Presenters Glenn & Kiriana White Coen Campus Cape York Academy Presenters Glenn & Kiriana White

Coen Campus Our Context Remote community in Cape York (approximately 7 hours north of Cairns) 98% indigenous student population 6 clan groups inhabit the community and surrounding areas (Ayapathu, LamaLama, Kaantju, Umpila, Munkaanhu, Olkolo) 56 students enrolled P – 6 school

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5 Number of students at grade level in Reading (*) note below the graphs that states “2016 figures are based on current projections”.

6 Number of students at grade level in Maths In your kinship group you are connected to lots of different people. You are also connected to the land and the animals. People, land and animals are all in your kinship group. The arrows on this diagram show how people, land and animals can be connected. 6 (*) note below the graphs that states “2016 figures are based on current projections”.

Coen NAPLAN Results – Year Three 7 National Average National Average National Average National Average National Average

Coen NAPLAN Results – Year Five 8

Coen Y3-5 NAPLAN average growth effect-size by student, 2014-16 Year 3-5 Growth Effect Sizes measure the gain students made between two NAPLAN years as against Australian average growth (0.80). (NB: only students tested at both points are measurable) The Year 5 cohort at Coen has improved strongly, exceeding Australian average growth in all test areas.

In-School Coaching Model 10 4 tier Support Professional Development Observations Individual Coaching Data Feedback

Our Extended School Day • Coen – Club & Culture Left: Students painting in class Right: Culture camp at Lily Vale Station Left: Example of student work displayed at the Art exhibition Right: Students participating in the Spring Carnival

Club Our Club component includes enriching extracurricular activities, such as instrumental music ( rhythm, reading music and performance), the arts, sports (athletics, swimming, hockey, AFL, NRL), and personal health Focuses on moral development, higher order skills and creative expression. High-quality sports, arts and music programs. Showcases sporting events, carnivals and musical and cultural performances. Partners with specialist organisations to deliver extra – curricular activities (AFL Cape York, Swimming Australia, Apunipima, Hockey QLD, Bravehearts, Queensland Music Festival, NRL). Promotes family and community participation Aligned to the Australian Curriculum

Club Music Physical Education Science Health

Culture Our Culture component teaches comprehensive cultural knowledge and local, traditional oral and written language. Focuses on higher order skills and project activities Builds knowledge about cultures and history of family, community, country and people. Key concepts include mode switching, identity, inter-connectedness, and orbiting between both worlds. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum in Science, Society and Environment, the Arts, Technology, and Language.

Culture History & Identity History and Civics & Citizenship Homelands Geography and Business and Economics Arts, Materials & Technology Visual Arts and Design Technology Performance Media Arts, Dance and Drama

Activating Prior Knowledge Declare the Objective Listen as I read our learning objective. Say “identify” after me. Identify means …………………………………………… Say “kinship” after me. Kinship means I will read the learning objective and then we will say it together. Learning Objective We will identify1 kinship2. Activating Prior Knowledge Close your eyes. Think about someone in your family. Try and see their face in your mind. Let’s share the names of people in your family with each other and tell each other who they are. Making Connections Students, we know we all belong to a family and a kinship group. Now we will learn how everyone and everything has a kinship link. Ask students with a red peg to stand up first for sharing. Then move to children with a blue peg. Vocabulary 1 to find examples of 2 the connection between people, land and animals

Let’s learn about kinship. Kinship is what links you to people, places, land and animals. Let’s see which things in this table you could be connected to. The things you are connected to make up your kinship group. Concept Development Kinship is the connection3 between people, animals, places and land. Kinship is the link that people, animals, places and land share. Mother In my kinship group Father Toys Not in my kinship group The Queen Cousin Checking For Understanding What is kinship? Think about your brothers or sisters. On your whiteboards draw a tick or a cross to show me if you think they are linked to you. Think about the furniture in your house. On your whiteboard draw a tick or a cross to show me if you think it is linked to you. Vocabulary 3 the links that join things together

Checking For Understanding Concept Development Kinship is the connection3 between people, animals, places and land. In your kinship group you are connected to lots of different people. You are also connected to the land and the animals. People, land and animals are all in your kinship group. The arrows on this diagram show how people, land and animals can be connected. 18 Checking For Understanding In your kinship group, are people and animals connected? In your kinship group, are people and land connected? What do the arrows show in this diagram?