"Reach for the Stars"

AAMT has conducted Australia-wide activities for schools as part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week since 2003.

The seventh annual Reach for the Stars activity was conducted in association with National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2009, and involved more than 940 schools and over 150 000 participants. This mass participation activity focussed on numeracy and mathematics is designed for use by school students of all ages, from pre-school through to secondary school.

To find out more about the activity, including access to the 2009 teaching materials and national results summary, visit

http://reachforthestars.nlnw.edu.au