Comments from School Teachers
Hi Rob,
First of all- you are an absolute treasure!
You returned to _____ yesterday and spoke to the F-3 teachers and modelled a terrific lesson for
us. Impressive stuff!
Your infectious enthusiasm, vast mathematical knowledge, mixed in with a wicked and sharp
sense of humour; make you one of -if not- THE BEST!
I have heard you speak more than 5 times now and every time you inspire, motivate and entertain
me. Thank you
I am on a high after a hugely successful ‘One is a snail, Ten is a crab’ lesson you inspired me to
attempt with my Foundation class.
Morning maths is marvellous. You even encourage me to use alliteration wherever possible!
I took your advice and ‘shut up and let the kids speak’ and I was so impressed with their attempts
to make 10 with counters, illustrations and a few other unexpected strategies.
I do believe all those who get a ‘sniff’ of your excellent ideas are so lucky and ultimately are
provided with a treasure trove of ideas to take back into their classrooms.
Thanks Rob for making Maths truly the loveliest and most fun thing to include every day!
Looking forward to seeing you in the future
Hi Rob,
Hope you’re well and you’ve been getting lots of work now that things are relatively back to
‘normal’.
I just wanted to share with you some wonderful news, I’ve just finished a month of lecturing a unit
of Measurement & Geom/Stats & Prob, with _____ – First year teaching students & Bach. Early
Childhood. Can you believe it! Lol
So, it all stems back to 2008/9 ? When I went to WMR PL with this amazing man named Rob V, he
inspired this teacher who was all over literacy, and pretty crappy at maths. She then loved maths
and did her post grad in 2011, still implementing the good stuff that Rob V instilled in her along
the way. Fast forward to 2020 and here I am, teaching via Zoom, stuff that truly was beyond in
some ways (year 11/12 maths in some instances, my god some of that stuff is hard!! Platonic
Solids, negative angles! What the!!) with the confidence that you helped me achieve.
So thank you Rob, for making it easy to understand and helping me find my true passion in
teaching all those years ago, but still today!!
I just had to share with you!
Take care,
Hi Rob,
This is Steph from ________. I just wanted to take the time to say thank you again for your
presentation on Friday. It was incredibly engaging, practical, and logical. The way you delivered it
made it so simple to understand and can be easily put into practice. It has honestly left me
inspired and I have been raving about it all weekend. Very refreshing to have someone in your
position highlight the most important things about teaching and remind us of what is truly
important.
I thank you again and wish you all the best. Hopefully see you again in the future!
Cheers,
I just wanted to send a thank you. I have begun teaching Year 1 this year after having 14 years as
an English and History high school teacher. Your ability to make maths accessible to someone like
me and then transferable in such an engaging way has made my maths lessons fun and a part of
the day my students get excited for. Thank you so much. I am looking forward to the multiplicative
thinking session on Tuesday and have participated in all of the other early primary sessions that
you and Michael have conducted. I often think good things but forget to say them so I just wanted
to pass on my thanks to you and the great work you are doing for educators and students.
Hi Rob,
I attended your PD last night. I just want to thank you – I think you’re an amazing presenter. I am
a secondary Biology and Chemistry teacher and was never any good at Maths – I was probably
dyscalculic in hindsight. Of course, I had maths thrust upon me as a teacher. In my second year
out, I attended a whole day PD you ran and you sparked a flame inside me and I am now, through
many years of PD, working with consultants and re-training, a passionate and dedicated Numeracy
Specialist. Thank you for being such a wonderful influence.
Hey Rob,
Just wanted to email and thank you for coming to our school yesterday. It was great to see a no
fuss way of teaching Maths to kids. I really got a lot out of it and you’ve got me excited to teach
Maths in week 10 of term 3, which is a pretty big deal! Thanks again for the day mate, all the best!
Cheers,
I just wanted to let you know I have tried out a couple of the activities this week with great success. I was pleasantly surprised how well the children did particularly with a game you called ‘Get Me To Ten” they were so engaged. I have been using the keywords chart, something I will work to get better at!
The messages you delivered were fabulous and as you already know support all the research out there and I look forward to working with staff and supporting them within the process.
Just wanted to thank you again on behalf of Chelsea Heights Primary School for the fantastic session you ran with us yesterday afternoon. It has left us inspired, enthused and reignited some passion which was so, so needed. Your delivery was so entertaining and I could have personally listened all day! I have already had a few staff members come by this morning to say how awesome it was!
Thanks again, I really hope to have another opportunity to work with you again in the future.
I told her to ask the kids if they knew what they were doing… and shock horror they did! One grade 5 kid even said ‘I’ve never understood that sucsex criterium thing but look at how much maths we are doing! The key words actually help’! Out of the mouths of babes!
We are really looking forward to working with you next year! Can’t wait!!! Very exciting times for Mathematics at Oatlands!!!
The staff are just so excited!!! Definitely what we were after!!
I know that you were apprehensive about working with our kids but your enthusiasm when working with them has inspired us all – and as you saw, you even brought Cassie to tears!!!
We thought it was so nice to hear. If you’re ever looking for a trial school to practise any new activities on, please keep us in mind:-) I was also pleased to see the 5/6 teachers using that grade 3/4 balance beam activity with their classes today, such an adaptable activity.
During my maths release today, as I was passing through the classrooms delivering their maths tubs, both junior and senior teachers were engaging their students in one of your many ideas (i.e Tell me something about…, Guess my no., calculator vs mental comp). I played Mind Reader with mine and they loved it. I reckon we could’ve gone for the whole lesson.
I just wanted to let you know I have tried out a couple of the activities this week with great success. I was pleasantly surprised how well the children did particularly with a game you called ‘Get Me To Ten” they were so engaged. I have been using the keywords chart, something I will work to get better at!
The messages you delivered were fabulous and as you already know support all the research out there and I look forward to working with staff and supporting them within the process.
Just wanted to thank you again on behalf of Chelsea Heights Primary School for the fantastic session you ran with us yesterday afternoon. It has left us inspired, enthused and reignited some passion which was so, so needed. Your delivery was so entertaining and I could have personally listened all day! I have already had a few staff members come by this morning to say how awesome it was!
Thanks again, I really hope to have another opportunity to work with you again in the future.
I told her to ask the kids if they knew what they were doing… and shock horror they did! One grade 5 kid even said ‘I’ve never understood that sucsex criterium thing but look at how much maths we are doing! The key words actually help’! Out of the mouths of babes!
We are really looking forward to working with you next year! Can’t wait!!! Very exciting times for Mathematics at Oatlands!!!
The staff are just so excited!!! Definitely what we were after!!
I know that you were apprehensive about working with our kids but your enthusiasm when working with them has inspired us all – and as you saw, you even brought Cassie to tears!!!
We thought it was so nice to hear. If you’re ever looking for a trial school to practise any new activities on, please keep us in mind:-) I was also pleased to see the 5/6 teachers using that grade 3/4 balance beam activity with their classes today, such an adaptable activity.
During my maths release today, as I was passing through the classrooms delivering their maths tubs, both junior and senior teachers were engaging their students in one of your many ideas (i.e Tell me something about…, Guess my no., calculator vs mental comp). I played Mind Reader with mine and they loved it. I reckon we could’ve gone for the whole lesson.