What do you need to do to be involved?
| Now | Register your school - and tell colleagues about Reach for the Stars! |
| From June 2008 |
Explore this website so you can plan your involvement. Decide whether you will have a whole school event, or just get involved as a single class - or something in between. |
| Before National Literacy and Numeracy Week (1-7 September 2008) | Involve your students in some preliminary activities as part of the classroom program in mathematics - if you choose to. (Ideas for each age group are accessible from the Core activity pages). |
| During National Literacy and Numeracy Week | Conduct your 'Coin Toss' experiments and record your results. |
| Before 10pm (AEST) on Friday 5 September 2008 | Submit your data online - and be entered for a chance to win for your school one of two MacBook laptop computers or one of five packs of ten electronic Macquarie School Dictionaries (thanks to Apple and Franklin Electronic Publishing). |
| Tuesday 9 September and beyond |
Receive a summary of the results shared by pre-schools and schools across Australia (this will be sent by email to registered participants). Undertake activities in which your students investigate the data -- as many or as few as your program allows. Present and display your participation certificate(s) (made available electronically to participating schools). |
Some teachers in your school might choose for their class to be involved only in the core activity of conducting and reporting on their 'Coin Toss' experiments, while others might find some activities they want to use in the “more activities” pages -- that’s fine!
The principle is that each member of staff can be involved as much or as little as suits them and their learning program.
You might like to identify a Reach for the Stars coordinator at the school. There is information to help them in this role on the Coordinator's page.