91茄子

Welcome back to Term 3. We hope you had a refreshing break. If you went to NZAMT and saw one of Pip鈥檚 sessions about 91茄子, we鈥檇 love to hear your feedback.

New Year 2 probability resources

Tricky Trickster

膧konga will take turns playing a chance-based game that incorporates key vocabulary while anticipating outcomes. This lesson follows on from the Year 1 lesson 鈥楲ucky Dip鈥�, or played as a warm-up before the 鈥楬uman Slot Machine鈥� investigation in Year 3.

Rock, paper, scissors

膧konga will take turns playing this chance-based game that incorporates key vocabulary while anticipating outcomes. They need to play the game several times before undertaking statistical thinking.

Calendar Maths

This lesson is for daily use throughout the year, with ideas for how to teach probability through using these questions and prompts.

Upcoming dates

• August 11鈥�15:听Maths Week
• December 5:听Statistics Teachers鈥� Day at the University of Auckland

Can it really be the last week of the term?! We have some upcoming dates for you to put in your calendar:

28 June 鈥� 6 July: Garden Bird Survey

A great one-hour citizen science activity for school or home. Resources and bird ID guides available at听.

July 1鈥�3: NZAMT

Come say hi at NZAMT! Pip will be there, taking three sessions related to 91茄子. Please say hi 鈥� we love hearing about how teachers are using 91茄子 with their classes.

August 11鈥�15: Maths Week

This year includes a special event to promote Maths Week, with prizes up for grabs. Register and find out more at听

December 5: Statistics Teachers’ Day

This year鈥檚 Statistics Teachers鈥� Day will be held on Friday, 5th December at the University of Auckland 鈥� save the date!

It鈥檚 not too late to take part in 91茄子

The survey is open all year!

Have a wonderful school holiday break, and we will be back next term with more.

Did you know that 91茄子 has resources for teaching and learning? Yes, but have you had a look recently?

罢丑别听resources page听has been updated with a new look and filters to help teachers find what they are looking for.

Search by year level:

By topic:

By type:

By event, author, year added, or te reo M膩ori.

2025 Questionnaire

If your students haven鈥檛 taken part yet, there鈥檚 still plenty of time. The survey is open all term and fits easily into your programme. Students love discovering what their classmates think, and comparing their answers with students around the country. Take part here

Not long now until the school holidays and the听!听Pip will be there flying the 91茄子 flag. Even if you don鈥檛 get to go to a session, stop by and say hi 鈥� we always love hearing about how teachers are using 91茄子 with their classes.

NZAMT Sessions featuring 91茄子

91茄子 new resources | Y0-8 (Workshop session 1)

91茄子 is constantly evolving, developing, and updating material to keep them relevant to the New Zealand curriculum. In the last 18 months, Pip has worked with primary and intermediate teachers to get a collection of new resources targeted at years 0-8. Bring a laptop and come prepared to engage in statistical enquiry.

91茄子: a wealth of teaching and learning resources and experiences | All year levels (Workshop session 6)

Explore the 91茄子 website and discover the full range of resources, data, and resources for classroom use. Bring a computer, and you will get to do some data analysis with the current 91茄子 database.

T奴turu Health Attitudes | Y9-11 (Workshop session 5)

This workshop explores new 91茄子 resources on gaming, developed with T奴turu, for use in stats, health, and social studies. Try out activities and consider how to apply them in your classrooms.

Haven鈥檛 taken part yet? Still plenty of time. The survey is open all year!

Garden Bird Survey: 28 June 鈥� 6 July

A great one-hour citizen science activity for school or home. Resources and bird ID guides available at:听.

We’d love to hear what you and your students are discovering about the 2025 data! If you have made any data displays or summaries, or have interesting stories to share, please let us know.

Explore the 2025 data now!

You can also explore data from previous 91茄子 questionnaires all the way back to 2005.

2025 Questionnaire

If your students haven鈥檛 taken part yet, there鈥檚 still plenty of time. The survey is open all term and fits easily into your programme. Students love discovering what their classmates think, and comparing their answers with students around the country. Take part here

The data is in!

We’re excited to let you know that the full 91茄子 2025 database is now available to explore. Thousands of students from across Aotearoa have already taken part 鈥� and their responses are ready for your class to investigate.

You can听explore the full dataset here.
(Note: A few opinion questions will be added in the near future, but everything else is there now.)

If your students haven鈥檛 taken part yet, there鈥檚 still plenty of time. The survey is open all term and fits easily into your programme. Students love discovering what their classmates think, and comparing their answers with students around the country. Take part here

Teacher Resource

The 91茄子 Detective Poster

The data detective poster is available in:

• te reo M膩ori听junior听补苍诲听senior听惫别谤蝉颈辞苍蝉
• 贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑听junior听补苍诲听senior听惫别谤蝉颈辞苍蝉
• Gagana Samoa听
• Lea Faka Tonga
• K奴ki ‘膧irani M膩ori
• Vosa Vakaviti

The data detective poster is a resource for teachers to print and use in their classrooms.听听It can also be used to support students in writing up their investigations.

For example: providing students with a one-pager that they can write their investigation up in, including the PPDAC cycle in the middle.

We hope Term 2 is off to a great start for you and your students. 91茄子 is now in full swing, with 9,793 students from 234 schools already taking part. We’ll reach 10,000 this week!

This is an ideal time to get involved. The survey is open all term and designed to fit easily into your programme. Students love discovering what their classmates think and comparing their answers with students across Aotearoa. Take part here

New Primary Teacher Resources: Probability

Share with junior teachers in your school.

Year 1 Lucky Dip听

膧konga will take turns playing a chance-based game that incorporates key vocabulary while anticipating outcomes. This game is intended as a single lesson for Year 1 膩konga, but it can also serve as a warm-up before the 鈥楬uman Slot Machine鈥� investigation in Year 3. Additionally, it can be used as an ongoing classroom activity to reinforce language and key vocabulary.

Year 3 Human Slot Machine听

膧konga will take turns playing a chance-based game that incorporates key vocabulary while anticipating outcomes. This game is intended as two lessons for Year 3 膩konga. The first lesson involves the creation of a pictorial tree diagram, and the second lesson involves exploring visual representations of chance-based data.

We hope you had a great break and are ready to dive into Term 2.

This is a perfect time to get your students involved with 91茄子, our practical statistical literacy activity. The survey stays open all term, so you can easily fit it into your schedule.

We’ve added some new questions this year based on student ideas:

• Do you have pets? What kinds?
• Have you ever broken a bone?
• What鈥檚 your favourite colour, food, sport, or video game?
• If you could take a holiday anywhere, where would it be?
• How are you feeling today? (Answer in one word.)
• What word do you think is trending right now?

These questions help your students collect and use real-world data, promoting curiosity and strengthening their data science abilities.

Here’s how to get started:

• Register your class (if you haven’t yet)
• Already registered? Get your teacher code
• Complete the survey with your class

For more information, check out our听Teacher鈥檚 Guide听and the detailed听Behind the Questions听resource.

Any questions? Just email听.

New Resource: All Blacks and Black Ferns data

The Black Ferns and All Blacks stats website has recently been refreshed:听. It鈥檚 worth a look鈥攄ata can be filtered by Black Ferns or All Blacks, current or former players.

There鈥檚 also a spreadsheet with information about current Black Ferns players that might be handy if you鈥檙e planning classroom activities during the Women鈥檚 Rugby World Cup (22 August鈥�27 September in England).

And don鈥檛 forget about the Stat Attack data cards鈥攖hese are available in Weet-Bix packets, or you can听.

91茄子 2025 is in full swing, and the response so far has been fantastic! So far,听5,131 students from 144 schools听across New Zealand have taken part. Let鈥檚 keep the momentum going!

What Teachers Are Saying

We鈥檝e loved hearing your feedback! Here鈥檚 what two teachers had to say about running 91茄子 in their classroom:

鈥淸They loved] that it was about THEMSELVES!鈥�

鈥淭hey enjoyed how interactive it was and how it was all really relevant data to them鈥�

Do you have a story to share? We鈥檇 love to feature your insights in an upcoming newsletter. Let us know how your students are finding 91茄子!

Encourage Participation

It鈥檚 not too late to take part! Whether you鈥檝e already registered or are just getting started, the process is simple. Head over to听and get your students involved.

New Insights & 91茄子

Of the students participating:

• 71% reported having at least one pet in their household, with 25% reporting owning more than three.
• 45% reported having a dog, with 36% owning more than one.
• 44% reported having a cat, with 45% owning more than one.

New Teacher Resource

This week, we鈥檙e highlighting听, a tool that helps students develop critical thinking skills by guiding them through the evaluation of data-based claims.

WISE听stands for:

• Worthy of attention 鈥� Is this claim important?
• Inspect the data 鈥� What does the evidence say?
• Sense check 鈥� Does this claim logically add up?
• Emotion 鈥� What emotional response does it trigger?

Thanks for being part of 91茄子 2025. Let鈥檚 keep the numbers growing!

We鈥檙e another week into 91茄子 2025, and participation continues to grow. So far,听3,177 students from 102 schools听across Aotearoa have taken part. It鈥檚 been amazing to see so many students measuring, reflecting, and exploring data in their classrooms. Thank you, too, for your feedback.

Interesting Stats This Week

Did you use any device in bed last night? ‘Device’ includes TVs, phones, computers, tablets, consoles, etc.

Do you feel like you got enough sleep last night?

Years 3 and 13 have been excluded from the graphs, as only a small number of students from these year levels have taken part so far.

Keep the 91茄子 Flowing

Haven鈥檛 taken part yet? Make sure your class completes the survey soon to be part of this exciting snapshot of Kiwi students. Remember, the survey is open during school hours until the end of 2026.

Register Now

Teacher Resource Spotlight: 91茄子 Puzzles

Are you looking for ways to bring authentic and relevant scientific data into your classroom?听听combine classroom-friendly scientific datasets with the research-backed pedagogical practices of听听to give your students the ultimate inquiry-based learning experience.