Upcoming Professional Learning

Are you a new graduate, returning or relief teacher looking for maths inspiration for 2025? Planning for the start of the new year is never easy. You need tried and true strategies that support a positive disposition towards maths, activities that help you to quickly assess student strengths and weaknesses, and a bank of ideas for fun and engaging maths lessons that drive student success.

Are you a High School teacher teaching Primary School maths? Teachers tasked with preparing students for OLNA often face the unique challenge of classes working at a level of understanding so low that it falls below their instructional knowledge or experience. Unfortunately, many teachers lack the primary pedagogical knowledge to bridge gaps and address misconceptions. However, this is no time for tricks and shortcuts!

This workshop delves into the core of fraction concepts including the five meanings of fractions, the concept of the whole, using number lines, exploring equivalence and calculating without rules.

This workshop will examine the principles of counting and explore fun and effective ways to teach them, identify common misconceptions and use intervention strategies.

Multiplicative thinking is fundamental to the development of many key mathematical concepts, such as base ten place value, measurement, and proportional reasoning. Yet, it’s teaching is seldom approached in a systematic, methodical and integrated way that fosters deep understanding, mastery and flexibility. This full day course provides school leaders and teachers with evidence based Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment strategies and resources to support the development of multiplicative thinking from Kindergarten on.

Building a deep understanding of place value is essential for students to develop strong number sense. This workshop will unpack common misconceptions and showcase routines that support whole school approaches. Targeted at Year 1 to Secondary.

Are you a teacher who also takes on or aspires to leadership roles? This program is tailored specifically for individuals, from primary or secondary schools in leadership positions within mathematics/numeracy, including curriculum leaders, Heads of Learning Mathematics Area, and those aspiring to leadership roles. It is applicable for both Primary and Secondary school leaders. The 2024 participants though all from a mathematics background adamantly believe this program is suitable for leaders from any learning area.

This workshop will explore the provide quick and easy ways to update your maths classroom practice with the latest research, pedagogies and instructional strategies for key maths concepts.

During this workshop we will explore a variety of activities and how to use algebra tiles to build understanding.

Join Narelle for this professional learning on prevention and intervention of maths difficulties using the Bond Blocks Addition & Subtraction Core Kit. Bond Blocks was developed by Western Australian classroom teacher Narelle Rice in partnership with Dr Paul Swan