MAV22 will run from Thursday 1 – Friday 2 December 2022 and will be an in-person (at La Trobe University) and online conference with five keynote presentations on each day followed by a series of concurrent sessions across 20 rooms. 10 rooms on each day will be available to online delegates. 

The theme for MAV22 Annual Conference is ‘Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World’ and will focus on valuing mathematics across our education system and society.

• Participants can register to attend in-person, online or one day in each format (for two-day registrations)
• All registrations will include access to all recorded presentations until the end of November 2023
• All keynote presentations will be available to in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 1 to 10 are broadcast rooms available to both in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 11 to 20 are available to in-person registrants
• Sessions will be limited to 30 in-person registrants per session - book now to avoid missing out!
• There is no session limit for online registrants, online registrants do not need to select sessions
• In-person registrants will receive a link after receipt of payment to select sessions

Conference synopsis can be downloaded here and for more information including registering click here.

Book now on our events page: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Events 

Membership renewals start now! 

Our 2023 membership renewal cycle is on now, watch your inbox for your renewal notice.

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership 

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au  

New member benefit for 2023!

A new member benefit for 2023 will be access to our new online community. If you want to know a little more about this read our news page here: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/News  

Be a part of our member community!

Our experienced team of Mathematics Education Consultants can design a professional learning package to meet your school’s needs.

What this entails:

• coaching,
• modeled mathematics teaching,
• whole staff professional learning meetings,
• supporting professional learning teams, or
• work with a cluster of schools within a region.

MAV Education consultants can visit your school weekly, fortnightly or monthly and guide you through each step of the way. This is a brilliant way to achieve rapid improvement in mathematics teaching and learning across your school.

Post a job:

Please post your roles on our jobs board, and have them specifically listed in this newsletter to raise their profile. 

• Go to https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/Employment-Hub/Post-a-job-advertisement
• Select the option of 1 or 2 months and follow the instructions.
• Tip: When you add your job information ensure you save at the bottom of the page before proceeding to the next screen or info may be lost.

Any problems please get in touch with psaffin@mav.vic.edu.au

The Amazing Maths Race may be some of the best fun your students have in maths all year!

Let Felstead Education come to you and deliver an incursion that is:

• Lots of fun  
• Highly engaging and enjoyable
• Encourages team building and cooperation
• Packed with great maths challenges and puzzles
• Designed to boost problem-solving and maths reasoning skills
• Fully aligned to the curriculum
• Easy to organise – we come to you and do all of the hard work

2022 Primary Maths Showcase Virtual Conference

This product is available now!

MAV primary consultants and special guest presenters collaborate to present a virtual 'showcase' focused on practical, effective and engaging pedagogies that you can use in your classroom immediately. 

All sessions are recorded with supporting downloadable materials available until 31 January 2023.

With an opening keynote, 20 workshops and a closing panel, MAV education consultants and guests showcase their favourite workshops and tasks.

For teachers of: F to Year 6

Creating the Schools Our Children Need

Improving education in America is hard, because it doesn't have an education system...It has 13,491 of them. Dr. Dylan Wiliam is the world's foremost authority on formative assessment and has worked for years to improve the state of education in the US and abroad. Through his experience teaching in classrooms, leading schools, and directing research, Dr. Wiliam has found there is no simple solution to school improvement that works in every classroom every time-but there are district-wide measures that can improve the odds of success. In Creating the Schools Our Children Need, Dr. Wiliam breaks down the methods American schools use to improve, and the gaps between what research tells us works and what we actually do. Dr. Wiliam analyses the three real, implementable improvements that are proven to be factors in school success: Building a curriculum focused on developing knowledge Supporting a culture where every teacher improves Applying a framework for evaluating new district initiatives Solutions to the problem of improving education for our children require each school district to make smart decisions about what will make the most difference in their district. In order to create the schools our children need, district leaders must understand why what we're doing right now really won't help much, and critically, what we can do instead.

The Animals Would Not Sleep

Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!

With bedtime fast approaching, young Latinx scientist Marco wants to sort his stuffed animals into categories that will help them comfortably settle down. He observes, compares, and groups, but the animals refuse every classification. Finally Marco combines math with empathy to get the most important result: maximum snuggles.

The Storytelling Math series shows that all children can be mathematical thinkers. Each book includes ideas for exploring math at home with your children, developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC Inc., under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

ENGAGING MATHS: 21 More Favourite Lessons

This book follows the success of Engaging Maths: 25 Favourite Lessons (“the Blue Book”) which continues to stimulate a lot of interest from teachers, mathematics leaders, and pre-service teachers alike. There are 21 brand new lessons, across Foundation to Year 8. This full colour volume with over 160 classroom photos encourages both physical and cognitive engagement, with lots of fun thrown in! Teachers can use Concept Cartoons to develop geometry understanding, enhance visualisation through Look Make Check Adjust, build mental computation through 4Up!, provide real challenge with Cubes in My Pocket, or head outside for Footy Angles. With Matt Sexton joining the writing team, new features include an extended introduction with topics such as rethinking ability (achievement) grouping, using enabling and extending prompts, valuing productive struggle, and the importance of recording. There’s also advice for School Mathematics Leaders on how they might use the book to facilitate teacher professional learning. Each lesson has a section on Possible Assessment Strategies to help make assessment work for teachers. The Going Further section provides ideas on additional investigations which can potentially build on what has happened during the lesson. More engaging maths? Yes please!

A Collection of Mathematics Activities: Book 1

This publication provides tried and tested activities that can result in enjoyable, exciting and rewarding mathematical moments for students. The activities support individual, partner, small and large group applications, falling into two categories of spatial and number. A table maps each activity to school levels from Foundation to Year 8 and to the proficiencies of Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning, providing a guide for their selection.

Book 1 contains 31 activities, that are described using a consistent format and are supported by reproducible masters, suitable for copying.

Teaching Mathematics Through Story Books: Book 2

Children’s story books are a fantastic tool in every early childhood teacher’s toolbox. This book takes 14 of the most popular story books for the Year 2 – Year 3 age range and provides a number of mathematical activities for students to do based off the story book; for example investigating the months of the year in Penny Matthews’ A Year On Our Farm. The book includes copiable resources to make using the activities a breeze. Each story book is given multiple mathematical activity options.

Membership renewals start now! 

Our 2023 membership renewal cycle is on now, watch your inbox for your renewal notice.

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership 

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

New member benefit for 2023!

A new member benefit for 2023 will be access to our new online community. If you want to know a little more about this read our news page here: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/News  

Be a part of our member community!

Common Denominator Magazine

Free for all!

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Prime Number

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Secondary educator Journal.

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Event

Date

Description

Making efficient use of the CASIO CLASSPAD

Location: Virtual

Date: Tuesday 25th October 2022
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Cost: Member: $25, Non-member: $30

ABSTRACT: The benefits of good CAS use ensure appropriate mathematical calculations are completed efficiently which allows more time for the application and analysis phase. This webinar will look at the ‘routine’ uses of a CAS technology that should be part of any mathematics teachers’ ‘toolbox’. The reference device will be the Casio Classpad and tips and hints will be provided throughout. Functionality linked to content covered in Mathematical Methods, Further Mathematics and Specialist Mathematics will be explored. Kevin is a Victorian consultant for the CASIO CLASSPAD.

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Careers in STEM

An event for students in Years 9 and 10

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!

The event will be offered face to face and virtually:

Date: Friday November 25, 2022

Time: 9am – 2:45pm

Venue: EY Australia, 8 Exhibition St Melbourne 

Cost: 

• MAV Institutional Member $25 per student
• Non MAV Institutional Member $35 per student

SCHOOLS can also join the event virtually.

Click here to register!

An opportunity for students in Years 9 & 10 to be inspired by men and women who have forged impressive careers in STEM industries.

Engage in hands-on activities to stimulate interest and engagement in STEM based careers. Hear stories from those who are paving the way for your students to flourish in a STEM career.

These events explore STEM careers with an emphasis on the importance of mathematics required for success. Students hear from leading industry experts in a range of fields about their experiences working in a STEM focused career.

Presenters share their stories; the journey they took, the contributions they have made, tips for success, and how to overcome obstacles along the way.

The importance of mathematics in VCE subject selection, university degrees and in STEM careers is addressed. An interactive panel discussion follows the individual presentations. The afternoon includes two hands on activities offered by Engineers without Borders and EY Australia.

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series: Games Days

BOOK ASAP – PLACES ARE FILLING FAST

Dates & venues:

• Balwyn High School – Thurs Oct 27 (Yr. 7 & 8) and Thurs Oct 28 (Yr. 9 &10)
• Wallan Secondary College – Thurs November 10 (Years 7 – 10)

Cost: Free

Register here via MAV events

The aim of this program is to challenge high ability students in Years 7, 8 & 9 with a fun, challenging, collaborative and competitive mathematics-based games day. It is open to GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ONLY. A Maths Games Day is an opportunity for students to work in teams of 4; apply and develop their mathematical talents and thinking skills in a setting where Maths is regarded as fun and worthwhile; work with like-minded high ability students from a diverse range of schools; participate in mathematical activities and games without the usual classroom pressures; work effectively in teams and develop strategies to work collaboratively to solve problems; enhance their problem-solving skills; get excited about mathematics, whilst being rewarded through prizes and awards. If you are not a GOVERNMENT school please look at the other games days offered from MAV on the events page.

Bookings will be available under the MAV Events page https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Events

For more information Jessica Mount jmount@mav.vic.edu.au

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment series:

Coding Challenges for Extending School Students

Available to access until end of 2022

Watch the Victorian Coding Challenge video here.

Have you got a passion for coding or are you curious to give it a go? Do you have a creative yet logical mind and love to problem solve engaging, real-world problems? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, you are the student for this coding challenge!

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV), in collaboration with Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV), are producing a 2-stage coding challenge, free of charge to participants and aimed to extend curious minds, nurture passions and support students in refining their coding skills.

Students will have their challenges and content presented in an online course in Thinkific. MAV will register them in their relevant courses using their emails. This will be a private course available only for the students registered by their teachers.

Any questions, contact Danijela Draskovic ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au

You can access these fantastic video recordings and resources here:

MAV VCE 2023 Study Design - All Studies (All staff access)

MAV VCE 2023 Study Design - All Studies

Each study includes sessions such as the 2023 overview, Sample Mathematical Investigations (SACs), Sample questions from the new content. Where new content has been added these resources are included, eg. Logic & Algorithms, Networks, Matrices, Proof & Number.

Do you use our very successful VCE revision package for students? Available in three VCE Mathematics studies: 

• Mathematical Methods
• Specialist Mathematics
• Further Mathematics.

A self-paced, interactive, online VCE Revision Course.
Jam-packed with useful information and advice, and accessible until the end of the VCE exams.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE

Head to the website for more information and registrations: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Student-activities/VCE-revision-program

All course videos are delivered by highly experienced teachers who are current VCAA exam assessors. Students receive the most relevant and up-to-date information and tips based on where students typically make mistakes in exams. 

Any questions? Contact Danijela Draskovic – MAV Education Consultant: ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au.

Registration closing Friday 18 November 2022.

MAV are excited to run the 59th Annual Conference (MAV22) from Thursday 1 – Friday 2 December 2022. 

• Book now! 
• Limited places available to attend in-person!
• Five keynote presentations to choose from each day
• Followed by concurrent sessions across 20 rooms
• 10 rooms each day available to online delegates. 

What can I attend?

• Participants can register to attend in-person, online or one day in each format (for two day registrations)
• All registrations will include access to all recorded presentations until the end of November 2023
• All keynote presentations will be available to in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 1 to 10 are broadcast rooms available to both in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 11 to 20 are available to in-person registrants

Join us to Reconnect, refresh and learn together.

For more information and to register click here

Download the synopsis

(program):

MAV Employment Hub

Latest Jobs:

VCE Algorithmics Teacher - Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES)

Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussion

The same five practices teachers know and love for planning and managing powerful conversations in mathematics classrooms, updated with current research and new insights on anticipating, lesson planning, and lessons learned from teachers, coaches, and school leaders. This framework for orchestrating mathematically productive discussions is rooted in student thinking to launch meaningful discussions in which important mathematical ideas are brought to the surface, contradictions are exposed, and understandings are developed or consolidated.

Learn the 5 practices for facilitating effective inquiry-oriented classrooms:

• Anticipating what students will do and what strategies they will use in solving a problem
• Monitoring their work as they approach the problem in class
• Selecting students whose strategies are worth discussing in class
• Sequencing those students' presentations to maximize their potential to increase students' learning
• Connecting the strategies and ideas in a way that helps students understand the mathematics learned

Mathematical Mindsets - Second Edition

Reverse mathematics trauma and find a universal blueprint for math success

In Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching mathematics education expert and best-selling author Jo Boaler delivers a blueprint to banishing math anxiety and laying a foundation for mathematics success that anyone can build on.

Perfect for students who have been convinced they are naturally "bad at math," the author offers a demonstration of how to turn self-doubt into self-confidence by relying on the "mindset" framework.

Mathematical Mindsets is based on thousands of hours of in-depth study and research into the most effective—and ineffective—ways to teach math to young people.

Seriously Fun Maths

In Seriously Fun Maths, Dr Laura Tuohilampi changes the narrative of mathematics education into something fascinating, intriguing and something that touches every human. Based on her cutting-edge research she challenges the outdated ways of motivating students around maths.

This engaging book provides teachers with research, resources and activities to teach a lesson a month. The rich activities are accessible to young students and deep enough for secondary students. Even adults!

This book will help mathematics educators reflect on their skills of orchestrating mathematical discussions and problem-solving. They will learn how to increase students' engagement in ways that reduce stress-inducing expectations around what a 'good' student in maths can and cannot do. Teachers will improve their grasp of what's important - making mathematics a meaningful experience.

Can you Solve my Problems?

Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problems. Here are 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia, taking us from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way. Pit your wits against logic puzzles and kinship riddles, pangrams and river-crossing conundrums. Some solutions rely on a touch of cunning, others call for creativity, others need mercilessly logical thought. Some can only be solved be 2 per cent of the population. All are guaranteed to sharpen your mind. Let's get puzzling!

Membership renewals start now! 

Our 2023 membership renewal cycle is on now, watch your inbox for your renewal notice.

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership 

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au  

New member benefit for 2023!

A new member benefit for 2023 will be access to our new online community. If you want to know a little more about this read our news page here: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/News  

Be a part of our member community!

Common Denominator Magazine

Free for all!

Read now.

Prime Number

Primary Journal,

Member login required.

Vinculum

Secondary educator Journal.

Member login required.

Event

Date

Description

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora or online

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Our experienced team of Mathematics Education Consultants can design a professional learning package to meet your school’s needs.

What this entails:

• coaching,
• modeled mathematics teaching,
• whole staff professional learning meetings,
• supporting professional learning teams, or
• work with a cluster of schools within a region.

MAV Education consultants can visit your school weekly, fortnightly or monthly and guide you through each step of the way. This is a brilliant way to achieve rapid improvement in mathematics teaching and learning across your school.

Registration closing Friday 18 November 2022.

MAV are excited to run the 59th Annual Conference (MAV22) from Thursday 1 – Friday 2 December 2022. 

• Book now! 
• Limited places available to attend in-person!
• Five keynote presentations to choose from each day
• Followed by concurrent sessions across 20 rooms
• 10 rooms each day available to online delegates. 

What can I attend?

• Participants can register to attend in-person, online or one day in each format (for two day registrations)
• All registrations will include access to all recorded presentations until the end of November 2023
• All keynote presentations will be available to in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 1 to 10 are broadcast rooms available to both in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 11 to 20 are available to in-person registrants

Join us to Reconnect, refresh and learn together.

For more information and to register click here

Download the synopsis

(program):

Post a job:

Please post your roles on our jobs board, and have them specifically listed in this newsletter to raise their profile. 

• Go to https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/Employment-Hub/Post-a-job-advertisement
• Select the option of 1 or 2 months and follow the instructions.
• Tip: When you add your job information ensure you save at the bottom of the page before proceeding to the next screen or info may be lost.

Any problems please get in touch with psaffin@mav.vic.edu.au

Probability Chance Experiments - Middle Primary (Years 3-4)

Middle Primary is suitable for teaching Year 3 and 4 students.

With a kit of simple materials (coins. counters, cards, dice, spinners and a draw-string bag), students will be able to try a variety of chance experiments that highlight fundamental ideas of probability. The experiments at the start of the book are designed to model the collecting of data, drawing up a table, making predictions and performing multiple trials. As the book progresses the experiments become more involved and students have to design their own tables and make decisions about how to carry out the experiments. They will also look at the key ideas of dependent and independent events. 

ENGAGING MATHS: 21 More Favourite Lessons

This book follows the success of Engaging Maths: 25 Favourite Lessons (“the Blue Book”) which continues to stimulate a lot of interest from teachers, mathematics leaders, and pre-service teachers alike. There are 21 brand new lessons, across Foundation to Year 8. This full colour volume with over 160 classroom photos encourages both physical and cognitive engagement, with lots of fun thrown in! Teachers can use Concept Cartoons to develop geometry understanding, enhance visualisation through Look Make Check Adjust, build mental computation through 4Up!, provide real challenge with Cubes in My Pocket, or head outside for Footy Angles. With Matt Sexton joining the writing team, new features include an extended introduction with topics such as rethinking ability (achievement) grouping, using enabling and extending prompts, valuing productive struggle, and the importance of recording. There’s also advice for School Mathematics Leaders on how they might use the book to facilitate teacher professional learning. Each lesson has a section on Possible Assessment Strategies to help make assessment work for teachers. The Going Further section provides ideas on additional investigations which can potentially build on what has happened during the lesson. More engaging maths? Yes please!

A Collection of Mathematics Activities: Book 2

This publication provides tried and tested activities that can result in enjoyable, exciting and rewarding mathematical moments for students. The activities support individual, partner, small and large group applications, falling into two categories of spatial and number. A table maps each activity to school levels from Foundation to Year 8 and to the proficiencies of Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning, providing a guide for their selection.

 Book 2 contains 25 activities that are described using a consistent format and are supported by reproducible masters, suitable for copying.

Eddie Woo's Magical Maths 2

A bumper book of maths fun stuffed with things to draw, puzzle, invent, order, unscramble, code, decode for kids aged 7+ years from Australia's best known maths man.

There's magic in maths - if you know where to look...

Membership renewals - if you did not renew in 2022, you can  fix that! 

Our 2023 membership renewal cycle is on now, watch your inbox for your renewal notice.

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership 

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

New member benefit for 2023!

A new member benefit for 2023 will be access to our new online community. If you want to know a little more about this read our news page here: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/News  

Be a part of our member community!

Common Denominator Magazine

Free for all!

Read now.

Prime Number

Primary Journal,

Member login required.

Vinculum

Secondary educator Journal.

Member login required.

Event

Date

Description

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Careers in STEM

An event for students in Years 9 and 10

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!

The event will be offered face to face and virtually:

Date: Friday November 25, 2022

Time: 9am – 2:45pm

Venue: EY Australia, 8 Exhibition St Melbourne 

Cost: 

• MAV Institutional Member $25 per student
• Non MAV Institutional Member $35 per student

SCHOOLS can also join the event virtually.

Click here to register!

An opportunity for students in Years 9 & 10 to be inspired by men and women who have forged impressive careers in STEM industries.

Engage in hands-on activities to stimulate interest and engagement in STEM based careers. Hear stories from those who are paving the way for your students to flourish in a STEM career.

These events explore STEM careers with an emphasis on the importance of mathematics required for success. Students hear from leading industry experts in a range of fields about their experiences working in a STEM focused career.

Presenters share their stories; the journey they took, the contributions they have made, tips for success, and how to overcome obstacles along the way.

The importance of mathematics in VCE subject selection, university degrees and in STEM careers is addressed. An interactive panel discussion follows the individual presentations. The afternoon includes two hands on activities offered by Engineers without Borders and EY Australia.

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series: Games Days

BOOK ASAP – PLACES ARE FILLING FAST

Dates & venues:

• Balwyn High School – Thurs Oct 27 (Yr. 7 & 8) and Thurs Oct 28 (Yr. 9 &10)
• Wallan Secondary College – Thurs November 10 (Years 7 – 10)

Cost: Free

Register here via MAV events

The aim of this program is to challenge high ability students in Years 7, 8 & 9 with a fun, challenging, collaborative and competitive mathematics-based games day. It is open to GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ONLY. A Maths Games Day is an opportunity for students to work in teams of 4; apply and develop their mathematical talents and thinking skills in a setting where Maths is regarded as fun and worthwhile; work with like-minded high ability students from a diverse range of schools; participate in mathematical activities and games without the usual classroom pressures; work effectively in teams and develop strategies to work collaboratively to solve problems; enhance their problem-solving skills; get excited about mathematics, whilst being rewarded through prizes and awards. If you are not a GOVERNMENT school please look at the other games days offered from MAV on the events page.

Bookings will be available under the MAV Events page https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Events

For more information Jessica Mount jmount@mav.vic.edu.au

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment series:

Coding Challenges for Extending School Students

Available to access until end of 2022

Watch the Victorian Coding Challenge video here.

Have you got a passion for coding or are you curious to give it a go? Do you have a creative yet logical mind and love to problem solve engaging, real-world problems? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, you are the student for this coding challenge!

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV), in collaboration with Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV), are producing a 2-stage coding challenge, free of charge to participants and aimed to extend curious minds, nurture passions and support students in refining their coding skills.

Students will have their challenges and content presented in an online course in Thinkific. MAV will register them in their relevant courses using their emails. This will be a private course available only for the students registered by their teachers.

Any questions, contact Danijela Draskovic ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au

Do you use our very successful VCE revision package for students? Available in three VCE Mathematics studies: 

• Mathematical Methods
• Specialist Mathematics
• Further Mathematics.

A self-paced, interactive, online VCE Revision Course.
Jam-packed with useful information and advice, and accessible until the end of the VCE exams.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE

Head to the website for more information and registrations: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Student-activities/VCE-revision-program

All course videos are delivered by highly experienced teachers who are current VCAA exam assessors. Students receive the most relevant and up-to-date information and tips based on where students typically make mistakes in exams. 

Any questions? Contact Danijela Draskovic – MAV Education Consultant: ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au.

Less than 3 months to MAV22 Annual Conference!

• Book now! 
• Limited places available to attend in-person!
• Five keynote presentations to choose from each day
• Followed by concurrent sessions across 20 rooms
• 10 rooms each day available to online delegates. 

What can I attend?

• Participants can register to attend in-person, online or one day in each format (for two day registrations)
• All registrations will include access to all recorded presentations until the end of November 2023
• All keynote presentations will be available to in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 1 to 10 are broadcast rooms available to both in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 11 to 20 are available to in-person registrants

Join us to Reconnect, refresh and learn together.

For more information and to register click here

Download the synopsis

(program):

MAV Employment Hub

Latest Jobs:

VCE Algorithmics Teacher - Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES)

The Maths Show – full of audience interaction, maths history, puzzles and maths magic.

Find out more

The Maths and Climate Change Show – see how maths can help save the planet

Find our more

MAV 2022 Trial Exams Papers: All VCE Studies - Online Resource

LAST CHANCE!

Prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV Trial exams for Mathematical Methods, Further Mathematics and Specialist Mathematics studies.

Each Trial Exam features: Original questions, highly relevant to the current course, fully worked solutions for all sections and clear marking schemes. Exam formats are similar to those used by the VCAA. Written in line with adjusted 2022 study design. Permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

Developing Teaching Expertise

Cultivate a Proactive & Efficient Learning by Doing Culture In Teacher Development

Do your teachers have the expertise to produce the best outcomes in every context? Do they confidently and intentionally inquire, adapt, and change based on student needs? This book offers a deep exploration into cultivating a culture of design thinking--a proactive process where teachers work through iterative design cycles and understand how to make what works best work.

Explore how specific design and leadership approaches can form a framework for leading teacher professional learning
Learn to navigate through complex educational environments
Learn from illustrative action items, vignettes, and real-life examples and results

Thinking Mathematically

Thinking Mathematically is perfect for anyone who wants to develop their powers to think mathematically, whether at school, at university or just out of interest. This book is invaluable for anyone who wishes to promote mathematical thinking in others or for anyone who has always wondered what lies at the core of mathematics. Thinking Mathematically reveals the processes at the heart of mathematics and demonstrates how to encourage and develop them. Extremely practical, it involves the reader in questions so that subsequent discussions speak to immediate experience.

Middle Leadership in Schools, A Practical Guide for Leading Learning

Middle leading refers to those teachers that both teach and have leadership roles, and thus can bridge the gap between the practices of learning and the management of schooling. Focusing on the practices of middle leaders, this book addresses the current lack of support and professional development for middle leaders in educational settings.

Middle Leadership in Schools positions middle leaders as professional leaders, and an integral part of educational and professional development in schools and other educational institutions. Drawing on empirical research spanning four countries, this book provides readers with a conceptual framework to understand middle leading and shows how middle leading practices unfold in real educational contexts. This is a valuable resource that goes beyond a theoretical conversation about middle leaders to provide readers with practical applications based on extensive research undertaken by the authors. The book is divided into seven chapters, each of which include reflective discussion questions and recommended readings to promote collaborative engagement with the text. Chapters cover topics such as how middle leading is shaped in practice, its role in professional development and its impact on schools.

Illustrating to middle leaders how they can develop their leadership skills, the book will also be of interest to school principals and other senior leaders as a guide to supporting their middle leaders.

Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12

Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Math , six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one it’s about when and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school.

That’s a high bar, but with the amazing K-12 framework here, you choose the right approach at the right time, depending upon where learners are within three phases of learning: surface, deep, and transfer. This results in “visible” learning because the effect is tangible. The framework is forged out of current research in mathematics combined with John Hattie’s synthesis of more than 15 years of education research involving 300 million students.

Chapter by chapter, and equipped with video clips, planning tools, rubrics, and templates, you get the inside track on which instructional strategies to use at each phase of the learning cycle.

To equip students for higher-level mathematics learning, we have to be clear about where students are, where they need to go, and what it looks like when they get there. Visible Learning for Math brings about powerful, precision teaching for K-12 through intentionally designed guided, collaborative, and independent learning.

Membership renewals - if you did not renew in 2022, you can  fix that! 

Our 2023 membership renewal cycle is on now, watch your inbox for your renewal notice.

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

New member benefit for 2023!

A new member benefit for 2023 will be access to our new online community. If you want to know a little more about this read our news page here: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/News 

Be a part of our member community!

Common Denominator Magazine

Free for all!

Read now.

Prime Number

Primary Journal,

Member login required.

Vinculum

Secondary educator Journal.

Member login required.

Event

Date

Description

Primary mathematics showcase: Highlighting Best Practice and Pedagogy

Bookings now open!   

REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 7TH OCTOBER

Virtual: Friday 14 October 2022

Cost: 

• Students (pre-service teacher members) $30
• Members $100
• Non-members $125

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) primary consultants and special guest presenters collaborate to present a virtual conference focusing on primary school mathematics education.

Due to demand for a primary, online professional learning event from teachers across the state, we are arranging a 'showcase' focused on practical, effective and engaging pedagogies that you can use in your classroom immediately. Join us for this hands-on virtual learning event. 

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora or online

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Presenters include:

• Jen Bowden - MAV primary Education Consultant
• Peter Saffin - MAV CEO
• Dr Paul Swan
• Narelle Rice
• Ange Rogers
• Paul Staniscia
• Ellen Corovic
• Thomas Moore
• Michael Minas
• Cathy Epstein/Rodgers
• Andrea O’Connor
• Jane Hubbard
• Di Liddell
• Amanda Cassidy
• Judy Gregg

  Download the full flyer here

Date: 14th October 

Time: 9AM - 3:30PM

Non Member: $125.00

Members: $100.00

Preservice teachers members: $30.00

Registrations here.

Registrations close on Friday 7th October.

For more information contact Jen Bowden jbowden@mav.vic.edu.au 

Our experienced team of Mathematics Education Consultants can design a professional learning package to meet your school’s needs.

What this entails:

• coaching,
• modeled mathematics teaching,
• whole staff professional learning meetings,
• supporting professional learning teams, or
• work with a cluster of schools within a region.

Less than 3 months to MAV22 Annual Conference!

• Book now! 
• Limited places available to attend in-person!
• Five keynote presentations to choose from each day
• Followed by concurrent sessions across 20 rooms
• 10 rooms each day available to online delegates. 

What can I attend?

• Participants can register to attend in-person, online or one day in each format (for two day registrations)
• All registrations will include access to all recorded presentations until the end of November 2023
• All keynote presentations will be available to in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 1 to 10 are broadcast rooms available to both in-person and online registrants
• Rooms 11 to 20 are available to in-person registrants

Join us to Reconnect, refresh and learn together.

For more information and to register click here

Download the synopsis

(program):

Post a job:

Please post your roles on our jobs board, and have them specifically listed in this newsletter to raise their profile. 

• Go to https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/Employment-Hub/Post-a-job-advertisement
• Select the option of 1 or 2 months and follow the instructions.
• Tip: When you add your job information ensure you save at the bottom of the page before proceeding to the next screen or info may be lost.

Any problems please get in touch with psaffin@mav.vic.edu.au

The Maths Show – full of audience interaction, maths history, puzzles and maths magic.

Find out more

The Maths and Climate Change Show – see how maths can help save the planet

Find our more

Numerous ConneXions - Family Card Set 1

Helps parents promote place-value learning and positive attitudes towards maths at home. Each set includes 36 playing cards which show different and unfamiliar representations of numbers. There are eight starter activities in each set and ideas to help parents encourage mathematical thinking as players explain how numbers are built from their parts, compare and order different quantities and recognise equivalent representations.

The Great Apple Surprise

Nannu Charlie’s favourite number is TEN. Now that James has turned ten, he has finally been invited to help all his older cousins pick and pack apples on Nannu’s farm.

After all the apples are packed onto trays and into boxes, James finds out they will get a surprise if they pack more apples than last year – but they weren’t keeping count!

Will James and his cousins get their surprise?

ENGAGING MATHS: 21 More Favourite Lessons

This book follows the success of Engaging Maths: 25 Favourite Lessons (“the Blue Book”) which continues to stimulate a lot of interest from teachers, mathematics leaders, and pre-service teachers alike. There are 21 brand new lessons, across Foundation to Year 8. This full colour volume with over 160 classroom photos encourages both physical and cognitive engagement, with lots of fun thrown in! Teachers can use Concept Cartoons to develop geometry understanding, enhance visualisation through Look Make Check Adjust, build mental computation through 4Up!, provide real challenge with Cubes in My Pocket, or head outside for Footy Angles. With Matt Sexton joining the writing team, new features include an extended introduction with topics such as rethinking ability (achievement) grouping, using enabling and extending prompts, valuing productive struggle, and the importance of recording. There’s also advice for School Mathematics Leaders on how they might use the book to facilitate teacher professional learning. Each lesson has a section on Possible Assessment Strategies to help make assessment work for teachers. The Going Further section provides ideas on additional investigations which can potentially build on what has happened during the lesson. More engaging maths? Yes please!

Seriously Fun Maths

In Seriously Fun Maths, Dr Laura Tuohilampi changes the narrative of mathematics education into something fascinating, intriguing and something that touches every human. Based on her cutting-edge research she challenges the outdated ways of motivating students around maths.

This engaging book provides teachers with research, resources and activities to teach a lesson a month. The rich activities are accessible to young students and deep enough for secondary students. Even adults!

This book will help mathematics educators reflect on their skills of orchestrating mathematical discussions and problem-solving. They will learn how to increase students' engagement in ways that reduce stress-inducing expectations around what a 'good' student in maths can and cannot do. Teachers will improve their grasp of what's important - making mathematics a meaningful experience.

Everyone will have serious fun while learning maths!

The Legend Of Rock, Paper, Scissors

You’ve played the game…now read the book. Long ago in the Kingdom of Backgarden lived a fearsome warrior named ROCK. ROCK was undefeated in battle, and yet, he felt unfulfilled. So he went in search of a worthy opponent. Little did he know that at that very moment two more warriors were setting forth with the very same idea. When ROCK collides with SCISSORS from the village of Junk Drawer, and the ferocious PAPER, who hails from the Empire of Mum’s Study, an epic and hilarious battle ensues. And the rest, as they say, is history. A riotously funny new picture book from the author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons came Home, Drew Daywalt, and New York Times bestselling illustrator, Adam Rex. Suggested reading age 4+

Event

Date

Description

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Limited in-person places in 2022! Book now to ensure you get your place.

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Careers in STEM

An event for students in Years 9 and 10

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!

The event will be offered face to face and virtually:

Date: Friday November 25, 2022

Time: 9am – 2:45pm

Venue: EY Australia, 8 Exhibition St Melbourne 

Cost: 

• MAV Institutional Member $25 per student
• Non MAV Institutional Member $35 per student

SCHOOLS can also join the event virtually.

Click here to register!

An opportunity for students in Years 9 & 10 to be inspired by men and women who have forged impressive careers in STEM industries.

Engage in hands-on activities to stimulate interest and engagement in STEM based careers. Hear stories from those who are paving the way for your students to flourish in a STEM career.

These events explore STEM careers with an emphasis on the importance of mathematics required for success. Students hear from leading industry experts in a range of fields about their experiences working in a STEM focused career.

Presenters share their stories; the journey they took, the contributions they have made, tips for success, and how to overcome obstacles along the way.

The importance of mathematics in VCE subject selection, university degrees and in STEM careers is addressed. An interactive panel discussion follows the individual presentations. The afternoon includes two hands on activities offered by Engineers without Borders and EY Australia.

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series: Games Days

BOOK ASAP – PLACES ARE FILLING FAST

Dates & venues:

• Balwyn High School – Thurs Oct 27 (Yr. 7 & 8) and Thurs Oct 28 (Yr. 9 &10)
• Wallan Secondary College – Thurs November 10 (Years 7 – 10)

Cost: Free

Register here via MAV events

The aim of this program is to challenge high ability students in Years 7, 8 & 9 with a fun, challenging, collaborative and competitive mathematics-based games day. It is open to GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ONLY. A Maths Games Day is an opportunity for students to work in teams of 4; apply and develop their mathematical talents and thinking skills in a setting where Maths is regarded as fun and worthwhile; work with like-minded high ability students from a diverse range of schools; participate in mathematical activities and games without the usual classroom pressures; work effectively in teams and develop strategies to work collaboratively to solve problems; enhance their problem-solving skills; get excited about mathematics, whilst being rewarded through prizes and awards. If you are not a GOVERNMENT school please look at the other games days offered from MAV on the events page.

Bookings will be available under the MAV Events page https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Events

For more information Jessica Mount jmount@mav.vic.edu.au

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment series:

Coding Challenges for Extending School Students

Available to access until end of 2022

Watch the Victorian Coding Challenge video here.

Have you got a passion for coding or are you curious to give it a go? Do you have a creative yet logical mind and love to problem solve engaging, real-world problems? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, you are the student for this coding challenge!

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV), in collaboration with Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV), are producing a 2-stage coding challenge, free of charge to participants and aimed to extend curious minds, nurture passions and support students in refining their coding skills.

Students will have their challenges and content presented in an online course in Thinkific. MAV will register them in their relevant courses using their emails. This will be a private course available only for the students registered by their teachers.

Any questions, contact Danijela Draskovic ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au

MAV's VCE Revision Program is LIVE and open for registrations!

Each year the Mathematical Association of Victoria prepares a very successful VCE revision package for students in the three VCE Mathematics studies: 

• Mathematical Methods
• Specialist Mathematics
• Further Mathematics.

The Mathematical Association of Victoria developed a self-paced, interactive, online VCE Revision Course for all 3 maths studies. 

The program received incredibly positive feedback as it was jam-packed with useful information and advice, and accessible all the way until the end of the VCE exams.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE

Head to the website for more information and registrations: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Student-activities/VCE-revision-program

MAV Employment Hub

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits through to the end of 2023.

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

Be a part of our member community!

Good study habits: 5 tips for students:

Good study habits lead to success, if you need a few ideas on how to get set-up and prepared for study, check out our tip sheet now.

7 ways parents can help their kids with maths:

Great tips on getting your kids involved with real world maths tasks, download here.

Maths and ATAR. Top 4 tips for students and parents:

Find out more about why selecting maths at VCE can support a good ATAR, but also prepare students for success beyond school.

Eddie Woo MAV18 Keynote: Principles of Engaging mathematics Teaching

One of the central challenges to effective mathematics learning is that we must cultivate an environment and a view of mathematics that motivates students to undertake the work of learning. In this session, we will explore aspects of mathematics that are often under-emphasised but must be recovered to
engage a broad range of students in our beautiful and practical subject.

Watch the video here.

MAV19 Keynote Professor Kate Smith-Miles: Mythbusting Mathematics

In this talk, Kate will share her own mathematical journey – why she became a mathematician, how her mathematics is applied to real world problems, and why it is that “mathematician” is consistently ranked as the No. 1 job in the world. In so doing, she will attempt to debunk many of the myths surrounding mathematics along the way.

Watch the video here.

MAV19 Keynote Professor Mike Askew - Big Ideas: Connecting within and across the mathematics curriculum

In this plenary I will share some of the research into how we can support everyone reason mathematically and suggest some practical examples for bringing reasoning into the centre of mathematics lessons, conferences on mathematics, leadership and thinking. Topics have included professional
learning teams, questioning, curriculum and leadership practices.

Watch the video here.

MAV 2022 Trial Exams Papers: All VCE Studies - Online Resource

Prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV Trial exams for Mathematical Methods, Further Mathematics and Specialist Mathematics studies.

Each Trial Exam features: Original questions, highly relevant to the current course, fully worked solutions for all sections and clear marking schemes. Exam formats are similar to those used by the VCAA. Written in line with adjusted 2022 study design. Permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

MAV SACs 2022 Suggested Starting Points - All Studies

PLEASE NOTE: THIS RESOURCE IS CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO CURRENT PRACTISING VICTORIAN SECONDARY TEACHERS. PRODUCT IS FOR SCHOOL USE ONLY. NOT TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE TUTORING SERVICES! Before proceeding with the purchase of this item, you need to provide the name of the school you are currently teaching at and your school email address. If you are a student and buy this resource, we will not supply it and deduct $20 admin fee for processing refunds.

PLEASE NOTE: This item is a password protected online resource. Upon purchase,(during Business hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday) you will be emailed the password which will give you download access to the resource for 30 days ONLY.

The MAV 2022 VCE Mathematics SACs materials are an online resource that is password protected (password emailed upon purchase). The materials are designed to provide suggested starting points for VCE Mathematics teachers for their School Assessed Coursework (SACs).
MAV SACs 2022 materials have been written by experienced VCE mathematics teachers. They are for use by teachers to aid in assessment of student School Assessed Coursework for Further Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics.

MAV Solutions 2021 VCAA Exams - All Studies - Online Resource

Ensure students prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV solutions to the 2021 VCAA Examinations 1 & 2 for Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Each solution set features: fully worked solutions for all sections, advice on solution processes and permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

PLEASE NOTE: This item is a password protected online resource. Upon purchase, (during Business hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday) you will be emailed the password which will give you download access to the resource for 30 days ONLY.

Footy Feud! Class Set

WHAT IS FOOTY FEUD!?

Footy Feud! is an Australian football themed-card game. This Class Set contains 12 decks of cards.

Players are dealt numeric cards, and choose the highest value for scoring.
The objective is to have the highest score at the end of the game (played over 4 quarters).

4 cards in the deck allow stealing or score multiplication.

Do I need to know about Australian football to play the game?
No; Footy Feud! has tested very well with people of all ages who have no interest in Australian football.
If you are familiar with the Australian football scoring method it may make the game initially easier to grasp.

View video of how to play here.

Modifying Your Thinking Classroom for Different Settings

In Peter Liljedahl's bestselling Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning, readers discovered that thinking is a precursor to learning. Translating 15 years of research, the anchor book introduced 14 practices that have the most potential to increase student thinking in the classroom and can work for any teacher in any setting.

But how do these practices work in a classroom with social distancing or in settings that are not always face-to-face? This follow-up supplement will answer those questions, and more. It walks teachers through how to adapt the 14 practices for 12 distinct settings, some of which came about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This guide:

Provides the what, why, and how to adapt each practice in face-to-face settings that require social distancing, fixed seating, or small class sizes; synchronous and asynchronous virtual settings; synchronous and asynchronous hybrid settings; independent learning; and homeschooling.
Includes guidance on using thinking classroom practices to support students in unfinished learning in small groups and one-on-one teaching or tutoring.
Offers updated toolkits and a recommended order for the implementation of the practices for each of the settings.

Event

Date

Description

Primary mathematics showcase: Highlighting Best Practice and Pedagogy

Registrations close

Friday 7th October   

Virtual: Friday 14 October 2022

Cost: 

• Students (pre-service teacher members) $30
• Members $100
• Non-members $125

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) primary consultants and special guest presenters collaborate to present a virtual conference focusing on primary school mathematics education.

Due to demand for a primary, online professional learning event from teachers across the state, we are arranging a 'showcase' focused on practical, effective and engaging pedagogies that you can use in your classroom immediately. Join us for this hands-on virtual learning event. 

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Limited in-person places available- book now to not miss out.

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora or online

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Presenters include:

• Jen Bowden - MAV primary Education Consultant
• Peter Saffin - MAV CEO
• Dr Paul Swan
• Narelle Rice
• Ange Rogers
• Paul Staniscia
• Ellen Corovic
• Thomas Moore
• Michael Minas
• Cathy Epstein/Rodgers
• Andrea O’Connor
• Jane Hubbard
• Di Liddell
• Amanda Cassidy
• Judy Gregg

  Download the full flyer here!

   

Date: 14th October 

Time: 9AM - 3:30PM

Non Member: $125.00

Members: $100.00

Preservice teachers members: $30.00

Registrations here.

For more information contact Jen Bowden jbowden@mav.vic.edu.au 

Post a job:

Please post your roles on our jobs board, and have them specifically listed in this newsletter to raise their profile. 

• Go to https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/Employment-Hub/Post-a-job-advertisement
• Select the option of 1 or 2 months and follow the instructions.
• Tip: When you add your job information ensure you save at the bottom of the page before proceeding to the next screen or info may be lost.

Any problems please get in touch with psaffin@mav.vic.edu.au

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits through to the end of 2023.

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

Be a part of our member community!

Top 5 Tips for teachers: Number Talks

A Number Talk is an opportunity for students to communicate mathematically, to learn from each other and to gain insight into an array of strategies used to solve problems.

Top 5 Tips for teachers: Successful warm-ups

Warm-ups are used in the maths classroom to prime student thinking in preparation for a lesson. Warm-ups should be purposeful, easy to start and take ten minutes or less.

Top 5 Tips for teachers: Authentic tasks

An authentic mathematical task will support building and extending important knowledge, skills and understandings, and develop productive dispositions towards mathematics.

James Tanton MAV20: Exploding dots: A global phenomenon

James Tanton (PhD, Princeton 1994, mathematics) is an author, a consultant, and an ambassador for the Mathematical Association of America in Washington D.C., currently serving as their Mathematician-at-Large. He has taught mathematics both at university and high school. James is absolutely committed to promoting effective and joyful mathematics thinking, learning, and doing at all levels of the education spectrum.

Watch the video here.

Professor Kate Smith-Miles MAV19 Keynote: Mythbusting Mathematics

In this talk, Kate will share her own mathematical journey – why she became a mathematician, how her mathematics is applied to real world problems, and why it is that “mathematician” is consistently ranked as the No. 1 job in the world. In so doing, she will attempt to debunk many of the myths surrounding mathematics along the way.

Watch the video here.

2019 Primary Keynote - Associate Professor Wee Tiong Seah: Loving mathematics: Leading cultural change in your school.

Cultural Leadership is one of the 5 Leadership Domains in the Victorian Developmental Learning Framework for School Leaders. According to this model, effective cultural leadership is underpinned by the capability to shape the future with a vision, develop a unique group culture, and sustain partnerships and networks. In this presentation, we will see what cultural leadership looks like in the context of mathematics teaching and learning, especially in the fostering of the four mathematical proficiencies.

Watch the video here.

Numerous ConneXions - Family Card Set 2

Helps parents promote place-value learning and positive attitudes towards maths at home. Each set includes 36 playing cards which show different and unfamiliar representations of numbers. There are eight starter activities in each set and ideas to help parents encourage mathematical thinking as players explain how numbers are built from their parts, compare and order different quantities and recognise equivalent representations.

The Legend Of Rock, Paper, Scissors

You’ve played the game…now read the book. Long ago in the Kingdom of Backgarden lived a fearsome warrior named ROCK. ROCK was undefeated in battle, and yet, he felt unfulfilled. So he went in search of a worthy opponent. Little did he know that at that very moment two more warriors were setting forth with the very same idea. When ROCK collides with SCISSORS from the village of Junk Drawer, and the ferocious PAPER, who hails from the Empire of Mum’s Study, an epic and hilarious battle ensues. And the rest, as they say, is history. A riotously funny new picture book from the author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons came Home, Drew Daywalt, and New York Times bestselling illustrator, Adam Rex. Suggested reading age 4+

Somebody's Land

An accessible picture book for young children that introduces First Nations history and the term 'terra nullius' to a general audience, from Australian of the Year, community leader and anti-racism advocate Adam Goodes and political adviser and former journalist Ellie Laing, with artwork by Barkindji illustrator David Hardy.

Somebody's Land is an invitation to connect with First Nations culture, to acknowledge the hurt of the past, and to join together as one community with a precious shared history as old as time.

Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing's powerful words and David Hardy's pictures, full of life, invite children and their families to imagine themselves into Australia's past - to feel the richness of our First Nations' history, to acknowledge that our country was never terra nullius, and to understand what 'welcome to our country' really means.

ENGAGING MATHS: 21 More Favourite Lessons

This book follows the success of Engaging Maths: 25 Favourite Lessons (“the Blue Book”) which continues to stimulate a lot of interest from teachers, mathematics leaders, and pre-service teachers alike. There are 21 brand new lessons, across Foundation to Year 8. This full colour volume with over 160 classroom photos encourages both physical and cognitive engagement, with lots of fun thrown in!

Teachers can use Concept Cartoons to develop geometry understanding, enhance visualisation through Look Make Check Adjust, build mental computation through 4Up!, provide real challenge with Cubes in My Pocket, or head outside for Footy Angles. With Matt Sexton joining the writing team, new features include an extended introduction with topics such as rethinking ability (achievement) grouping, using enabling and extending prompts, valuing productive struggle, and the importance of recording. There’s also advice for School Mathematics Leaders on how they might use the book to facilitate teacher professional learning. Each lesson has a section on Possible Assessment Strategies to help make assessment work for teachers. The Going Further section provides ideas on additional investigations which can potentially build on what has happened during the lesson. More engaging maths? Yes please!

Seriously Fun Maths

In Seriously Fun Maths, Dr Laura Tuohilampi changes the narrative of mathematics education into something fascinating, intriguing and something that touches every human. Based on her cutting-edge research she challenges the outdated ways of motivating students around maths.

This engaging book provides teachers with research, resources and activities to teach a lesson a month. The rich activities are accessible to young students and deep enough for secondary students. Even adults!

This book will help mathematics educators reflect on their skills of orchestrating mathematical discussions and problem-solving. They will learn how to increase students' engagement in ways that reduce stress-inducing expectations around what a 'good' student in maths can and cannot do. Teachers will improve their grasp of what's important - making mathematics a meaningful experience.

Everyone will have serious fun while learning maths!

Event

Date

Description

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Careers in STEM

An event for students in Years 9 and 10

 NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!

The event will be offered face to face and virtually:

Date: Friday November 25, 2022

Time: 9am – 2:45pm

Venue: EY Australia, 8 Exhibition St Melbourne 

Cost: 

• MAV Institutional Member $25 per student
• Non MAV Institutional Member $35 per student

SCHOOLS can also join the event virtually.

Click here to register!

An opportunity for students in Years 9 & 10 to be inspired by men and women who have forged impressive careers in STEM industries.

Engage in hands-on activities to stimulate interest and engagement in STEM based careers. Hear stories from those who are paving the way for your students to flourish in a STEM career.

These events explore STEM careers with an emphasis on the importance of mathematics required for success. Students hear from leading industry experts in a range of fields about their experiences working in a STEM focused career.

Presenters share their stories; the journey they took, the contributions they have made, tips for success, and how to overcome obstacles along the way.

The importance of mathematics in VCE subject selection, university degrees and in STEM careers is addressed. An interactive panel discussion follows the individual presentations. The afternoon includes two hands on activities offered by Engineers without Borders and EY Australia.

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series: Games Days

BOOK ASAP – PLACES ARE FILLING FAST

Dates & venues:

• Tarneit P-9 College – Sept 9 (Years 7-9)
• Balwyn High School – Thurs Oct 27 (Yr. 7 & 8) and Thurs Oct 28 (Yr. 9 &10)
• Wallan Secondary College – Thurs November 10 (Years 7 – 10)

Cost: Free

Register here via MAV events

The aim of this program is to challenge high ability students in Years 7, 8 & 9 with a fun, challenging, collaborative and competitive mathematics-based games day. It is open to GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ONLY. A Maths Games Day is an opportunity for students to work in teams of 4; apply and develop their mathematical talents and thinking skills in a setting where Maths is regarded as fun and worthwhile; work with like-minded high ability students from a diverse range of schools; participate in mathematical activities and games without the usual classroom pressures; work effectively in teams and develop strategies to work collaboratively to solve problems; enhance their problem-solving skills; get excited about mathematics, whilst being rewarded through prizes and awards. If you are not a GOVERNMENT school please look at the other games days offered from MAV on the events page.

Bookings will be available under the MAV Events page https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Events

For more information Jessica Mount jmount@mav.vic.edu.au

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment series:

Coding Challenges for Extending School Students

Available to access until end of 2022

Watch the Victorian Coding Challenge video here.

Have you got a passion for coding or are you curious to give it a go? Do you have a creative yet logical mind and love to problem solve engaging, real-world problems? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, you are the student for this coding challenge!

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV), in collaboration with Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV), are producing a 2-stage coding challenge, free of charge to participants and aimed to extend curious minds, nurture passions and support students in refining their coding skills.

Students will have their challenges and content presented in an online course in Thinkific. MAV will register them in their relevant courses using their emails. This will be a private course available only for the students registered by their teachers.

Any questions, contact Danijela Draskovic ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au

Thank you to our host schools for running highly challenging and engaging events:

• Derrimut Primary School, Derrimut 
• Genazzno, Kew
• Federation University, Gippsland
• RMIT University
• Lowther Hall, Essendon 
• Overnewton Anglican College, Keilor 
• PEGS, Essendon
• PEGS, Keilor East 
• St Patrick's Catholic Parish Primary School, Mentone 
• Southern Cross Grammar, Caroline Springs
• Trinity Grammar, Kew 

Thank you to our sponsors for all of their support and prizes:

• Texas Instruments
• RMIT University
• Cambridge University Press
• Jacaranda
• CASIO Education
• Australian National University
• Federation University
• Footy Feud
• Think Squared
• The Huddle, North Melbourne Football Club

Each year the Mathematical Association of Victoria prepares a very successful VCE revision package for students in the three VCE Mathematics studies: 

• Mathematical Methods
• Specialist Mathematics
• Further Mathematics.

The Mathematical Association of Victoria developed a self-paced, interactive, online VCE Revision Course for all 3 maths studies. 

The program received incredibly positive feedback as it was jam-packed with useful information and advice, and accessible all the way until the end of the VCE exams.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE

Head to the website for more information and registrations: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Student-activities/VCE-revision-program

Good study habits: 5 tips for students.

Good study habits lead to success, if you need a few ideas on how to get set-up and prepared for study, check out our tip sheet now.

More support for student and parents are found on our parent webpage: 

https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Resources/Parents/Secondary-School-parent-support

Keynote Highlight - Thursday 1 December 2022 (Secondary)

Shelley Hannigan
Senior Lecturer, Deakin University

Mathematics through an artistic eye

This keynote presents and discusses examples that demonstrate the diversity of art and mathematics relationships relevant for secondary school teaching and learning. Examples will be shared in which art has been effective or useful for engaging students in learning STEAM subjects with an emphasis on mathematics.

The design and structural synergies between mathematics and art, aesthetic qualities of the two subjects, and the interesting backgrounds of mathematics and art will be explored. Encouraging disciplinary based education as well as transdisciplinary education, effective ways of implementing art and maths together will be shared and discussed.

This draws on Shelley’s experience as a visual artist and her research exploring ways to use art to enhance STEAM teaching and learning.

Shelley specialises in art education but also teaches units in education studies, art-well-being and creative pedagogies. She is also a practicing artist researching practice-based research and supervising PhD students. Her research also investigates creative practices that can contribute to enhanced learning and well-being, practice-based research and transdisciplinary practices such as arts-health and STEAM. Her recent publications discuss the use of art in teaching and learning science in secondary schools and the important role of aesthetics in this process as well as creativity.

This keynote is supported by:

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

Be a part of our member community!

Survey link: https://www.research.net/r/Vic_Teachers_Resilience  

The survey can be completed anonymously, and all information will remain confidential.

If you have questions regarding the research, please email dmitchell@csu.edu.au.

MAV 2022 Trial Exams Papers: All VCE Studies - Online Resource

Prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV Trial exams for Mathematical Methods, Further Mathematics and Specialist Mathematics studies.

Each Trial Exam features: Original questions, highly relevant to the current course, fully worked solutions for all sections and clear marking schemes. Exam formats are similar to those used by the VCAA. Written in line with adjusted 2022 study design. Permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

MAV SACs 2022 Suggested Starting Points - All Studies

PLEASE NOTE: THIS RESOURCE IS CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO CURRENT PRACTISING VICTORIAN SECONDARY TEACHERS. PRODUCT IS FOR SCHOOL USE ONLY. NOT TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE TUTORING SERVICES! Before proceeding with the purchase of this item, you need to provide the name of the school you are currently teaching at and your school email address. If you are a student and buy this resource, we will not supply it and deduct $20 admin fee for processing refunds.

PLEASE NOTE: This item is a password protected online resource. Upon purchase,(during Business hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday) you will be emailed the password which will give you download access to the resource for 30 days ONLY.

The MAV 2022 VCE Mathematics SACs materials are an online resource that is password protected (password emailed upon purchase). The materials are designed to provide suggested starting points for VCE Mathematics teachers for their School Assessed Coursework (SACs).
MAV SACs 2022 materials have been written by experienced VCE mathematics teachers. They are for use by teachers to aid in assessment of student School Assessed Coursework for Further Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics.

MAV Solutions 2021 VCAA Exams - All Studies - Online Resource

Ensure students prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV solutions to the 2021 VCAA Examinations 1 & 2 for Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Each solution set features: fully worked solutions for all sections, advice on solution processes and permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

PLEASE NOTE: This item is a password protected online resource. Upon purchase, (during Business hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday) you will be emailed the password which will give you download access to the resource for 30 days ONLY.

Numerous ConneXion - Family Card Set 3

Helps parents promote place-value learning and positive attitudes towards maths at home. Each set includes 36 playing cards which show different and unfamiliar representations of numbers. There are eight starter activities in each set and ideas to help parents encourage mathematical thinking as players explain how numbers are built from their parts, compare and order different quantities and recognise equivalent representations.

Primary and Middle Years Mathematics, Teaching Developmentally

This text is targeted towards teaching primary and middle years mathematics units in the Bachelor of Education degree.

Illustrates how children learn mathematics, and then shows pre-service teachers the most effective methods of teaching mathematics through hands-on, problem-based activities.

Serves as a go-to reference for the mathematics content suggested for Foundation to Year 9 as recommended in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics (ACARA, 2016), and for the research-based strategies that illustrate how students best learn this content.
Presents a practical resource of robust, problem-based activities and tasks that can engage students in the use of significant mathematical concepts and skills.
Reports on technology that makes teaching mathematics in a problem-based approach more visible, including access to ready-to-use activity pages and references to quality websites.

Thinking Mathematically

Thinking Mathematically is perfect for anyone who wants to develop their powers to think mathematically, whether at school, at university or just out of interest. This book is invaluable for anyone who wishes to promote mathematical thinking in others or for anyone who has always wondered what lies at the core of mathematics. Thinking Mathematically reveals the processes at the heart of mathematics and demonstrates how to encourage and develop them. Extremely practical, it involves the reader in questions so that subsequent discussions speak to immediate experience.

Event

Date

Description

Primary mathematics showcase: Highlighting Best Practice and Pedagogy

Bookings now open!   

Virtual: Friday 14 October 2022

Cost: 

• Students (pre-service teacher members) $30
• Members $100
• Non-members $125

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) primary consultants and special guest presenters collaborate to present a virtual conference focusing on primary school mathematics education.

Due to demand for a primary, online professional learning event from teachers across the state, we are arranging a 'showcase' focused on practical, effective and engaging pedagogies that you can use in your classroom immediately. Join us for this hands-on virtual learning event. 

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora or online

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Presenters include:

• Jen Bowden - MAV primary Education Consultant
• Peter Saffin - MAV CEO
• Dr Paul Swan
• Narelle Rice
• Ange Rogers
• Paul Staniscia
• Ellen Corovic
• Thomas Moore
• Michael Minas
• Cathy Epstein/Rodgers
• Andrea O’Connor
• Jane Hubbard
• Di Liddell
• Amanda Cassidy
• Judy Gregg

  Download the full flyer here!

   

Date: 14th October 

Time: 9AM - 3:30PM

Non Member: $125.00

Members: $100.00

Preservice teachers members: $30.00

Registrations here.

For more information contact Jen Bowden jbowden@mav.vic.edu.au 

Keynote Highlight - Thursday 1 December 2022 (Primary)

Paul Swan
A-Z Type

The Value of Worthwhile Tasks as an Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics: online and offline.

In this Keynote Dr Paul Swan will share some tasks that employ many High Impact Teaching Strategies. Using some simple materials, such as counters and other materials commonly found around the home, Paul will ask participants to engage in some tasks that combine all of the proficiency strands: Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning – all vital elements of being prepared for a changing world. Along the way Paul will share some lessons learned from using some of these tasks in a remote learning environment.

Dr Paul Swan works with school leaders and teachers to improve the teaching of mathematics in primary schools. He has written many books and games – many of which are free on his website www.drpaulswan.com.au - to support the teaching and learning of mathematics. More recently he has been working on the development support materials for students requiring intervention in mathematics and help for teachers trying to teach students how to solve word questions in maths.

 This keynote is supported by:

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Please post your roles on our jobs board, and have them specifically listed in this newsletter to raise their profile. 

• Go to https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Services-and-News/Employment-Hub/Post-a-job-advertisement
• Select the option of 1 or 2 months and follow the instructions.
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Any problems please get in touch with psaffin@mav.vic.edu.au

Membership renewals - if you did not renew in 2022, you can  fix that! 

Soon you can join for 2023, we will have our new pricing and start joinng people for 2023 in October. 

New Memberships available now!

If you or your school is not a member, now is a good time to join and get a full year of benefits. For new members, membership is calculated at a pro-rata rate for the remainder of the year, but you will receive journals dating back to January as a bonus!

For more information on membership categories and benefits visit our website: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Membership

For all membership support contact Michael Green: mgreen@mav.vic.edu.au 

Be a part of our member community!

The Maths Show – full of audience interaction, maths history, puzzles and maths magic.

Find out more

The Maths and Climate Change Show – see how maths can help save the planet

Find our more

SURVEY LINK: https://www.research.net/r/Vic_Teachers_Resilience   

The survey can be completed anonymously,  and all information will remain confidential.

If you have questions regarding the research, please email dmitchell@csu.edu.au.

Numerous ConneXions - Family Card Set 1

Helps parents promote place-value learning and positive attitudes towards maths at home. Each set includes 36 playing cards which show different and unfamiliar representations of numbers. There are eight starter activities in each set and ideas to help parents encourage mathematical thinking as players explain how numbers are built from their parts, compare and order different quantities and recognise equivalent representations.

One Big Pair Of Underwear

Count and share with…underwear! Come along on a zany adventure with this Classic Board Book edition of One Big Pair of Underwear from New York Times bestselling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld!

What’s one thing that two bears, three yaks, four goats, and six cats have in common?

They hate to share.

But look out—here comes a pack of twenty pigs ready to prove that sharing makes everything twice as fun!

This seriously silly Classic Board Book with artwork by the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site irresistibly combines the concepts of counting and sharing.

A Collection of Mathematics Activities: Book 2

This publication provides tried and tested activities that can result in enjoyable, exciting and rewarding mathematical moments for students. The activities support individual, partner, small and large group applications, falling into two categories of spatial and number. A table maps each activity to school levels from Foundation to Year 8 and to the proficiencies of Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning, providing a guide for their selection.

 Book 2 contains 25 activities that are described using a consistent format and are supported by reproducible masters, suitable for copying.

Teaching Mathematics Through Story Books: Book 2

Children’s story books are a fantastic tool in every early childhood teacher’s toolbox. This book takes 14 of the most popular story books for the Year 2 – Year 3 age range and provides a number of mathematical activities for students to do based off the story book; for example investigating the months of the year in Penny Matthews’ A Year On Our Farm. The book includes copiable resources to make using the activities a breeze. Each story book is given multiple mathematical activity options.

WHODUNNIT, EDDIE WOO? TIME OUT!

Eddie Woo Super Sleuth is ready for action and mystery. With a mind for maths and a nose for adventure, he is about to skateboard into ... danger.

When Eddie uncovers a potential clue to a century's old treasure hunt, he and his friends Rusty and DT are soon hot on the trail of this long ago, hidden treasure.

Eddie must crack clues, scale a lighthouse, discover a hidden cave behind a waterfall and navigate hidden tunnels to stop the treasure falling into the wrong hands.

About the Author

Eddie Woo has been teaching mathematics at Cherrybrook Technology High School, Sydney for more than ten years.

In 2012, Eddie started recording his lessons and uploading them to Youtube - creating 'Wootube'. Since then, he has amassed a following of more than 1 million subscribers and his videos have been viewed more than 60 million times.

In 2018, Eddie was named Australia's Local Hero of the Year and shortlisted as one of the top ten teachers in the world. He has an ongoing ambassadorial role with the NSW Department of Education and is now in charge of its Maths Growth Team of highly skilled maths teachers, who mentor others in how to teach the subject well. There are 13 teachers on the team, which will grow to 22 by 2025. Since March last year, they have supported more than 300 teachers across 59 public schools.

Eddie says: 'The mathematics we teach may be similar to what it was 100 years ago, but how it's applied in the real world changes all the time.'

WHODUNNIT, EDDIE WOO? TEAM TROUBLE!

Eddie Woo Super Sleuth is ready for action and mystery. With a mind for maths and a nose for adventure, he is about to skateboard into ... danger.

When Eddie receives a cryptic message from Mr Appleby, a Woo family friend and resident of Sunny Side Aged Care, he is soon on a mission to thwart the evil plans of smugglers.

It's up to Eddie to crack the clues and improve his skateboarding so that he can enter the annual school Triple Threat Quest with his best friends Rusty and DT.

About the Author

Eddie Woo has been teaching mathematics at Cherrybrook Technology High School, Sydney for more than ten years. In 2012, Eddie started recording his lessons and uploading them to Youtube - creating 'Wootube'. Since then, he has amassed a following of more than 1 million subscribers and his videos have been viewed more than 60 million times.

In 2018, Eddie was named Australia's Local Hero of the Year and shortlisted as one of the top ten teachers in the world. He has an ongoing ambassadorial role with the NSW Department of Education and is now in charge of its Maths Growth Team of highly skilled maths teachers, who mentor others in how to teach the subject well. There are 13 teachers on the team, which will grow to 22 by 2025. Since March last year, they have supported more than 300 teachers across 59 public schools.

Eddie says: 'The mathematics we teach may be similar to what it was 100 years ago, but how it's applied in the real world changes all the time.'

Event

Date

Description

Wolfram Tech for Every Victorian Secondary Student Part 2- Wolfram Research: Interactive Notebook Follow Up Session

Virtual:

Tuesday 30th August 2022

Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Cost: Free

For teachers of year 7 to 12.

This free Virtual workshop is a follow up session on Wolfram Research - Interactive Notebook. It is aimed at secondary mathematics teachers and follows the previous session and basic introduction to the Wolfram Language and tools available. The session aims to provide an open space for question and answering on the workflow and use of the Wolfram Notebook and work first hand with attendees on ways to improve and refine skills within the tools but allow deeper exploration and goal setting for future use with students.

VCE 2023 Study Design - Virtual Conference

Registration closes Wednesday 24th August at 5pm  - BOOK NOW

Virtual:

Friday 2nd September 2022

Time: 9:00am – 3:15pm

Cost: 

• Member Individual: $120 for one study OR $400 for all 4 studies.
• Member School: $990 for all staff access for all 4 studies.
• Non-member Individual: $150 for one study OR $500 for all 4 studies.
• Non-member School: $1125 for all staff access for all 4 studies.

This full day VCE conference focusing on the 2023 VCE Study Design offers workshops in all four studies - Foundation, General, Methods and Specialist Mathematics. The conference includes an overview of the 2023 Study Design and multiple workshops options. Sessions range from sample exam type questions from new content, Mathematical Investigations (SACs) and some sessions focusing in depth on coverage of new content.

NOTE: Delegates will have the choice of registering for:

• One Study
• All Four Studies
• Group bookings - this will allow all staff from their school to have access to All Four Studies

For more information contact Helen Haralambous, hharalambous@mav.vic.edu.au

New Frontiers of Learning:
Human Centered Maths

For teachers of year F to 10.

Date: Tuesday 6th September, 2022

Time: 8.45am until 3.00pm

Venue: Independent Schools Victoria, 24-40 Rosslyn St, West Melbourne

Check out the program here!

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) and Independent Schools Victoria (ISV) invite educators from all sectors to a joint professional learning event for mathematics teachers of Foundation to Year 10.

KEYNOTE CONFIRMED! 

Social and Emotional Learning in Mathematics; Engagement for meaningful learning

by Louka Parry

MAV22 - Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World

Location:
La Trobe University, Bundoora

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd December 2022

Join fellow educators at MAV22 Annual Conference. 'Valuing Mathematics in a Changing World', sets the stage to share new, forward-thinking concepts, and leading best practices between mathematics educators.

Careers in STEM

An event for students in Years 9 and 10

 NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!

The event will be offered face to face and virtually:

Date: Friday November 25, 2022

Time: 9am – 2:45pm

Venue: EY Australia, 8 Exhibition St Melbourne 

Cost: 

• MAV Institutional Member $25 per student
• Non MAV Institutional Member $35 per student

SCHOOLS can also join the event virtually.

Click here to register!

An opportunity for students in Years 9 & 10 to be inspired by men and women who have forged impressive careers in STEM industries.

Engage in hands-on activities to stimulate interest and engagement in STEM based careers. Hear stories from those who are paving the way for your students to flourish in a STEM career.

These events explore STEM careers with an emphasis on the importance of mathematics required for success. Students hear from leading industry experts in a range of fields about their experiences working in a STEM focused career.

Presenters share their stories; the journey they took, the contributions they have made, tips for success, and how to overcome obstacles along the way.

The importance of mathematics in VCE subject selection, university degrees and in STEM careers is addressed. An interactive panel discussion follows the individual presentations. The afternoon includes two hands on activities offered by Engineers without Borders and EY Australia.

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series: Games Days

BOOK ASAP – PLACES ARE FILLING FAST

Dates & venues:

• Geelong High School – Thurs Sept 1 (Years 7 – 10)
• Tarneit P-9 College – Sept 9 (Years 7-9)
• Balwyn High School – Thurs Oct 27 (Yr. 7 & 8) and Thurs Oct 28 (Yr. 9 &10)
• Wallan Secondary College – Thurs November 10 (Years 7 – 10)

Cost: Free

Register here via MAV events

The aim of this program is to challenge high ability students in Years 7, 8 & 9 with a fun, challenging, collaborative and competitive mathematics-based games day. It is open to GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ONLY. A Maths Games Day is an opportunity for students to work in teams of 4; apply and develop their mathematical talents and thinking skills in a setting where Maths is regarded as fun and worthwhile; work with like-minded high ability students from a diverse range of schools; participate in mathematical activities and games without the usual classroom pressures; work effectively in teams and develop strategies to work collaboratively to solve problems; enhance their problem-solving skills; get excited about mathematics, whilst being rewarded through prizes and awards. If you are not a GOVERNMENT school please look at the other games days offered from MAV on the events page.

Bookings will be available under the MAV Events page https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Events

For more information Jessica Mount jmount@mav.vic.edu.au

Victorian Challenge and Enrichment series:

Coding Challenges for Extending School Students

Available to access until end of 2022

Watch the Victorian Coding Challenge video here.

Have you got a passion for coding or are you curious to give it a go? Do you have a creative yet logical mind and love to problem solve engaging, real-world problems? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, you are the student for this coding challenge!

The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV), in collaboration with Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV), are producing a 2-stage coding challenge, free of charge to participants and aimed to extend curious minds, nurture passions and support students in refining their coding skills.

Students will have their challenges and content presented in an online course in Thinkific. MAV will register them in their relevant courses using their emails. This will be a private course available only for the students registered by their teachers.

Any questions, contact Danijela Draskovic ddraskovic@mav.vic.edu.au

When: Tuesday 6 September 2022
Where: Independent Schools Victoria, 24-40 Rosslyn St, West Melbourne
Who should attend: Teachers of Foundation - Year 10
Book at: www.mav.vic.edu.au/events  

Registrations close Thursday 1 September

Download the program here.

Each year the Mathematical Association of Victoria prepares a very successful VCE revision package for students in the three VCE Mathematics studies: 

• Mathematical Methods
• Specialist Mathematics
• Further Mathematics.

The Mathematical Association of Victoria developed a self-paced, interactive, online VCE Revision Course for all 3 maths studies. 

The program received incredibly positive feedback as it was jam-packed with useful information and advice, and accessible all the way until the end of the VCE exams.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE

Head to the website for more information and registrations: https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/Student-activities/VCE-revision-program

Keynote Highlight - Thursday 1 December 2022 (Secondary)

Hayley Dureau
Master Teacher (Mathematics) Teaching Excellence Program - Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership

Nimble networks

With more information and resources than ever before at our fingertips, is networking still relevant and should we bother investing time and energy into it? Hayley Dureau argues strongly – yes!

There’s an invaluable degree of depth and insight that can be gained through dialogue, team-teaching, and observation, between mathematics educators. In this session, Hayley shares some of the opportunities and insights gained through the Teaching Excellence Program, including practical strategies for sharing and challenging thinking. The session explores examples of connections made between teachers in various contexts, settings, and sectors, and how the sharing of stories and strategies can open our minds to new ways of thinking and teaching and encourage the trailing of new ideas.

This keynote is supported by:

STEM and Mathematics – a career that makes a difference - WATCH NOW

Our session was great success last Tuesday night. Thanks to those that could join us and to Asha for her passionate presentation.

If you missed it the recording is now available on MAV's YouTube channel to be shared in your schools carerrs news, or send the link to your students:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MathematicsMatters

Teaching Excellence Program 2023

“I have felt so privileged to have been selected to participate in TEP. The opportunity to collaborate with exceptional Primary and Secondary teachers from the Independent, Catholic and Government sectors is such a unique and highly beneficial professional learning experience, one which has profoundly changed me as an educator. It has definitely been a highlight in my career thus far.”

Emma Davies, St Louis de Montfort's Catholic Primary School, Aspendale

MAV 2022 Trial Exams Papers: All VCE Studies - Online Resource

Prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV Trial exams for Mathematical Methods, Further Mathematics and Specialist Mathematics studies.

Each Trial Exam features: Original questions, highly relevant to the current course, fully worked solutions for all sections and clear marking schemes. Exam formats are similar to those used by the VCAA. Written in line with adjusted 2022 study design. Permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

MAV SACs 2022 Suggested Starting Points - All Studies

PLEASE NOTE: THIS RESOURCE IS CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO CURRENT PRACTISING VICTORIAN SECONDARY TEACHERS. PRODUCT IS FOR SCHOOL USE ONLY. NOT TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE TUTORING SERVICES! Before proceeding with the purchase of this item, you need to provide the name of the school you are currently teaching at and your school email address. If you are a student and buy this resource, we will not supply it and deduct $20 admin fee for processing refunds.

PLEASE NOTE: This item is a password protected online resource. Upon purchase,(during Business hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday) you will be emailed the password which will give you download access to the resource for 30 days ONLY.

The MAV 2022 VCE Mathematics SACs materials are an online resource that is password protected (password emailed upon purchase). The materials are designed to provide suggested starting points for VCE Mathematics teachers for their School Assessed Coursework (SACs).
MAV SACs 2022 materials have been written by experienced VCE mathematics teachers. They are for use by teachers to aid in assessment of student School Assessed Coursework for Further Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics.

MAV Solutions 2021 VCAA Exams - All Studies - Online Resource

Ensure students prepare effectively for VCE Mathematics Examinations with the MAV solutions to the 2021 VCAA Examinations 1 & 2 for Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Each solution set features: fully worked solutions for all sections, advice on solution processes and permission for the purchasing institution to reproduce copies for its students.

PLEASE NOTE: This item is a password protected online resource. Upon purchase, (during Business hours 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday) you will be emailed the password which will give you download access to the resource for 30 days ONLY.

Molly and the Mathematical Mystery

Find the clues and lift the flaps on this mathematical mystery!

Join Molly as she ventures into a curious world where nothing is quite as it seems... A trail of clues lead from scene to scene, presenting Molly with a number of challenges. But who is leaving the clues and where will they lead?

This interactive mystery shows maths isn't just about numbers and sums - its about imagination! An explorative and creative approach to the sometimes daunting topic of maths.

This brilliantly created book shows maths isn't just about numbers and sums... it's also about using your imagination, making sense of the world, and making seemingly impossible things possible! 

Leading Improvements in Mathematics Teaching and Learning

School leaders have ready access to assessment data, motivating efforts to improve the numeracy outcomes of their students, but it can be difficult for principals to decide how to achieve these goals within their school's existing strategic plans and policies.

Emeritus Professor Peter Sullivan brings his decades of experience and research in mathematics teaching and education to a carefully curated selection of proven practices and effective approaches that will help school leaders empower teachers and achieve improved numeracy outcomes for their students.

With links to the OECD's Future of Education and Skills 2030 framework and the Victorian Education Department's high impact teaching strategies, the book gives school leaders insights into professional learning opportunities and high-impact practices that can align improvement visions and goals with effective classroom approaches.

Quality learning experiences, lesson structure, learning sequences, classroom culture, collaborative planning and effective teaching are addressed in ways that will help school leaders improve not only students' numeracy and mathematics outcomes, but also their critical and creative thinking skills, enabling classroom learning to be transferred to real-life contexts.

Leading Improvements in Mathematics Teaching and Learning provides a framework for a set of high-impact strategies that individually and together can be the focus of teacher professional learning, school improvement and student numeracy achievement.

MAV21 Annual conference - access to over 100 sessions! 

You can now purchase access to one or both days, to use for your ongoing PL throughout 2022.

Each day includes:

• 5 Keynotes and 50 Sessions available on-demand.

• That's 10 Keynotes and 100 Sessions available if you purchase both days.

• Unlimited access until end of November 2022!

• Use for your staff PL sessions and meetings to create discussion.

• Gain access now! Buy through MAVshop.