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

2. 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

3. Get Ready, Work Hard, Be Good!

4. Direct Instruction 4

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

6. 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”.

7. Coen NAPLAN Results – Year Three7
National Average
National Average
National Average
National Average
National Average

8. Coen NAPLAN Results – Year Five8

9. 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.

10. In-School Coaching Model10
4 tier Support
Professional Development
Observations
Individual Coaching
Data Feedback

11. 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

12. 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

13. Club
Music
Physical Education
Science
Health

14. 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.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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?