Previous Primary Conferences

2024 Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics Education Conference

Transformations: An opportunity to reflect upon and redefine our practice

2023 Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics Education Conference

Developing a balanced and challenging mathematics program

2022 Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics Education Conference

Day 1: For Leaders. Thursday 9 June, 2022

Thursday Keynote. Paul Staniscia. Quality Leadership: more than a roadmap to improvement and change.

Jen Bowden	What type of leader are you? Are you on the dance floor or watching from the balcony? The Work of Leadership. Heifetz R and Laurie D
Brooke Brennan	Belief drives behaviour - Building whole school data processes that guarantee buy in. SWOT Analysis
Martin Holt	Implementing a whole-school strategy for building teaching capacity in maths IC Map template
Di Liddell	Introducing numeracy into the early years
Cath Pearn	Assessing students’ mathematical skills, knowledge and understanding
Wee Tiong Seah	Mastery or inquiry approaches? Might there be a feasible middle way?
Pauline Thompson	Leading for impact

Day 2: For Teachers. Friday 10 June, 2022

Friday Keynote. Sara McKee. Quality teaching and learning in the mathematics classroom.

Friday Panel. What is quality mathematics teaching?
Sara McKee. Aylie Davidson. Angela Rogers, Wee Tiong Seah

Jen Bowden	A picture tells.... Picture Book Stimulus Planning
Jen Bowden and Paul Swan	Getting your fix of Unifix
Aylie Davidson	Planning lessons for student-centered structured inquiry in mathematics
Catherine Epstein/ Rodgers	Self efficacy and mathematics
Judy Gregg and Carmel Delahunty	Productive mathematical chatter: How to improve mathematical discourse to enhance reasoning skills
Eamon Light	Developing mathematical thinkers through real life contexts Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!
Sara McKee	Quality teaching and learning in the mathematics classroom
Andrea O'Connor	Differentiation: extending mathematics to all
Em O'Halloran and Nick Devereux	Shoot and Score: engaging students through sport and STEM
Cath Pearn	Identifying and addressing common fraction misconceptions Developing relational thinking: the importance of the equals sign
Rachel Pollitt and Rhiannon Rowe	An approach to mathematics pedagogy and curriculum for 3 – 8-year-old children
Roger Wander	Lockdown treasures: e-resources for extending mathematical thinking in the primary classroom Sieve Shading

2021 Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics Education Conference

Thursday Keynote. Alan Schoelfeld. What really counts in learning, and how can we support teachers in making it happen?

Thursday Keynote. Kate Copping. Becoming a primary mathematics leader.

Thursday Keynote. Jane Page. Leading learning in early years education: what matters and why?

Friday Keynote. Cath Pearn. Identifying and assisting students assessed as being at or below national minimum standards for numeracy.

Friday Keynote. Tom Moore. Mathematical representations 013 positives and potential pitfalls.

Friday Keynote. Belinda Johnston. Transitions to school 013 a story of success.

2019 Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics Education Conference

Welcome to conference: Professor Jim Watterston.

Thursday keynote: Associate Professor Wee Tinog Seah. Loving mathematics: Leading cultural change in your school.

Thursday keynote: Associate Professor Robyn Pierce: Critical thinking with school data: Looking back to look forwards.

Thursday keynote: Jennifer Bowden. Engaging community and family in your mathematics program.

Friday keynote: Dr Duncan Symons. Programs, Packages and Apps: Principles for technology integrating in Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics.

Jennifer Bowden	Engaging community and family in your mathematics program
Jennifer Bowden	Engaging community and family in your mathematics program - workshop
Jennifer Bowden	Maths 300 - Creating school wide consistent practice to embed the proficiencies
Jennifer Bowden & Ellen Corovic	Breaking down the default setting
Amanda Cassidy	It's all about 'time' - the early years
Philip Clarkson	Revisiting problem solving: The matter of language
Philip Clarkson	‘Your’ Whole-school Professional Learning Program {WSPLP}: Possibilities for revitalizing / rethinking your mathematics program
Dan Cloney	What does growth in early mathematics look like?
Bree Collins	Igniting mathematical curiosity through picture books
Bree Collins	Using picture books to enhance connections
Ellen Corovic	Finding Clarity
Ellen Corovic	Mathematics: a spirit of inquiry
Penny Crossland	Critical and Creative Thinking in Mathematics Handout
Carmel Delahunty	Leading Whole School Improvement in Mathematics: A Teacher Efficacy Project
Matthew Harrison & Kate Tyndall	Clear lines of communication in supporting learners with additional needs in mathematics
Derek Holton	Developing higher order thinking in the primary mathematics classroom
Derek Holton & Duncan Symons	The importance of infinity in the primary mathematics classroom
Catherine Pearn & Matthew Harrison	Strategies to support learners with SEN in the Maths Classroom
Belinda Johnston	Mathematical Play - what is the reality?
Sara McKee	Building Teacher Capacity through PLTs - a problem solving based approach
Sara McKee	Planning for Problem Solving
Sara McKee	Problem Solving at Wedge Park Primary School
Robyn Pierce	Critical thinking with school data: Looking back to look forwards
Bronwyn Ryrie Jones	Reviewing and improving teacher-written assessments
Wee Tiong Seah	Loving mathematics: Leading cultural change in your school
Kaye Stacey	Mathematics with a spirit of inquiry
Kaye Stacey	Mathematical Inquiry into Authentic Problems: Years F - 2
Kaye Stacey	Mathematical Inquiry into Authentic Problems: Years 3 - 6
Paul Staniscia	Embedding the Proficiency Strands through Evidence Based Practices
Max Stephens & Duncan Symons	Adapting the principles and practices of lesson study as an approach to teacher professional learning in STEM
Jane Strickland	Design and use of an assessment to observe emergent numeracy skills in young children with additional needs
Duncan Symons	Programs, Packages and Apps: Principles for technology integration in Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics
Pauline Thompson	Professional Learning as a key lever to support long-term improvements in teaching practice
Nadia Walker	‘Leadership content knowledge’: What do leaders need to know?

2018: Critical and Creative Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom

Michael Bairstow	Moving towards more open and challenging tasks.
Meredith Begg	If a Picture Speaks A Thousand Words, What might One Mathematical Symbol Say?
Dr Joanne Blannin	Critical Thinking, Coding & Algorithmic Thinking.
Jennifer Bowden and Ellen Corovic	Embedding creative and critical thinking for continuous and sustained learning. AAMT standards of mathematics teachers.
Jennifer Bowden	Continuing creative and critical thinking into mathematics in the early years classroom.
Scott Cameron and Carmel Mesiti	Digital Technologies for Rich and Challenging tasks. Download the Excel template from this presentation.
Dan Cloney, Jen Jackson, and Ross Turner	Learning progression for pre-school children and measuring early mathematics ability.
Dan Cloney and Jen Bowden	Learning progression for pre-school children and measuring early mathematics ability.
Ellen Corovic	Asking the "right" question. 10 subitising activities.
Ellen Corovic	Making conjectures using critical and creative thinking in a context-based classroom.
Felicity Furey	Why we need critical and creative thinking in industry: developing skills early for STEM and engineering.
Dan Jazby	Critical Communication in primary mathematics
Dr Sara McKee	Metacognitive Strategies to support Critical and Creative Thinking. Download a zipped archive of the files from this presentation.
Parian Madanipour	Facilitating Children's Spatial Thinking Through Dance.
Wee Tiong SEAH	When creativity meets creativity in the Australian multicultural mathematics classroom
Dr Paul Swan	The Jabberwocky of Learning Mathematics.
Dr Paul Swan and David Dunstan	Critical and Creative Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom Conference.
Nadia Walker	Leadership content knowledge.
Roger Wander	Using GeoGebra^© technology in primary mathematics classrooms to extend creative thinking. Download a zipped archive of the files from this presentation.

2017: Embedding and Assessing the Mathematics Proficiencies

Jen Bowden	Using picture books to inspire a working mathematically approach
Jen Bowden and Ellen Corovic	Being a professional maths teacher – pedagogy, planning and practice
Jen Bowden and Ellen Corovic	Collaborative maths leadership
David Clarke	Promoting mathematics proficiencies through classroom talk
Ellen Corovic	Making mathematical connections
Ellen Corovic and Cathy Epstein	Let’s get started! Using games to engage students
Derek Holton	Inquiry mathematics - Nell’s and Norm’s numbers
Derek Holton	Inquiry mathematics – strange balances
Dan Jazby	The M in STEM? Practical use of STEM to teach mathematical problem solving
Robyn Pierce	RME, the resolve project and mathematics by inquiry
Wee Tiong Seah	OK, we need to do better, but how?
Duncan Symons	Inquiry Mathematics in the Primary Classroom (ReSolve)
Max Stephens	Algorithmics in the Victorian Curriculum: An entry point into reasoning and problem solving