School teams from five Bluewater District School Board elementary schools descended upon the Bluewater Education Centre in Chesley on Friday, January 26, 2018 for the first day of the Grade 1/2 Mathematics Early Intervention Project. Each team, consisting of Grade 1 and 2 teachers, the school's Learning Resource Teacher and administrators, is excited to engage in a cross-departmental, longitudinal Bluewater study that will expand over the next few years. The project includes professional learning related to connections between early mathematics and reading skills, and explores intervention strategies for students struggling in mathematics.