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Diversity within

YuMi Deadly Maths

26–27 October 2015, QUT Kelvin Grove, Brisbane

YDC Sharing Summit program

YuMi Deadly Centre

School of Curriculum, Faculty of Education

Queensland University of Technology

Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove

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Welcome and Keynotes

Welcome from YuMi

Deadly Centre Director

Professor Tom Cooper

I am delighted to welcome

you to the fifth annual YDC

Sharing Summit.

We have a wonderful program

this year featuring three

informative keynotes as well as a diverse range of

presentations from Primary, Secondary, P–12 and

Special Schools. We are very pleased to welcome back

three of our YuMi Deadly Maths Centre for Excellence

schools: Kingston and Vincent from Queensland and

Sunshine Harvester from Victoria.

I would like to acknowledge and thank our three

Keynote Speakers, Beth Tailby from DET South East

Region Indigenous Education, Marian Heard from

CSIRO, and Tracey Chappell from Goodna Special

School, for volunteering their time to present at the

summit to share their experiences and expertise with

us. I also acknowledge the YDC staff team who have

worked hard to make this summit possible.

For many years now we have been working with

schools to improve maths teaching and learning. I

would particularly like to acknowledge and thank the

schools and organisations that have been supporting

and partnering with YDC in projects across these years.

In June this year we were honoured to be chosen by

CSIRO as the successful tenderer to deliver the PRIME

Futures education program to help Indigenous students

to excel in mathematics. This program is part of the

Indigenous STEM Education project managed by CSIRO

in partnership with the BHP Billiton Foundation. You

will hear more about the project from Marian Heard’s

keynote. PRIME Futures will enable YDC to work with

over 60 schools around Australia over the next four

years, beginning this term with eight schools in Central

Queensland and eight schools in Townsville. We can’t

wait to get started!

Finally, I would like to thank you all for attending and

now invite you to be inspired, engaged and informed

by the 2015 YDC Sharing Summit as it explores the

theme of ‘Diversity within YuMi Deadly Maths’.

Tom Cooper

Welcome to Country

Songwoman Maroochy

We are very pleased to have

Songwoman Maroochy join us

again this year to perform a

Traditional Blessing of our

gathering in accordance with the

Turrbal traditional laws and

customs.

Songwoman Maroochy is the Songwoman and Law-

woman of the Turrbal People – the original inhabitants

of Brisbane. She is a direct descendant of Daki Yakka –

Chief of the Old Brisbane tribe – a man nicknamed ‘the

Duke of York’ by the European settlers in the Moreton

Bay area in the 1830s. She is the first Aboriginal

Dramatic Arts graduate of the Victorian College of the

Arts in Melbourne; a renowned opera singer and was

the first Australian to perform at the United Nations in

New York in 1993 in honour of the International Year

for the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

Dr Elizabeth Tailby

Principal Project Officer

South East Region Indigenous

Education

Elizabeth is a Kamilaroi Woman

from Narrabri and Walgett in

New South Wales. She has held

various teaching positions in

primary and secondary schools throughout South East

Region and has worked in the area of Indigenous

Education for the past fifteen years. For the majority of

that time she has worked toward cultural shift in

relation to low socioeconomic schools. In November

2010 Beth was awarded a PhD in Education for her

thesis, Reducing the stress and complexity of education

on children: Building Resilience. She is currently a

Principal Project Officer with the South East Region

Indigenous Education team who are working on

embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

perspectives in schools in proactive and collaborative

ways.

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Keynotes

Keynote 1: Dr Elizabeth Tailby

EATSIPS: Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Perspectives in Schools

This presentation will discuss EATSIPS and address the

concept of challenging social norms in relation to

Australia’s First Nations Peoples. In the South East

Region we, the regional Indigenous team, are taking a

supporting role for schools where we use a school-

centred approach to address the needs of each school

and each cluster of the region. Supporting schools in

this way is aimed at ensuring action is taken by schools.

EATSIPS is more than the concept of curriculum

content. We look at, among many things, providing

mentors, building capacity of our Indigenous students,

developing cultural capacity within our school staff and

creating a generational cultural shift so that the

development of the third cultural space becomes core

business for schools and sustainable practice.

Marian Heard, Director,

Indigenous STEM Education,

Education and Outreach, CSIRO

Marian has been developing and

managing national science

education programs in Australia for

over twenty years. As Education

and Public Awareness Manager at

the Australian Academy of Science,

she initiated the highly successful Primary Connections

program and at CSIRO, established the Scientists and

Mathematicians in Schools program. Following a

significant investment from the BHP Billiton Foundation

to undertake a five-year project to improve the

participation and achievement of Indigenous students

in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,

she has recently taken on the exciting new role of

Director, Indigenous STEM Education, with CSIRO.

Keynote 2: Marian Heard

Indigenous STEM Education – supported pathways to

successful careers

With the support of the BHP Billiton Foundation, CSIRO

is implementing a national education project aimed at

increasing participation and achievement of Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander students in science,

technology, engineering and mathematics. Recognising

the fundamental importance of Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander culture and identity in student

achievement, a strong cultural, as well as a rigorous

academic focus, is guiding the development,

implementation and evaluation of the project. The

project design has been informed by research and

incorporates six separate elements which together cater

to the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

students as they progress through primary, secondary

and tertiary education, and into employment.

Tracey Chappell, Principal

Goodna Special School

Tracey has worked for over 20

years as a principal in special

schools and for a short time in a

primary school.

She was a Teaching and Learning

Auditor and has previously

worked at ACARA. She has also worked in various

projects within Education Queensland developing

materials to support schools to engage in curriculum.

Tracey began her teaching career in 1985 in primary,

special and equivalent Special Education Programs.

Keynote 3: Tracey Chappell

YuMi Deadly Maths at Goodna Special School

YuMi Maths in a special school needs to be part of a

strategic focus that ensures alignment of curriculum,

teaching and learning, assessment and reporting. It must

connect with all elements of the school’s improvement

agenda and DETE’s School Improvement Hierarchy. It is a

critical school journey and as such needs to have a clear

vision with small steps guiding the process.


8:30–8:50 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION – ROOM Q430, LEVEL 4, IHBI BUILDING, 60 MUSK AVE, KELVIN GROVE

9:00–9:30 Welcome and introduction, Associate Professor Grace Sarra

Traditional Welcome to Country, Songwoman Maroochy of the Turrbal People

Welcome from Director of the YuMi Deadly Centre, Professor Tom Cooper

9:30–10:15 Keynote address, Dr Elizabeth Tailby, Principal Project Officer, South East Region Indigenous Education, Queensland Department of Education and Training EATSIPS: Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Schools

10:15–10:55 MORNING TEA IN Q433 ATRIUM AND WALK TO S BLOCK

Room S207 Room S305/6

11:00–11:40 Matthew Flinders Anglican College, YDM MET Project YDC Project: A SWOT Analysis

Presenters: Debbie Planck, Sarndra Street

Sunshine Harvester Primary School, Centre for Excellence in YuMi Deadly Maths Our YuMi Journey

Presenters: Polly Hansen, Sarah Eade, Cory Connor, Rob Saliba

11:45–12:25 Kingston State School, Centre for Excellence in YuMi Deadly Maths The Wanted, The Given and The Needed – Problem Solving the Kingston Way

Presenters: Andrea Thompson, Tabitha Jos

Caboolture Special School, YDM Special Schools Project Transformation at our Location

Presenters: Katrina Williams, Kirsten MacLean, Kay Maher, Gemma O’Connor

12:30–13:10 LUNCH – S BLOCK LEVEL 1 OUTDOOR AREA


13:15–13:55 Dakabin State High School, YDM ISS Project From AIM to whole school implementation

Presenters: Marty Howell, Rhys Holmes

Victoria Park State School, YDM ISM/NQ Project YuMi from a learning support perspective

Presenter: Kristi Elworthy

14:00–14:40 Spinifex State College, Spinifex AIM Reflection Project Implementation of AIM at Spinifex – Challenges and Successes

Presenter: Daniel Horskins

Hughenden State School, YDM NQ Project Implementing YuMi Deadly Maths in a P–12 context: Changes, Challenges and Celebrations

Presenter: Carly Woods

14:45–15:00 Summary and close of Day One

15:00 CLOSE OF DAY ONE

Day 1: Monday 26 October 2015

Program


8:30–8:50 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION – ROOM H101, H BLOCK LEVEL 1, RING ROAD, KELVIN GROVE

9:00–9:45 Welcome and introduction

Keynote address, Marian Heard, Director, Indigenous STEM Education, Education and Outreach, CSIRO Indigenous STEM Education – supported pathways to successful careers

9:45–10:25 Keynote address, Tracey Chappell, Principal, Goodna Special School YuMi Deadly Maths at Goodna Special School

10:30–10:55 MORNING TEA – S BLOCK LEVEL 1 OUTDOOR AREA


11:00–11:40 Annandale State School, YDM NQ Project Using YuMi pedagogy to construct an understanding of probability

Presenter: Leesa Taylor

Goodna Special School, YDM Special Schools Project YuMi and Goodna Special School: Launching into Learning Maths

Presenters: Bethany Scholes, Mark Njombo

11:45–12:25 Woodcrest State College, MITI Project Implementing MITI with Small ‘Focused’ Groups

Presenters: Tim Martin, Trent Kenny

Victoria Park State School, YDM ISM/NQ Project RAMR of Observations

Presenter: Faye Boys

12:30–13:10 LUNCH – S BLOCK LEVEL 1 OUTDOOR AREA


13:15–13:55 Victoria Park State School, YDM ISM/NQ Project YDM NQ15 Project to the classroom

Presenters: Emma Goodman-Jones, Nicola Edmonds

Vincent State School, Centre for Excellence in YuMi Deadly Maths YuMi Deadly in the Early Years

Presenter: Sandra Adams

14:00–14:40 Hughenden State School, YDM NQ Project Deadly Duration: Using YuMi to connect early learners to understanding measuring time

Presenters: Elizabeth Lloyd-Jones, Hayley Mellon

Geebung Special School, YDM Special Schools Project YuMi in a Primary Special School context

Presenters: Andrea Golding, Kate Johnston

14:45–15:00 Summary and highlights of YDC Sharing Summit 2015

15:00 SUMMIT CONCLUSION

Day 2: Tuesday 27 October 2015

Program


Abstracts: Monday

Caboolture Special School, YDM Special Schools Project

Transformation at our Location

Presenters: Katrina Williams, Kirsten MacLean, Kay Maher, Gemma O’Connor

The YuMi Deadly Maths journey continues at Caboolture Special School. We reflect on the implementation of YuMi and the RAMR framework from 4 Lead Teacher classrooms in 2014 to a whole school approach in 2015. A key focus on ‘Abstraction (Body, Hand, Mind)’ leads to a shift in pedagogy for all staff and increased student engagement. This includes the role of Leadership and Lead Teachers to support this transformation.

Dakabin State High School, YDM Integrated Secondary School Project

From AIM to whole school implementation

Presenters: Marty Howell, Rhys Holmes

PART 1 (Marty Howell): 2012–2014. In 2012 the AIM program was implemented into our school with the introduction of specific classes targeting students who had “gaps” in their learning. This program was successful in developing skills and processes for these students up to the end of 2014. Marty will discuss the initial data/implemen-tation and improvement of the AIM program and the results achieved.

PART 2 (Rhys Holmes): 2015 and beyond. The introduction of Year 7 into secondary schools in 2015 sought a change in the management of learning support. This required more classes and support across Years 7–9. The engagement of YDM into our school has led to implementation across the Maths faculty (all year levels all classes) to promote the “big ideas” and the RAMR cycle as a model for teaching Mathematics. Rhys will discuss the management and development of YDM into the Maths faculty and the strategies used to upskill staff and embed the YDM philosophies into our curriculum.

Hughenden State School, YDM North Queensland Project

Implementing YuMi Deadly Maths in a P–12 context: Changes, Challenges and Celebrations

Presenter: Carly Woods (via video link – facilitated by Robyn Anderson)

In this presentation I will share the journey of teachers and the pedagogical changes through the YuMi Deadly practice and philosophy. The presentation will look at the changes, challenges and celebrations around YuMi Deadly Maths across a P–12 context from both staff and student perspectives.

Kingston State School, YDM Centre for Excellence

The Wanted, The Given and The Needed – Problem Solving the Kingston Way

Presenters: Andrea Thompson, Tabitha Jos

The use of Polya’s 4-step problem-solving process has been adopted by Kingston State School as our chosen model for solving of mathematical problems.

One of our Year 3 teachers will share some of her classroom success stories using both Polya’s 4 steps and having children identify “the wanted, the given and the needed” information of a word problem.

We will share some of the activities and resources used, as well as our data success stories in NAPLAN and standardised testing.

Matthew Flinders Anglican College, YDM Metropolitan Project

YDC Project: A SWOT Analysis

Presenters: Debbie Planck, Sarndra Street

YuMi Deadly Maths has led positive change to the delivery of the Mathematics Curriculum within our primary school. This presentation will outline the two-year journey, processes and outcomes using a SWOT Analysis.

Spinifex State College (Mount Isa), Spinifex AIM Reflection Project

Implementation of AIM at Spinifex – Challenges and Successes

Presenter: Daniel Horskins

This presentation will look at the implementation of AIM at Spinifex State College from a Head of Department’s perspective. The key areas for discussion will include: staffing, resources, school culture, timetabling, pedagogy and reporting. Under no circumstances will this be a ‘how to’ session; it is about sharing our experiences in implementing this program, the hurdles we have come across and the positive outcomes it has brought to our school.

Sunshine Harvester Primary School, YDM Centre for Excellence

Our YuMi Journey

Presenters: Polly Hansen, Sarah Eade, Cory Connor, Rob Saliba

Sunshine Harvester Primary School was nominated as Victoria’s YDM Centre for Excellence in 2012. Since this time the school has continued to evolve and refine its YuMi program. YuMi is now considered and planned in accordance with Integrated topics, slotting mathematics into reality wherever possible across the curriculum. Our First Steps Program for ‘at risk’ Prep students runs 3 mornings per week. We regularly organise and host ‘Family Afternoons’ where maths at home is promoted and we now produce a monthly YuMi newsletter. We will present a snapshot of our journey so far.

Victoria Park State School, YDM Integrated School Mathematics and North Queensland Projects

YuMi from a learning support perspective

Presenter: Kristi Elworthy

A look into the world of a learning support teacher and how YuMi works for us. This presentation looks at Area in Action – a sequence of RAMRs involving a group of Year 4 students. Students explored lots of hand, body and mind activities to grasp a solid understanding of Area and loved every minute of it!


Abstracts: Tuesday

Annandale State School, YDM North Queensland Project

Using YuMi pedagogy to construct an understanding of probability

Presenter: Leesa Taylor

This presentation will explain and show how a Year 3 class used YuMi pedagogy to construct their understanding of probability, an integral part of mathematics that enriches the subject as a whole but is often overlooked. Probability is often taught as coins, dice and coloured ball activities that neglect to touch on the importance of probabilistic thinking which is an essential skill for life. I previously completed a thesis on a small-scale single case study of how a nine-year-old girl, with Down syndrome, demonstrated her understanding of probability; this found that the use of everyday language to explain mathematical thinking caused confusion and affected understanding and the ability to express an understanding of probability. The YuMi approach to teaching probability focuses on the language and asking questions to check understanding.

Geebung Special School, YDM Special Schools Project

YuMi in a primary special school context

Presenters: Andrea Golding, Kate Johnston

Geebung Special School began the YuMi journey in 2014, as part of the Special Schools project. More than half (59%) of the students are accessing Mathematics through the extended Numeracy general capability of the Australian Curriculum. This year in rolling out the YuMi pedagogy to all teachers we narrowed the mathematical planning focus to number and measurement. The teachers explored the connections between the pre-foundation processes and the Numeracy extended general capability. One way we have engaged our learners through the stages of the RAMR framework was through the use of multi-sensory experiences. Across the school teachers have observed increased levels of student engagement and participation within maths lessons.

Goodna Special School, YDM Special Schools Project

YuMi and Goodna Special School: Launching into Learning Maths

Presenters: Bethany Scholes, Mark Njombo

This session will share the journey Goodna Special School has travelled with YuMi Maths in the Special Schools Project. It will outline how the school has embraced the YuMi Maths pedagogy, share what our planning looks like in relation to the Australian Curriculum including General Capabilities, how the introduction of YuMi Maths is aligned with our school’s strategic plan and how the YuMi Team at the school is striving to make this a sustainable form of planning and teaching within our school.

Hughenden State School, YDM North Queensland Project

Deadly Duration: Using YuMi to connect early learners to understanding measuring time

Presenters: Elizabeth Lloyd-Jones, Hayley Mellon (via video link – facilitated by Robyn Anderson)

We will be looking at pre- and post-test data with regard to teaching the concept of time but more specifically ‘duration’ in a Prep/1 classroom. We will be discussing the RAMR and effectiveness of the YuMi process in delivering enriched lessons on this topic.


YDM NQ 15 Project to the classroom

Presenters: Emma Goodman-Jones, Nicola Edmonds

Victoria Park State School, home to the Vicious Pigs and YUMI-igos! The school that D.I.V.E.s into YuMi Maths (or if you want to be up with the Vic Park lingo “YUMMY MATHS”) head first in Year 4 and Year 6. Our presentation will show you how we have been utilising the knowledge and strategies learnt as part of the YDM NQ15 project in our Year 4 and Year 6 classrooms.


RAMR of observations

Presenter: Faye Boys

Reality – “Is that all it is!” was the response a class had to mixed fractions when shown a picture of a leaf that was 3 ½ cm long.

Abstraction – Identifying front, side and bird’s eye views of everyday objects, but did you know there was an ant’s eye view!

Maths – Even a human calculator needs real-life hands-on experiences to understand formulas.

Reflection – When I reversed the non-standard partitioning the level of understanding was evident.

Vincent State School, YDM Centre for Excellence

YuMi Deadly in the Early Years

Presenter: Sandra Adams

I will discuss the impact YuMi has had on Vincent State School within the early years. This will include the data that shows our growth. I will share the context of our school and how we have taken on board YuMi. I will then share how I have incorporated Unit 7 (C2C – will it, won’t it, might it) into the classroom using the RAMR model and the pedagogy of YuMi.

Woodcrest State College, Mathematicians in Training Initiative (MITI) Project

Implementing MITI with Small ‘Focused’ Groups

Presenters: Tim Martin, Trent Kenny

Using the Mathematicians in Training Initiative (MITI) tasks to further accelerate students participating in the Academic Challenge and Enrichment (ACE) classes in Junior-Secondary at Woodcrest State College, a small group of students were given a unique opportunity to drive their own learning of mathematical concepts.

During the third term at Woodcrest, a number of students from the Year 8 and 9 ACE classes were withdrawn from their regular mathematics lessons once per week to engage with the MITI tasks. Two teachers and twenty students engaged with the tasks, and each other, while attempting to find solutions to problems they didn’t realise existed.

As with all newly implemented programs, there were teething problems, but nothing that cannot be improved upon as the MITI project continues. This presentation looks at what was planned, what was achieved, and what will be done going forward.


Summit information

Venue and transport information

The buildings circled in red (Q Block, H Block and S Block) indicate the main locations for the Sharing Summit. The opening session on Monday will be held in Q Block at the corner of Musk Avenue and Blamey Street. The opening session on Tuesday will be held in H Block on the Ring Road. Remaining sessions on both days will be held in S Block on the Ring Road.

There is no parking available at Q Block. Undercover paid parking is available in F Block (accessed off Boundary Road). Outside paid parking is available next to the Sports Oval (accessed via Sports Lane off Herston Road) and in the Rainforest car park between H Block and S Block (accessed via the Ring Road).

The QUT Kelvin Grove station on the Inner Northern Busway is conveniently located next to S block.

Acknowledgement

In keeping with the spirit of Reconciliation, we acknowledge the Turrbal, Jagera/Yuggera, Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Peoples as the Traditional Owners of the lands where QUT now stands – and recognise that these have always been places of teaching and learning. We wish to pay respect to their Elders – past, present and emerging – and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within the QUT community. We also acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands where our research projects have been and are being conducted.

Contact us

YuMi Deadly Centre | School of Curriculum | QUT Faculty of Education | S Block, Room S404 | Victoria Park Road

Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 | T: +61 7 3138 0035 | F: +61 7 3138 3985 | E: [email protected] | W: http://ydc.qut.edu.au

CRICOS No. 00213J

What to bring

You may wish to bring a notebook and a USB memory stick as some presenters will be sharing their resources. Pens, water, morning tea and lunch will be provided.

Morning tea and lunch breaks

Morning tea on Monday will be served in the Atrium next to the IHBI seminar room (Q430). We will then walk to S Block for the remaining sessions of the day. Morning tea on Tuesday and lunch on both days will be served in the outdoor area on Level 1 of S Block.

Please help us to keep the Sharing Summit on time by moving to and from breaks and between sessions as quickly as possible.

Filming the Sharing Summit – image release consent

QUT Audio-Visual services will be filming many of the Sharing Summit sessions. In order to comply with QUT’s ethical requirements, all attendees will need to complete an Image Release Consent Form. These will be available at the registration desk on arrival.

Thanks to Nigel Oorloff, AV Technical Support Officer.

YuMi Deadly Centre staff

Each session of the Sharing Summit will be facilitated by a YDC staff member. As well as these facilitators, YDC administrative

staff will be happy to assist you with program and venue queries and anything else you might need to know.

We acknowledge and thank the following staff for their valuable assistance with the planning and running of the Sharing Summit:

Robyn Anderson, Lyn Carter, Jan Cavanagh, Tom Cooper, Charlotte Cottier, Bron Ewing, Gillian Farrington, Edlyn Grant, Judy Hartnett, Jan Light, Jim Lowe, Chelsea Meyrick, Chelsey Priddle, Grace Sarra, Lindy Sugars, Alex Stuetz.

What does RAMR stand for?

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