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What leadership practices help make observing to learn a
sustainable part of school culture?
Consideration will also be given to the challenges that may
arise when creating opportunities for these practices and how
these challenges might be addressed.
Key takeaways:
1. When leaders cultivate safe, trusting, and curious
observation practices, they create the conditions for deep and
powerful learning for all learners.
F07 MOVE OVER, CHESS CLUB! SETTING UP
A MATHS ENRICHMENT GROUP
Sub-category: Engaging and including every learner
Zoe Wright-Smith, Australian Maths Trust
Y5 - Y10
When we think about extension and enrichment programs for
advanced students in mathematics, we tend to reach for the
same responses: acceleration towards VCE, richer tasks, more
complex modelling and applications. These approaches can
be valuable but they share an assumption that differentiated
curriculum content (made harder or more open-ended) is
what is needed. This isn’t necessarily true.
This practical session introduces one alternative: the
abundant, accessible world of competition mathematics,
where areas like number theory, combinatorics and classical
geometry have decades of carefully developed infrastructure
that many teachers have never been shown. We’ll cover
how to set up a problem solving club, pull-out program or
1:1 mentoring arrangement — including session structure,
catering to mixed ability among high achievers, and using
competitions as a program backbone — all without needing to
be the expert in the room.
Key takeaways:
1. All students deserve learning that stretches them to the
ceiling of their potential.
2. You don’t need to be an expert to build extension and
enrichment programs.
3. Teachers will be given a free, curated, classroom-ready
resource stack to get started immediately, including sample
first-term plans and competition materials.
F08 17 BRAND NEW FREE FINANCIAL
LITERACY SHORT-COURSES, GAMES, AND
MORE
This is a commercial presentation
Sub-category: Digital technologies
Damian Nicholson, Financial Basics Foundation
Y7 - Y12
Financial literacy becomes meaningful when students can
apply mathematics to decisions they will face beyond the
classroom.
This session introduces 17 new free Cashed Up online
courses from Financial Basics Foundation. Designed for
flexible classroom use, the short courses explore practical
topics including budgeting, banking, credit, debt, earning,
spending, investing, first cars, renting, and more. Participants
will see how the courses use real-life contexts, interactive
activities and assessment to build students’ confidence with
financial concepts while supporting curriculum-aligned
mathematics learning.
The session will also provide a brief overview of ESSI Money,
an interactive financial literacy game, and MoneyIQ, a
collection of short animated videos that can introduce or
reinforce key ideas.
All resources are free, on demand and mapped to the
Australian Curriculum.
Key takeaways:
1. Practical ways to use 17 new Cashed Up courses to teach
mathematics through real-life financial contexts.
2. Flexible, curriculum-aligned resources covering
budgeting, credit, debt, earning, spending, investing, first
cars, and more.
3. Ideas for combining Cashed Up, ESSI Money and
MoneyIQ to build student engagement, confidence and
financial capability.
Remember:
Creating a free Educator account at www.financialbasics.
org.au and having an internet-enabled device with you will
guarantee the most hands-on experience.
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