PMA MathsSA - Primary Mathematics Association of SA
Proudly serving and connecting Birth to Year 6 Mathematics Educators
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PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATE!
Every child, every learner deserves the right to learn with professionals who are at the top of their game, who are connected to their professional network and who are constantly learning as part of their evidence-informed approach to learning.
Are you associating?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!​​
Have a
relaxing start
to 2025...
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Preschool - Yr 6 : When you look back over your 2024 learning year, did your learners have the opportunity to play in all five "drawers" of mathematics as often as possible every term?
Regularity of experience matters!
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professional educators learn with their colleagues!
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Let us help you be and become the best Mathematics Educator
you can be in 2025!
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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
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What are your key learning questions as a mathematics educator and/or leader?
As you begin to look forward to the 2025 learning year, what areas of investigation do you want to connect with other educators about?
Is it the Art, Craft or Understandings 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? Are you looking to explore the "SA Curriculum for Public Education" - remember DON'T START TEACHING IT YET! It is a prototype, not for implementation, but for "engagement and testing". Join one of our FREE MEMBER learning conversations around the Strategy and the Curriculum to learn more...
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? Are you playing with Ochre and the Department's materials from PLink? How are you using them to build your capacity as a mathematics educator?
As a Preschool educator or leader – are you wanting to think about EYLF V2.0, the Indicators of Numeracy, 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 role in leading the learning and teaching of mathematics and numeracy at your site?
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Email us at primarymathsPD@bigpond.com and let us know how we can help you associate and learn with your colleagues in the January holidays and beyond.
Learning resources to support you...
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Preschool Educators...
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How are you going to start your 2025 learning year? What are you going to tweak/change/ditch/add from your learning and teaching approaches last year. Remember to check out our curated resources as one of your support tools.
These resources provide some great ideas for staff teams about how to:
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Clarify your hopes and aspirations for the start of 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) in a differentiated way for both your new January learners and your continuing July learners
We hope you can use these resources to drive some powerful mathematical thinking at your place
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https://www.primarymathematicssa.com/pma-resources-preschool
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Remember to use your new 2024 Members password, if you are not sure what it is please email us at
R-6 Educators…
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As you are relaxing and enjoying your beautiful summer break, later in January will be a great time to reflect on how you can make the best use in 2025 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”. This is a FANTASTIC way to begin your 2025 learning year.
There is an R/1 version and a Yr 2-6 version
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Designing and reviewing your year overview.
So what approach to learning design in mathematics are you going to take in 2025? Now is a great time to reflect and make some powerful learning decisions about how you will tweak your mathematics learning adventure for and with your learners in 2025. Check out our sample year overviews and learning design process to get your brain thinking into the new year.
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https://www.primarymathematicssa.com/pma-resources-r6
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Remember to use your new 2024 Members password, if you are not sure what it is please email us at primarymathsPD@bigpond.com
Professional educators are always learning!
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Based on our Members requests, we will continue to have two strands of learning available in 2025…
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Developing your art, craft and understandings as a Maths Educator
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Developing your art, craft and understandings as an Educator
(learning environment, relationships, educational theory)
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Where will you start your learning journey?
Email primarymathsPD@bigpond.com to enrol or for more info...
JAN HOLIDAY LEARNING SESSIONS
Fri 17th Jan, 1-3pm: For R-6 curriculum leaders - come and make your "leading maths" plan for 2025
Mon 20th Jan, 9-1pm - For Preschool Educators and leaders - come and make your plan to provoke mathematics and numeracy learning in 2025
Tues 21st Jan, 9-12noon - R-2 educators - Come and make your Year overview in Mathematics
Tues 21st Jan, 12.30-3.30 - Yr 3-6 educators - Come and make your Year Overview in Mathematics
​All at EDC, online options available too - check the details below!​
JOIN US FOR THESE LEARNING EVENTS IN JANUARY…
(We are still making additions to our 2025 calendar, so let us know what you would like to learn more about at primarymathsPD@bigpond.com )
CHECK OUT THE DETAILS AT:
Any queries re registration please email primarymathsPD@bigpond.com”
Professional Learning Calendar
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 2025 Professional Learning Programme?
Both the Department and CESA have a mathematics priority in 2025, so we are sure Mathematics is on your learning agenda!
Why not become a PL Host in 2025 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
Results for the 2024 Challenge are in!
Check out our Challenge page for more details
HAS YOUR SITE ENROLLED FOR THE 2025 CHALLENGE YET?
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PROSPECT PS
COUNTRY WHOLE SCHOOL WINNER -
SNOWTOWN PS
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“Associate and build your learning community"
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World Teachers Day Awards -
Celebrating excellence in the learning and teaching of mathematics!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 WORLD TEACHERS DAY AWARD WINNERS!
​INNOVATIVE EDUCATORS AWARD
Nick Bernadi and Marc Johnson, East Torrens PS
Congratulations to our World Teachers Day Awardees 2023 – Margaret Lohmeyer Kindergarten Team!
Congrats to our 2022 World Teachers Day Awardee, 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
Congratulations to our 2022 World Teachers Day Awardee, 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 two 2019 Early Career Maths Educator Award winners - Laura Toland and Andy Thomas from Northfield PS.
Congrats to our very own Mike Chartres, winner of the 2019 World Teachers Day TRB Mentoring Award!
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