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Basic Facts Numeracy Milestones (WAPPA)

1 August 2019

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01 August - 02 August

8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Basic Facts Numeracy Milestones (WAPPA)

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Program Overview:

This two day workshop will help leaders lay the foundation for a coherent “Basic Number Facts Program” to run across the school. Participants will be provided with a Milestones Document linking Year levels and West Australian Curriculum Content to the teaching of basic number facts. A three step approach: Teach, Practise, Apply will be outlined to ensure that students are taught basic number facts.

Who will benefit:

Principals, Deputy Principals, leadership teams, school leaders, curriculum leaders and teachers (Yr 1 – 4 +)

Content:

Participants will explore two Milestones: Addition and Subtraction: Basic Facts and Multiplication and Division Basic Facts
An overall Whole School Approach to learning the basic Number Facts will be explained
A booklet of Assessment Options will be provided.
Options for Differentiation will be explored, ie supporting struggling learners and extending those students who have already mastered the basic number facts.

Learning Outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

Develop their own school approach, based on individual school context, to Teaching, Practising and Applying Basic Number Facts.

Total Cost:	WAPPA Member Ticket: $495.00 inc. GST ($450.00 ex. GST) Non-Member Ticket: $715.00 inc. GST ($650.00 ex. GST)

12 August - 13 August

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Facing up to Fractions: Using Tasks to Assess Knowledge and Understanding (AISWA)

Organizer

Dr Paul Swan

Other Organizers

David Dunstan

Location

AISWA

41 Walters Drive, Osborne Park

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Facing up to Fractions: Using Tasks to Assess Knowledge and Understanding
When: Monday August 12 and Tuesday August 13 2019
Where: AISWA, 41 Walters Drive Osborne Park WA 6017
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day
Cost: Members $240; Catholic Members $320; Non – Members $400 Target Audience: Years 3 – 9
AITSL Standards: 1.2; 2.1; 2.5
Presenters: Dr Paul Swan and David Dunstan
Description: In this two-day course participants will be exposed to different aspects of fractions and be provided with a variety of tasks to assess fraction knowledge and to address any misconceptions. There will be many hands-on activities that will make strong connections with unit fractions, decimals and percentages.

Feedback from 2018 participants

• Variety of activities to make connections and consolidate the understanding and how we go about teaching fractions.
• Variety of manipulatives that can be used to teach/re-teach same understandings. Ideas are easy to use.
• Importance of the use of concrete materials regardless of year level – do not brush over the concrete learning stage.

20 August

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Making the most of maths games to develop fluency

Organizer

Abacus Educational & Dr Paul Swan

Location

Telethon Speech & Hearing Centre for Children WA

36 Dodd St, Wembley, WA 6050

More Info

In this ‘hands-on’ workshop session for primary school teachers of all year levels, Dr Paul Swan will share his ideas and valuable insights on easy-to-teach maths games featuring dice, cards and other simple materials.

Featured games will support a wide range of content from general maths literacy to money, time and number concepts such as division.

In addition, Dr Swan will show how games can easily be differentiated to suit a wide range of year levels from Foundation to Year 6.

All participants will receive a FREE Maths Book by Dr Paul Swan as well as the opportunity to take home maths materials that can be directly applied in the classroom.

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About Paul Swan

Dr Paul Swan is an honorary fellow of the Australian College of Educational Leadership, a life member of the Mathematical Association, award-winning author, highly sought-after speaker and designer of games, programs and materials to support teachers to teach mathematics in an interesting way. He has taught in primary, secondary and tertiary settings and is now a consultant to local, national and international schools. He is a designer of mathematics manipulative materials and support materials for the top manufacturers in the world.

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