I have to remind myself of this whenever I am asked to present on daily reviews. Part of my brain loudly protests: "Surely people are sick of hearing me talk about DRs by now!", but we can't overestimate just how large the % is of teachers who have never heard of it.

This point often gets lost in the debate about whether teachers should create their own resources. Hard to overestimate just how much time Ochre has saved teachers around the country.

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This is the mission. Love seeing high-quality instruction and teachers in maths highlighted like this, from both our Education Minister and the wider press. We're on the precipice of enormous positive change, and I'm super excited to play my small part to get there.

Take my MWBs from my cold, dead hands.

Always great to connect with schools and throw some maths at them! The staff at Campbells Creek Primary School were super friendly and eager to improve their practice.

Great to see Grattan Institute's principals' guide for primary maths teaching is out today! I've been absolutely loving Grattan Institute's work on maths recently! This one is well worth checking out! grattan.edu.au/report/the-mat…

This was great fun – loved connecting with the dedicated teachers at Lansvale and chatting about all things maths.

This was a phenomenal day of PD. I loved getting into the weeds with maths teaching and exploring all of the ways that we can tweak instruction to maximise success.

Absolutely stoked to see one of my heroes in education, the inimitable Carl Hendrick, presenting on effective practice in teaching and learning for Sharing Best Practice.

Next up is my ex-boss and colleague, Sarah Asome, breaking down all of the work that Bentleigh West PS have done to become the successful school that they are.

Imagine being this mad lad, leaving this cheeky comment and then shadowdropping the sickest MWBs in the business. Those number line templates are an absolute gamechanger.

Another day in paradise, designing problem sets for my absolute favourite algorithm – subtraction across internal zeroes! Very excited to have reached this point in EMP where I get to write these lessons.

"Make it easy for the kids to do well". That quote should be on the wall of every classroom in the country. Amazing episode with two of my favourite people in maths.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Perth! Thanks so much for having me here for a whirlwind trip. I had a blast chatting to teachers and leaders about all things maths. Apologies for bringing the Melbourne weather over to your fine city!

NAPLAN results are a sobering reminder of the amount of work still left to do to make sure that Australia's kids are literate and numerate. I'm hugely encouraged by the momentum we have (especially in VIC), but we're still miles from the finish line.

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