TEACHER WORK ATTACHMENT WITH HEYMATH!

My name is Halil and I am a Maths teacher from Queenstown Secondary School. Recently, I had the opportunity to be part of the HeyMath! family during my Teacher Work Attachment (TWA) from 5-25 October 2008. As part of the TWA, I had a first hand experience of working life in HeyMath’s R & D center in Chennai, India as well as got exposure to the school system in India.

The objective of this attachment was to focus on closing the gaps with more interactive activities for weaker learners in Singapore. In addition, the HeyMath! Team assisted me in creating online activities to engage the pupils and instill in them an interest towards learning Mathematics.

Besides that, HeyMath! also gave me a chance to teach in two of the schools here in Chennai, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School and Vidya Mandir School. It was such an enriching experience for me to teach the students here in Chennai. I took a lesson on ‘Introduction to Exponents’ and incorporated HeyMath! into the instruction. Students were very engaged and found the lesson very useful and interesting.

At HeyMath!, I have been able to gain new perspectives on education and I most certainly would like to collaborate further with HeyMath!. Thank you HeyMath! for giving me this opportunity.