge and makes future learning more rewarding.
This encourages them to think independently and promotes the idea that not knowing the answer instantly is OK.
More enough reason to get excited about this excellent program. Become part of SEMAS Abacus math today and your child could perhaps become a SEMAS Australia
Math champ and could compete against the rest of the world.
umberWorks’nWords specialist maths and English tuition can help your child improve their confidence and skills in the core subjects – and show just how amazing they really are.
By Rachael Whitney-Smith, Executive Officer MAWA
When your child asks, ‘Why doesn’t this puzzle piece fit?’ it’s best to reply, ‘I’m not sure, can you tell me why?’
Centres across Perth can help your child to become an Abacus whiz. Not only will your child be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide faster that a calculator, they would also be able to concentrate better, solve problems, think logical, build self-esteem, enhance their learning ability and photographic memory and most important, they will learn to love maths.
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t Norbert College is a Catholic, co-educational secondary school in Queens Park that caters for almost 900 students.
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EMAS Abacus has caused a stir across Australia because children from the age of 3 can be part of it. It will change the way you and your child feel about maths.
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