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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.
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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
Room S207 Room S305/6
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
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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
Room S207 Room S305/6
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
Room S207 Room S305/6
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
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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!
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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.
Victoria Park State School, YDM Integrated School Mathematics and North Queensland Projects
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.
Victoria Park State School, YDM Integrated School Mathematics and North Queensland Projects
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.
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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?