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Clear teaching

Mathematics for Aotearoa New Zealand Schools is a clear, structured, and easy-to-follow resource that takes the guesswork out of maths teaching. Carefully sequenced lessons, explicit teaching approach and consistent routines help reduce planning workload while building student confidence, understanding and independence through the Coursebooks, Practice Books, Teacher’s Guides and digital resources.

Teach with Clarity and Confidence

Consistent lesson structure for effective lesson delivery

Ready-to-use lessons with a clear lesson structure and a comprehensive Scheme of Work reduce teacher preparation time, supporting effective and engaging teaching.

Ready-to-use lessons and a Scheme of Work support efficient lesson delivery.

Strong guidance and modelling support

Teachers are supported every step of the way with clear, step-by-step lesson guidance, instructional prompts and classroom activities.

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Mathematics Year 0

Mathematics Year 0 gives young learners a strong start in maths through hands-on and meaningful learning. Grounded in proven pedagogy and shaped by New Zealand classroom feedback, it helps build understanding and readiness for future learning.

Beginning of Each Lesson

Daily Warm-Up activities such as counting, subitising, and number talks activate prior knowledge and assess readiness for new learning.

Let’s Remember & Quick Recall revisit key concepts in preparation for new learning.

During the Lesson

Learn and Do explicitly teaches new concepts through hands-on learning and guided practice.

Let’s Learn and Let’s Do tasks in the Student Book reinforce and consolidate learning.

Daily Wrap-Up concludes a lesson through purposeful reflection, discussion, review and formative assessment activities.

End of Chapter

Chapter Wrap-Up provides opportunities for students to apply learning, explain thinking and demonstrate understanding independently.

Problem Solving with Big Books develops mathematical thinking through rich real-life contexts.

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Mathematics Years 1–8

Mathematics for Aotearoa New Zealand Schools Years 1–8 is designed to support teachers and learners with a clear and coherent approach to mathematics teaching. Fully aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum and easy to implement across the school, it combines pedagogy grounded in world-class mathematics approaches with practical classroom usability. It offers robust instructional guidance to reduce planning time alongside the professional flexibility for teachers to adapt to their learners and context.

Plan

Teachers can plan lessons effectively using the clear, structured support available in the Teacher’s Guide.

Check for Readiness

Every lesson begins with retrieval and recall activities that help teachers check prerequisite knowledge, assess readiness and inform next-step teaching.

Ready-to-use Scheme of Work and lesson plans for confident lesson planning.

Teach

Concepts are introduced and mastered step-by-step through the Concrete–Pictorial–Abstract (CPA) approach, followed by guided application and purposeful practice in both print and digital formats to reinforce understanding and build confidence.

Evaluating readiness through retrieval and recall of prior learning.

Virtual Manipulatives support whole-class concept demonstration and have been developed through classroom-informed design.

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provides a clear, structured approach with consistent routines that support effective teaching across the school. Its sequential design builds strong mathematical understanding from the early years.

As a result, both teachers and students are confident, engaged, and fully committed to the programme.

Edendale Primary School (Southland, New Zealand)

Assign and Assess

Teachers can assign formative and summative assessment tasks across print and digital resources. Assessment is seamlessly integrated into everyday learning, providing real-time insights, instant feedback and meaningful learning data to support timely intervention and targeted teaching.

Concepts are taught using the CPA approach.

Let’s Do tasks at each stage of concept development provide formative and diagnostic assessment, giving teachers timely insights into students’ conceptual understanding.

Purposeful Practice tasks in print and digital formats reinforce learning, build conceptual understanding and independence, and provide formative assessment insights into student progress.

Review provides summative assessment and consolidate learning across topics.

Formative Assessment

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Drive Deep, Lasting Learning

Build strong foundations with concept development based on the proven Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach and lesson design based on Gradual Release of Responsibility

Mathematics follows the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model in every lesson, moving students from explicit teacher guidance to confident and independent application.

Each Let’s Learn segment provides a hands-on, teacher-facilitated experience of concepts through the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) stages. Throughout the lesson, the teacher observes what the students say and do and provides feedback to students.

Concrete

Students explore concepts using hands-on materials and real-life experiences to build understanding.

Teacher explicitly models new concepts using step-by-step guidance and purposeful questioning from the Teacher’s Guide.

Teacher supports shared and guided learning through scaffolded discussion, activities and reasoning.

Students independently apply and consolidate learning through practice.

Pictorial

Students then connect concrete learning to mathematical ideas, by using diagrams, models and visual representations.

Abstract

Concrete and Pictorial understanding is transitioned to abstract mathematical thinking by using numbers, symbols and mathematical notation.

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Multiple opportunities to teach mathematical reasoning and problem solving

Aligned to The NZ Mathematics Investigation Cycle, the unique UPAC+ problem-solving process is a consistent scaffold for students to develop into proficient problem solvers.

Clear teaching • Strong learning

Everything You Need in One Connected Digital Resource

Math Pro supports teaching, learning and assessment in one place.

All your resources in one place

Coursebooks, Teacher’s Guides, Lesson Videos, Virtual Manipulatives, Task Assignments and Student Activity Reports are all instantly accessible on Math Pro.

Respond to student needs in real time

Immediate critical insights on student performance help teachers adjust instruction and provide targeted support just in time, avoiding learning deficit snowballs.

Clear front-of-class teaching

Interactive tools on Math Pro — including Virtual Manipulatives, Grouping, Masking, the Pro-teacher Tool Bar and instant access to relevant content — support clear, focused and engaging whole-class teaching.

Professional learning that works in real classrooms

Delivered on site by experienced New Zealand maths consultants, our practical professional learning supports effective classroom implementation.

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Proven results

See the Impact in Your

Classroom

Independent reviews by Dr Lester Flockton

Based on surveys and interviews with New Zealand schools that have used Mathematics for over 10 years, the following findings reflect authentic perspectives from teachers and school leaders on its impact:

• supports consistent, high-quality teaching through a clear and carefully sequenced structure

• Concepts are taught progressively with reinforcement to build deep understanding and confidence

• Ready-to-use resources and embedded support reduce planning time and strengthen teaching practice.

• helps students build confidence, engagement and independence in mathematics learning.

• Used in hundreds of New Zealand schools, has shown strong impact on teaching and learning outcomes.

Happy Voices from Kiwi Classrooms

Since its introduction in New Zealand in 2015, Mathematics has been embraced by hundreds of schools nationwide - the best proof comes from the schools themselves.

“ has transformed our maths teaching with a clear, structured approach grounded in the Science of Learning. It supports deep understanding, meets diverse learner needs and has significantly increased student engagement and motivation.”

Western Heights School (Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand)

“ ’s clear and structured approach has strengthened teacher confidence and student engagement. It has built strong mathematical understanding across year levels, leading to whole-school implementation.”

Freyberg Community School (Te Atatu South, Auckland, New Zealand)

“ ’s clear, structured approach builds strong mathematical understanding and supports confident, engaged teachers and students across the school.”

Edendale Primary School (Southland, New Zealand)

Image courtesy of Fenwick School Oamaru, New Zealand

Image courtesy of Taonui School Manawatu, New Zealand

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Strong learning

A comprehensive range of resources for Years 0–8 support teaching, learning, practice and assessment in a blended, print or digital environment allowing flexibility in instruction and learning.

STUDENT resources

Print Coursebooks

Coursebooks serve as a guide for teacher-facilitated learning experiences for students. This core component provides the content and instruction for all stages of the learning process — readiness, engagement and mastery of concepts and skills.

Practice Books

Practice Books, correlated to the coursebooks, contain exercises and reviews for independent practice and formative and summative assessments.

Math Pro is a comprehensive digital platform that provides learning and assessment resources, fully aligned with Mathematics.

Engaging digital resources, practice and assessment support learning at every stage

Avatars, stars and teacher accolades encourage assignment completion and active participation

Encouraging messages and wellbeing check-ins reduce maths anxiety and build confidence and resilience

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TEACHER resources

Print Big Books

Big Books use rich visuals and meaningful real-life contexts to develop early problem-solving skills and mathematical thinking. They encourage discussion, reasoning and active participation, helping young learners make sense of mathematics in engaging and relatable ways. The Teacher’s Guide for Big Books is available digitally.

Digital

Math Pro provides complete teaching, learning and assessment resources to support effective lesson delivery.

Digital edition of Coursebooks, Practice Books and Teacher’s Guides are supported with teaching tools such as point-of-use virtual manipulatives, videos and worksheets

Digital Practice and Assessment offer systematic and regular practice

Actionable Critrical Insights into students’ learning, gaps and gains

Teachers can recognise and motivate students through Accolades, encouraging engagement and positive learning behaviours

Teacher’s dashboard

Accolades to reward good behaviour

Teachers can assign tasks to students

Critrical Insight

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Supported Every Step of the Way

Mathematics has been a trusted resource in New Zealand classrooms for over 10 years.

Supported by regionally-based Maths Consultants and Scholastic teams across New Zealand –students report stronger engagement, confidence, and mathematical understanding, while teachers value the programme’s clarity and support.