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Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School - Esperance

03 February 2013

A day's professional learning session on the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics and its implementation into the school programme.

The day comprised three key sessions:

Session One:

·        Introduction to the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics

·        Overview of strands, sub-strands, achievement standards, content descriptions

·        Activities involving the four Proficiencies (group problem solving activities)

Session Two:

·        Focus on the Number and Algebra strand

·        Identify key topics in Number and Algebra (scope and sequence)

·        Writing "trajectories" to align whole school planning

·        Developing units of work

Session Three:

·        Whole school planning for implementing the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics

·        Developing an assessment regime - including a demonstration of DiMaths ( a diagnostic Mathematics tool for number sense).

·        Tracking teaching and students' achievement

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