Created by Australian primary teachers and maths leaders
WHAT SCHOOLS SAY
“We love the clear learning intentions; enabling and extending prompts; and photos that show what work (especially recording methods) might look like in a real classroom. The packs are teacher-friendly. The activities are engaging and fun for the learners and teachers too. They use simple equipment in a variety of ways.”
— Sue and Katrina, Maths Leaders, Pakenham Hills PS
PowerPoint summary of member feedback:
NAPLAN student gain results at intensive hands-on maths schools for the matched student cohorts in 2018
(all teams had intensive PL throughout 2017 and 2018)
Please note: Most programs advertise their growth results based only on their own assessments. Our included pre- and post-assessments are based on reasoning and problem-solving, with students showing working out and being able to articulate their strategies. However, we also believe it is important to evidence our results by verifiable NAPLAN student gains and raw scores at schools that are in disadvantaged areas. These schools had intensive professional learning during the times of these students gains, using our planning packs across all teams for two years or more in the lead-up to these results.
Overview of how our packs are used at one of our long-term member schools: Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School: http://www.olhcwarrnambool.catholic.edu.au/mathematics.html
Mini Mathematicians Playgroup run by the maths leader at Kinglake Primary School, based on the Top Ten Mathematics Program. Teams at Kinglake PS use our hands-on maths units to comprehensively support their planning, assessment and numeracy instruction from the very first day of school (and before that), up to Year 6
LESSONS IN ACTION IN OUR CLASSROOMS
Schools using our Packs
Over 800 primary schools use our hands-on maths planning packs and numeracy libraries, and still counting...
Intensive PL schools (teams had intensive term-by-term or weekly professional learning for two years)
Lyndale Greens PS (2017 and 2018)
Thomastown East PS (2017 and 2018)
Kinglake PS (2018 and 2019)
Member schools in Victoria
Albion PS
Alfredton PS
Ashburton PS
Balnarring PS
Bendigo Violet St PS
Benton Junior College
Birmingham PS
Birregurra PS
Black Rock PS
Blackburn PS
Boort District School
Bright P-12 College
Bruthen PS
Burwood Heights PS
Camberwell South PS
Carlton Gardens PS
Coburg West PS
Chalcot Lodge PS
Chirnside Park PS
Coral Park PS (PL school)
Crib Point PS
Dandenong North PS (PL school)
Davis Creek PS
Debney Meadows PS
Dederang PS
Donburn PS
Doncaster PS
Eltham North PS
Footscray PS
Glengala PS
Gowrie Street PS
Great Ryrie PS
Hawkesdale P12 College
Hawthorn West PS
Heathmont East PS
Hillcrest Christian College
Hillsmeade PS
Horsham PS
Huntingdale PS
Inverleigh PS
Inverloch PS
Irymple South PS
Jamieson PS
Kalinda PS
Kialla Central PS
Kialla West PS
Kananook PS
Koondrook PS
Kyabram P-12 College
Lang Lang PS
Langley PS
Lavers Hill K-12 College
Leitchville PS
Lorne P-12 College
Lower Plenty PS
Lyndale Greens PS
Maramba PS
Melton Specialist School
Mentone Park PS
Merino Consolidated School
Mill Park PS
Mill Park Heights PS
Morwell Park PS
Mount Martha PS
Murrabit Group School
Navarre PS
Newmerella PS
Oakleigh PS
Ocean Grove PS
Our Lady's Primary Craigieburn
Pakenham Hills PS
Parktone PS
Pascoe Vale North PS
Penshurst PS
Pleasant Street PS
Rosebud PS
Sale and District Specialist School
Sherbourne PS
Simpson PS
Somerville PS
South Melbourne Park PS
St Catherine's School, Toorak
St Mary's Mt Evelyn PS
St Robert's Newtown PS
St Thomas More School Alfredton
Strathfieldsaye PS
Swan Hill PS
Swan Hill Specialist School
Tallarook PS
The Basin PS
Thomastown PS
Thomastown East PS
Thomastown West PS
Tooborac PS
Toolern Vale and District PS
Wallan PS
Warrnambool PS
Western English Language School
Wodonga West PS
Woodleigh School - Penbank Campus
Member schools in Tasmania
Exeter PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Riverside PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Special education schools
Andale School (Early Years Pack and Toolbox)
Anson Street School (Early Years and Years 3-6 Packs)
Bass Coast Specialist School
Berendale School (All Packs and Toolboxes)
Broadmeadows Special Development School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Bullimbal School (Early Years Pack and Numeracy Library)
Concord School (All Packs)
Croxton Special School (Early Years Pack)
Darling Point Special School
East Gippsland Specialist School (Early Years Pack)
Echuca Specialist School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Emerson School (Early Years Pack)
Geebung Special School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Glenallen School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Kuraby Special School
Innisfail State College - Diverse Learning Community (Numeracy Library Pack)
Melton Specialist School
Nelson Park School
North East Metropolitan Districts Language Development Centre, Perth (Early Years Pack)
Sale and District Specialist School
South Gippsland Specialist School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Swan Hill Specialist School
West Coast Language Development Centre (Early Years Pack)
Western English Language School (All Packs)
Member schools in New South Wales
Avalon Public School
Bankstown North Public School
Bellbrook Public School
Boggabri Public School
Cherrybrook Public School
Crystal Creek Public School
Dalton Public School
Darlington Point Public School (Numeracy Library Pack and Maths Toolboxes)
Doonside Public School
Dundurrabin Public School
Gilgandra Public School
Girraween Public School
Glenbrook Public School
Glendenning Public School
Goodooga Central School
Goulburn Public School
Goulburn North Public School
Grahamstown Public School
Griffith East Public School
Guildford West Public School
Gulgong Public School
Hay Public School
Hurstville Public School
Jerrabomberra Public School
Kingsgrove Public School
Lockhart Central School
Main Arm Upper Public School
Meadow Flat Public School
Middle Harbour Public School
Mount Austin Public School
Narranga Public School
Norfolk Island Central School
O'Connell Public School
Peak Hill Central School
Pendle Hill Public School
St Joseph's PS Molong
The Hills Grammar School
The Rock Central School
Tooraweenah Public School
Urunga Public School
Walcha Central School
Whalan Public School
Willmot Public School
Yoogali Public School
Member schools in Queensland
Abercorn State School
Baralaba State School
Bullimbal School
Calvary Christian College
Deebing Heights State School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Dimbulah State School
Eimeo Road State School
Fitzgerald State School
Flagstone State School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Greenbank State School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Greenmount State School
Karara State School
Mango Hill State School
Innisfail State College - Diverse Learning Community (Numeracy Library Pack)
Nambour Special School (Numeracy Library Pack)
St Joseph's PS Blackall
St Joseph's PS Mount Isa
St Patrick's PS Gympie (Numeracy Library Pack)
The Summit State School
Victoria Park State School
Whitsunday Christian College
Member schools in South Australia
Athelstone School
Cambrai PS
Eddystone PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Goolwa PS
Hallett Cove East PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Hawthorndene Primary School
Lonsdale Heights School
Nuriootpa PS
Reidy Park PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Robertstown PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Salisbury Downs PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
St James School, Jamestown
St Peter's Girls' School, Adelaide
Stansbury PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
The Pines School
Whyalla Town PS
Yahl PS (Numeracy Library Pack)
Schools that use our Numeracy Library Packs (continued from third column)
Mt Evelyn PS
Murrumbeena PS
Nabiac PS
Nambour Special School
Nangwarry PS
Newcomb Park PS
Noble Park PS
Oakleigh PS
Our Lady Help of Christians PS Warrnambool
Pakenham Hills PS
Parkes Public School
Peak Hill Central School
Pembroke PS
Reidy Park PS
River Gum PS
Riverton Education Support Centre
Riverwalk PS
Roxburgh Rise PS
Rye Park PS
Seaholme PS
Secret Harbour PS
Shepparton English Language Centre
Smithfield PS
South Geelong PS
Spring Farm PS
Springvale Rise PS
St Albans North PS
St Joseph's PS Collingwood
St Kilda Park PS
St Peter's Girls' School
Stansbury PS
Sunbury PS
Swanbourne PS
Tarwin Valley PS
The Hills Grammar School
The Lake PS
Thomas Chirnside PS, Werribee
Timbarra P-9 College, Beriwck
Toorak PS
Tootgarook PS
Truganina P-9 College
Villawood North PS
Wallan PS
Wandong PS
Warrnambool PS
West Busselton PS
Westgarth PS
Whittington PS
William Ruthven PS
Williamstown North PS
Willmot PS
Woodleigh School - Penbank Campus
Wodonga South PS
Yahl PS
Yarram PS
Member schools in WA
Arbor Grove Primary School
Avonvale ESC
Banksia Grove PS
Beaumaris PS
Carine PS
Caversham PS
Dampier PS
Derby District High School
Falls Road PS
Geographe PS
Hillman PS
Jigalong Remote Community School
Kalgoorlie School of the Air
Koorana Education Support Centre
Kyilla Primary School
Jolimont Primary School
Lake Grace District High School
Leeming SHS Education Support Centre
Little Grove PS
Madeley PS
Marble Bar PS
Medina PS
Merriwa Education Support Centre
Millars Well PS
Muludja Remote Community School
Newman PS
North East Metropolitan Districts Language Development Centre
Northam Primary School
O'Connor Primary School
Pannawonica PS
Port Hedland PS
South Hedland PS
South Kalgoorlie PS (PL school)
St Mary's PS Merredin
Success PS
Swanbourne PS
Three Springs PS
Tjuntjuntjara RCS
Toodyay District High School
Useless Loop PS
West Coast Language Development Centre
West Northam PS
Westminster Education Support Centre
Wickham PS
Wiluna Remote Community School
Yulga Jinna Remote Community School
Member schools in the Northern Territory
Bradshaw PS
Gray School (Numeracy Library Pack)
Larapinta PS
Umbakumba School
Schools that use our Maths Toolboxes across all classrooms
Berendale School
Connells Point Public School
Crib Point PS
Grahamstown PS
Little Grove PS
Lower Plenty PS
Lyndale Greens PS
Mill Park PS
Mitta Mitta PS
Nollamara PS
Pannawonica PS
Penshurst PS
Thomastown East PS
Toolern Vale and District PS
Yulga Jinna Remote Community School
Schools with our Numeracy Picture Book Library Pack
Albion PS
Ashtonfield PS
Benalla P-12 College
Benton Junior College
Berendale School
Berwick PS
Beverley Hills PS
Brunswick South PS
Burwood Heights PS
Caledonian PS
Cambridge Park PS
Carisbrook PS
Carlton PS
Chalcot Lodge PS
Chidlow PS
Clayton South PS
Cobden PS
Courtenay Gardens PS
Craigieburn South PS
Croydon Hills PS
Dalton PS
Dandenong PS
Darlington Point PS
Deebing Heights State School
Donburn PS
Drouin South PS
East Bentleigh PS
East Victoria Park PS
Eastwood PS
Eltham Primary School
Epping Views PS
Exeter PS (Tasmania)
Fawkner PS
Flagstone State School
Frankston Heights PS
Geelong East PS
Glenroy Central PS
Golden Bay PS
Goulburn PS
Greenbank State School
Glenrowan PS
Griffith East PS
Grovedale PS
Hallett Cove East PS
Hallett Cove R-12 School
Hampton PS
Hawkesdale P12 College
Hawthorn West PS
Hazel Glen College
Highvale PS
Horsham PS
Horsham West and Haven PS
Invergordon PS
Inverloch PS
Jerrys Plains PS
Kalgoorlie School of the Air
Kerrimuir PS
Keiraville Public School
Kyabram P-12 College
Lake Cargelligo Central School
Lang Lang PS
Langwarrin Park PS
Leitchville PS
Lethbridge Park PS
Logan Reserve State School
Lysterfield PS
Mandama PS
Manifold Heights PS
Manorvale PS
Mentone PS
Mercy College Koondoola
Middle Park PS
Millars Well PS
Mitcham PS
Morayfield State School
ABOUT US
We want every Australian student to love maths by using materials to both make sense of it and genuinely enjoy the sequential journey of learning it. We want to hear cheers at the start of maths sessions. We want to see materials (not worksheets and not click-technologies) in every primary classroom engaged in mathematics. We want to hear students reasoning with each other and thinking out loud (not silence) and see students recording their mathematical findings while using materials (rather than memorising rote-based rules). Ultimately, we aim to grow a generation of children who, as adults, will still love maths.
To achieve this, Top Ten was founded and is still owned entirely by Australian numeracy coaches and experienced primary teachers to support fellow teachers with the huge task of day-by-day planning for excellent maths lessons. We created, then tried and tested sequential hands-on units in Australian classrooms for ten years. Our units include photographs of classrooms in action during materials-based lessons, daily modelling by numeracy coaches and maths leaders, and student work samples for each open-ended task. Our aim is to ensure that primary teachers have enough time and energy to deliver engaging and high-impact maths lessons that target their students' points-of-need. To do this, we remove a significant portion of the burden of planning from scratch and the time-consuming search for engaging lessons that genuinely work in real classrooms. We grow each teacher's confidence and repertoire by making numeracy coaches' classroom modelling and coaching accessible to every teacher every day. This is achieved through illustrative photographs of lessons in action, student work samples and the ongoing practical professional learning provided through each unit plan.
Our goal is for every Australian student to fall in love with maths and become numerate, and to assist (in whichever way a team prefers to use our planning units and resources) every primary teacher to achieve this.
In total, there are 900 hands-on open-ended tasks, all organised into developmentally-sequenced units; over 500 materials-based lessons for the early years and 400 real-life lessons for years 3-6. To maximise your time, every lesson includes:
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photographs of classroom modelling and student work samples
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warm-up games and an engaging hook or tune-in element
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a specific learning intention and lesson-specific maths vocabulary highlighted at the start of each lesson
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success criteria within the formative assessment cross-checks linked to each unit
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questioning and feedback tips, as well as misconception alerts
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pre-planned enabling and extending prompts for ongoing in-class intervention and extension within every open-ended session.
Please feel free to download the complimentary sample packs on the early years and numeracy library pages to share and try the lessons with your teams.
LESSONS IN ACTION IN CLASSROOMS
Our Planning Support Packages
NUMERACY LIBRARY
WITH LESSONS
Selectively-chosen numeracy picture book titles with over 150 linked lessons that are in addition to those in the early years and years 3-6 planning packs.
All titles are organised by year level and arrive packed into concepts (place value; addition; subtraction; multiplication; division; fractions; measurement and geometry; statistics and probability).
COMPREHENSIVE EARLY YEARS PLANNING PACKAGE
Developmentally-sequenced, user-friendly
unit plans with detailed hands-on lessons for every critical skill throughout the early years. Diagnostic and formative assessments highlight points-of-need.
Lessons include enabling and extending prompts, engaging hooks, warm-ups, photographs of numeracy coaches modelling and student work samples.
CLASSROOM
MATHS TOOLBOXES