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One quarter of our learning year has almost gone!
It's a great time to reflect on where you and your learners are at...
No matter what your setting, have you been provoking your learners to play and inquire into all the "drawers" of mathematics this term?
Remember - regularity of experience matters!
Check out our sample year overview planners to see how you can make this happen!
professional educators learn with their colleagues!
Let us help you be and become the best Mathematics Educator
you can be in 2024!
AITSL Standard 7.4 demands that we collaborate as professionals
and that is what Professional associations are all about, so come and learn, challenge and belong to your community of PMA MathsSA Colleagues
What are your key learning questions as a mathematics educator and/or leader?
Now you have had one term of learning and teaching, what areas of investigation do you want to connect with other educators about?
Is it the Art, Craft or Knowledge of learning and teaching that you are wanting to explore?
If you are in a Department site – are you wanting to take a “deep dive” into the “Four Areas of Impact” and what it means for your practices in action?
If you are in a Catholic site – are you wanting to think about the implications of the CESA Numeracy Strategy for you and your learning and teaching?
As a Preschool educator or leader – are you wanting to think about EYLF V2.0 and the impact for numeracy learning and teaching?
As a R-6 educator or leader– are you wanting to think about your system’s version of the AC: V9.0 and what it means for your learning and teaching?
Email us at primarymathsPD@bigpond.com and let us know how we can help you associate and learn with your colleagues in Term 2 and beyond.
Learning resources to support you...
Preschool Educators...
Now you and your learners have had a whole term of learning together, it is a great time to think about whether you have been making use of the
PMA Preschool Members Resources.
They provide some great ideas for staff teams about how to:
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Clarify your hopes and aspirations for your mathematical learning year
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As a staff team, explore, clarify and describe which intentional teaching strategies through play you are going to utilise to provoke your children as mathematicians
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Plan your learning through the year so that you can ensure you meet your responsibility to provide a learning environment which provokes all learners to explore all the Indicators of Numeracy and the Learning Processes (all five drawers of Mathematics)
We hope you can use them to drive some powerful mathematical thinking at your place
https://www.primarymathematicssa.com/pma-resources-preschool
Remember to use your new 2024 Members password, if you are not sure what it is please email us at
R-6 Educators…
Now you have had nearly a whole term of learning, it is a great time to reflect on whether you have been making the best use of the R-6 PMA Members Resources.
They provide some great ideas for staff teams about how to:
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Build powerful mathematical learners. Check out the resource titled “Connecting with your learners as mathematicians”. It is never to late to engage in some of these ideas.
There is an R/1 version and a Yr 2-6 version
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Designing your year overview.
In English, we don’t teach reading in term 1, writing in term 2 and spelling in term 3 do we? Why not? … Because it wouldn’t help learners become powerful communicators in their world.
So…. we need to make sure we are not taking this same approach in Mathematics!
Evidence has shown us clearly that chopping your learning year up to explore a series of “unit of works” across the year is not “best practice” and will definitely not get you the results you want!
Want to know more? Then check out the sample year planners and resources for each year level and combinations of year levels and welcome your children to a powerful new learning year!
https://www.primarymathematicssa.com/pma-resources-r6
Remember to use your new 2024 Members password, if you are not sure what it is please email us at primarymathsPD@bigpond.com
PRESCHOOL/R/1 Educators and Leaders:
Nurturing Executive Function in the Early Years
Monday 15th April 9.30-12
EDC
Email: primarymathsPD@bigpond.com to enrol and for more details
JOIN US FOR THESE LEARNING EVENTS IN APRIL…
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PMA MEMBER LEARNING COMMUNITY – REMEMBER YOU CAN ACCESS 1:1 OR TEAM MENTORING THROUGH OUR CONSULTANCY SERVICE.
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Hi PMA MathsSA Community Members!
Are you thinking about your 2024 Professional Learning Programme?
Both the Department and CESA have a mathematics priority in 2024, so we are sure Mathematics is on your learning agenda!
Why not become a PL Host in 2024 and take advantage of the opportunity to have some on-site PL at no cost to you.
Check out the info here…
https://www.primarymathematicssa.com/news-and-feedback
and then email us at primarymathsPD@bigpond.com
Professional educators are always learning!
Based on our Members requests, we have two strands of learning available in 2024…
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Developing your art, craft and knowledge as a Maths Educator
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Developing your art, craft and knowledge as an Educator
(learning environment, relationships, educational theory)
Where will you start your learning journey?
Congratulations to our two “Whole School Winners” for 2023!
METRO WHOLE SCHOOL WINNER -
PROSPECT PS
COUNTRY WHOLE SCHOOL WINNER -
SNOWTOWN PS
Congratulations to our World Teachers Day Awardees 2023 – Margaret Lohmeyer Kindergarten Team!
Congratulations to our PMA Challenge Educator Award 2023 winner – Jacqueline Anderson, Hendon PS
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Professional Learning Calendar
World Teachers Day Awards -
Celebrating excellence in the learning and teaching of mathematics!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 WORLD TEACHERS DAY AWARD WINNERS!
Greg Parker receiving his
“Lifetime Contribution Award”
from Minister Boyer
Congrats to our
2021 World Teachers Day,
Curriculum Leadership Awardee -
Gail Powers.
Prospect North Primary School
Congrats to our two 2019 Early Career Maths Educator Award winners - Laura Toland and Andy Thomas from Northfield PS.
Andrew Plastow, Principal Ngutu College receiving
the WEF award for Contribution to Learner Agency
from Department Chief Executive Martin Westwell
and WEF representative Gwendolyn Morphett
Congrats to our
2020 World Teachers Day
Curriculum Leadership Award Winner -
Cassia Konistis - Ngutu College
Congrats to our very own Mike Chartres, winner of the 2019 World Teachers Day TRB Mentoring Award!
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