Full day PD - Overview

Transform your maths classroom with creative strategies and activities you can apply immediately. The opposite of death-by-PowerPoint. This immensely practical and hands-on PD is designed for middle years maths teachers (Grades 4-9) to develop skilled and confident mathematicians who will thrive both in and out of your classroom.

Over three engaging sessions, described below

You will experience

·      Creative approaches to rapidly develop number skills

·      A range of low-floor high-ceiling tasks

·      How purposeful play can deliver rich content

·      Meaningfully delivered direct instruction

·      Effective methods for building mathematical vocabulary

·      Being put in your learners’ shoes

You will leave with

·      A range of zero-prep activities you can adapt for your own context

·      Skills to differentiate tasks to engage and extend learners of any ability.

·      The ability to craft your own engaging tasks.

·      Practical ways to differentiate

·      Engage and extend learners of any ability

·      An improved ability to recognise meaningful teaching moments

·      Practical tools and hands-on activities to motivate and inspire number fluency

Melbourne: 29th May 2026

Venue: Stamford Plaza

Online Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/DKYTV

Request an Invoice: Email Mark at‍ ‍info@teacherstoleaders.com.au

SESSION 1 - Putting the FUN back in Fun-damentals.

Boring, pointless and scary!

Sadly, these are some of the most common words our students associate with maths.

A major underlying cause for this is poor number skills. It’s hard to enjoy sport if you haven’t first learned how to run and number skills are as fundamental to enjoying maths as movement is to sport.

Number skills only develop when practiced – but practise can often look like endless textbook problems, disengaged learners and dry worksheets.

In this hands-on session you’ll experience a joyful approach to maths practice the will inspire your learners to put in the reps, not only when you are watching, but at lunchtime, afterschool and even on the weekend!

You’ll be shown how a playful approach to practise can

• Cover more content in less time

• Help students make connections between concepts

• Engage students of all abilities

• Provide opportunities to use number skills to solve interesting problems

• Produce measurable progress on fluency

SESSION 2 - Mind your language!

Getting lost overseas isn’t much fun, especially when you can’t read the signs or speak the language! For a lot of students, solving maths problems feels much the same. The good news is, we can do something about it.

In this session, you’ll be shown a range of hands-on activities to provide a meaningful context for the use and repetition of mathematical terms. Learning by immersion is the fastest, most natural way to understand language, so let’s make use of it by immersing our students in the world of mathematics.

SESSION 3 - I beg to differ-entitate

Differentiation is often confused with individualised work or using an online program to deliver content at the appropriate year level. While a step in the right direction, neither of these approaches captures the essence of differentiation.

At its core, differentiation is about providing activities that are rich enough to be engaged with at multiple levels. Tasks and questions that inspire and challenge a wide range of learners.

This hands-on session will showcase a range of low-floor high-ceiling activities designed to build mathematical skill, promote collaboration, and allow students to engage at their own level of ability.

Participants will come away from this session with a range of practical ideas they can immediately implement in their own classroom.