The Famous PMA Seminar Day

Ānō me he whare pūngāwerewere | Behold, it is like the web of a spider

Saturday, March 29th, 2025
At Waipuna Conference Centre

PMA 2025: Ānō me he whare pūngāwerewere | Behold, it is like the web of a spider

We are pleased to confirm that our 2025 Seminar Day will be held on Saturday March 29th, 2025, at Waipuna Conference Centre. We have the honour of hosting Dr Jo Knox as our 2025 keynote speaker!

2025 Keynote: Dr Jo Knox

Unravelling the New Mathematics and Statistics Curriculum:

The Good, the Challenges and the Opportunities

Just as a spider’s web is woven and rewoven, our mathematics and statistics curriculum has been rewritten and reworked and we now have the task of unravelling the threads. The whakataukī above was chosen for our mathematics and statistics curriculum to celebrate the subject’s intricacy, interconnectedness, and strength. So, is the new version better and stronger than before? What has changed? What implications for schools and teachers does it present? Will it provide more promising outcomes for our learners? In this interactive presentation, we will unravel key changes and acknowledge the good, the challenges and the opportunities that the new mathematics and statistics curriculum brings for schools, teachers and learners in Years 1-8.

Bio: Dr Jo Knox is an experienced mathematics education consultant with over 30 years of work in primary education as a classroom teacher and facilitator. She currently works as a mathematics consultant part-time for The Learner First and part-time for her company Maths Development. Having completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused on Mathematics Education from University of Auckland, Jo has presented at national and international conferences and had papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. Following her PhD, Jo was awarded the 2021 Margaret Morton Memorial Prize recognising the woman with the most potential to succeed in Mathematics Education and completed a 12-month research fellowship with the University of Auckland.

Jo has been involved in a number of projects including writing curriculum resources for the Solomon Islands and professional development modules for Tokelau. She has also served as a member of the Primary Mathematics Association for many years. In 2022, Jo was awarded the Margaret May Blackwell travel fellowship to research transitions from early childhood to school and subsequently spent time during 2023 travelling to Australia, Japan, Singapore and Canada to complete this research. She is a Ministry of Education accredited PLD provider and has been selected to deliver the MoE Professional Learning and Development (PLD) to support the teaching of Te Mātaiaho, the new mathematics and statistics curriculum in years 0-8. Jo continues to be passionate about building teacher competence and confidence in teaching maths and making maths accessible for all learners.

Early bird registration: $170pp (or $150pp if a full-time student) when paid in full by March 15th, 2025.

Full registration: $200pp (or $170pp if a full-time student) applies after March 15th.

When schools register five teachers, the sixth teacher is free!

You can find out more about the PMA 2025 Seminar via the buttons below.

The programme will go live by the end of January 2025 and registrations will open on February 1st, 2025.