Year 8: Maths

Kayleigh had Mr Greig for maths in Year 8. Kayleigh was still in level 3 Maths but her teacher said she was showing really good progress. For the first semester, Kayleigh was learning algebra and trigonometry. Both of these Kayleigh really seemed to 'get'. Her test result at the end of the first term she got 87% - which was the highest mark in any maths test Kayleigh had ever taken. Kayleigh was really proud of this and I was so proud of her because she had worked hard, and she had done it it by herself - she hadn't even asked me along the way how to do it. The funniest thing however, was that Kayleigh hated her maths homework and would slyly get her brother Terry to do it for her - he is a bit of a maths whiz and loves doing maths work. However since he hadn't yet come across algebra, Kayleigh had to teach him! That was a big buzz for Kayleigh - finally she knew something about maths that her younger brother didn't - and she had great joy telling him he got it wrong!