8:00 - 8:45 am
     Registration & Coffee

8:45 - 9:00 am
     Welcome & Housekeeping

9:00 - 10:00am
     Opening Keynote - Collaboration
Bec West - Talkin' Chalk
Bec West needs no introduction but we are going to do it anyway!
She has a wealth of knowledge in most aspects of education but as our keynote Bec is going to dive deep into the idea of collaboration.
If you want to create high performing teaching teams, Bec's keynote is not to be missed.

10:00 -10:30 am
     Morning Tea

10:30 - 11:30 am
     Workshops Session 1

20 Ways Office 365 Will Revolutionise Your Productivity
Megan Townes - Microsoft
Discover how tools across the Office 365 suite such as Researcher, Editor, Dictation, Immersive Reader, Translator, PowerPoint Designer, and more, can improve your productivity and support student learning. You will walk away from this workshop with a toolkit of free resources to use in your classroom that are already available to you.

Visible Learning & Formative Assessment
Nicki Chaffey - Narranga Public School
Teaching Magic! Learn about Narranga Public School's  journey towards becoming expert teachers. Nicki will share resources including online google forms to be used in your own school contexts.

Future Focussed Learning Spaces
Aaron Johnston - Point Clare Public School
As a teacher working in a future focused, collaborative learning environment Aaron will be sharing his insights, tips, tricks and fails from the journey so far. Explore learning space design, flexible seating and furniture choices, collaborative teaching practices, programming and assessment and effective teaching pedagogy in these environments.

* Completing Future Focussed Learning Spaces will contribute 1 hour of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered PD addressing 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW. *Endorsed hours for this course provided by Student Engagement pty ltd.

Creating Confident & Creative Writers
Lucy Chambers - Cleverbean
Participants will be exposed to a variety of hands-on writing activities using simple resources such as whiteboards, Post-it notes and butchers paper and will leave with a bank of new ideas that can be sprinkled around the classroom to get students excited and engaged with their writing.

11:30 - 12:30 pm
     Workshops Session 2

Guided Reading - New & Interesting Ways To Further Engage Young Readers
Bec West - Talkin' Chalk
Teaching Magic! Learn about Narranga Public School's  journey towards becoming expert teachers. Nicki will share resources including online google forms to be used in your own school contexts.

Philosophy For Children As A Way To Address Capabilities Education
Ben Kilby - Mooney Ponds West Public School
The methods of Philosophy for Children (P4C) are a rich resource to address the Australian capabilities, including and especially Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social, and Intercultural understanding. This workshop will expose participants to the methods of P4C and link those methods to the capabilities with in the Australian context.

Getting Started With An Inquiry Based Learning Approach
Alice Vigors - Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School - The Entrance
What are the phases in an Inquiry cycle? How do I program using an Inquiry approach? Why should I honour student voice and wondering and how do I weave this into the Inquiry cycle?

STEAM Ahead With Minecraft: Education Edition and MakeCode
Megan Townes - Microsoft
With Microsoft MakeCode built into Minecraft: Education Edition, you can challenge students with projects that develop creativity, computational thinking, and collaboration skills while teaching them about coding and coding languages. In this workshop you will learn how to use MakeCode to make it chicken-rain in Minecraft, and build an aquarium filled with marina life. You will walk away from this workshop inspired to use MakeCode in your classroom and understand why kids are so engaged with learning when using Minecraft.

12:30 - 1:30 pm
     Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 pm
     Workshops Session 3

Making The Most Of Misconceptions ~ Numeracy Progressions To Support Students
Kathrin Cartwright - Primary Learning
This session will focus on the big ideas of the progression and common misconceptions students may have. Ideas will be shared that participants can take back for immediate implementation in their class.

Bring Learning To Life With Windows 10
Megan Townes - Microsoft
Learn how to give your students meaningful learning experiences while solving problems with imaginative solutions using Paint 3D, 3D Viewer and the Photos app for Windows 10. You will create characters using Paint 3D, mix them into your reality using 3D Viewer, and then create a video with a theme and 3D effects using the Photos app on Windows 10. You will walk away from this workshop inspired to use Windows 10 apps in your classroom to help students solve problems and ignite their creativity.

How To Collect & Utilise Data In An Authentic & Meaningful Way
Samantha Goodman - Bankstown West Public School
Wondering how you can collect and utilise data in an authentic and meaningful way without drowning in it? This data workshop is for you. Utilising the FREE tools of Google Sheets and Team Drives, we have established a school wide data collection and review system that has proven impact on student learning outcomes and helps exec staff to determine where LST support is utilised for highest value.

A Fragile & Overburdened Tree Is Home To Few Birds
Josh Jetson - Millfield Public School
A teachers impact is equally less impressive given the same circumstances. Self care, work/ life balance, and mental well-being is as vital to improving student outcomes as anything else in the teaching world. Remember, in the case of an emergency please remember to fit your own oxygen mask before attending to children and other passengers.

* Attending A Fragile & Overburdened Tree will contribute 1 hour of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered PD addressing 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW. *Endorsed hours for this course provided by Student Engagement pty ltd.

2:30 - 3:00 pm
     Afternoon Tea

3:00 - 4:00 pm
     Trauma Informed Practice
Hieu Nguyen -
Hieu's story is the stuff you read about but rather than letting adversity define him he has harnessed his experiences towards helping at risk young people.
He specialises in many areas however he will be taking us through Trauma Informed practice. His keynote is for every educator that works with young people who have had to go through life experiences well beyond their years. Whether that be as refugees right through to stresses that happen at home.
Hieu will give you strategies that you can use to better manage children that have or are currently experiencing trauma.
Hieu will bring his entertaining yet informative style to finish off the afternoon of Day 1 of the 2019 conference.

4:00 pm
     Conclusion Day 1