Year 6 Professional Practice Day 
Term 3 ~ 2019 
 
PRESENT: Mandie, Glenn, Kym, Alex (student teacher) 
 
TIME  ITEM  DETAILS  ACTIONS 

9am - 11am  Reflection  Wins   

- WOW  Obstacles  WINS  OBSTACLES  WONDERINGS 
Wonderings  What went well for you in  What things were  What questions do you have 
your Maths teaching this  challenging for you in your  to help you going forward in 
year?  Maths teaching this year?  our Maths teaching? 

● Being involved in the  ● Remembering the higher  ● How do I best structure 

teaching of more  concepts and how to do  a lesson to incorporate 
challenging concepts  them myself before  hands-on/skills 
● Working towards  teaching  practice/real-world 
planning a more  ● Where to go for  examples at a Year 6 
student-centred  extending those who  level? 
teaching method,  need it  ● What resources would 
catering for the needs of  be best to have/use? 
all  ● How do we incorporate 
sites, how much goes 
onto them, what 
language is used 
(student voice or teacher 
voice)? 

● Mandie  ● Catering for all student  ● How to develop a 

● Working in FLG.  needs. (Henry and being  workable ‘template’ 
● Problem solving  great at multiple choice  (bad use of word) that 
● Valuing the ‘test.’   questions)  can cater for each part 
● Finding games and  of the session. 
resources in the higher 
 levels. 
● Use of IT games. 
● Finding tables 
games/activities on 
their ipads that are free 
for low kids. 

● Engagement of students  ● Students dislike /  ● Should we have a 

- extension & retention  misinterpretation of  common understanding 
● Use of site to display  concrete materials  of how to structure a 
lessons  ● Relearning new  lesson? 
● FLG  concepts at a high level  ● Are we using too many 
to extend students  worksheets? 
● Finding games /  ● Can we apply more 
activities for extension  learning to Real Life 
kids.  Applications? 
 

Reflection  Talk through an  Glenn - 

- Lesson  existing lesson.   https://sites.google.com/a/orchgveps.vic.edu.au/ogps-money/level-5/3-profit-and-loss  
What HITS have you  Mandie  
used?  Maths planner 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fNqw7vp-3CdUh1YMp5GvesQOfmnD7kvklofBtm
7bPdg/edit 
Kym - 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uVoxCyGKsOgDM5QTTLwl8c5OHw2vNTGur827
QU24_Ak/edit  

HITS  Unpacking the HITS  Take 10 mins - Come up with a brief summary explanation to explain to the group.  
DET Website &   
Resources  https://docs.google.com/document/d/11kIcWpyvPGHucoPaVtK3iCPYNAIrzjh5wGpwL9Fj
6JU/edit  
HITS & Maths   

11:30 - 1pm  Future  What does it have in  SITE: 

Planning /  it?  ● LI & SC 
 Norms  What does it look like?  ● Written in student voice 
● 5 questions (matrix) to prompt inquiry 
● Concept Sequence - to replace codes 
● Icons (Teacher, HandsOn, Game, ProblemSolving, Independent, ExitSlip) 
● Tasks labelled and sequenced.  
● Use of a variety of resources.  

2pm -    Assessment design  Term 4 ~ Units of Measurement 

3:30pm  and creation  
 
Assessment 
Self Assessment 
Learning Sequence 
Student Voice & 
Agency 
Reflection 
Tracking