Clarity in practice

This week I would like to share my message on parade around our ongoing commitment to building great teachers at our school. Last week I had the pleasure to visit 6 classrooms to conduct the observation and feedback process. The positive experience enabled me to see the evidence of the key strategies and work we have been driving to support the learner (your child). This valuable reflective process provides feedback to the teacher of what that are doing well and where the next steps could be for their teaching and the learning. I pleased to report back that we have outstanding teachers in our school the consistency of approach and effective delivery of the lesson was outstanding. Students were highly engaged and 100% achieving their own individual goals within the differentiated task. We value feedback as a powerful tool not just for our students but the teachers as well.

Outstanding Communities of Practice K-2

Last week I had the pleasure to present the work of our school this year around our key strategies within oral language. The Bowen cluster schools have been part of a state wide project where some schools and clusters were selected to be part of a Community of Practice project. The tasks set were to look at a project to support the students in the early years and amplify and refine the work reporting back every term to the COP team. On Tuesday I gave our final presentation for the year. The highlight to share was the growth in the data and movement of our prep students through the strategies we enacted. I was able to share our playgroups evolving space with lots of new faces. We shared that we have many exciting new developments at the Playgroup including professional learning and linking in key local organisations such as health and the library. We cater for all ages and prove a great space for people to connect. Playgroup is on every Tuesday in the building below our hall. It is held at 10am -11am. Check our playgroup Facebook page for all the details and weekly updates.

Congratulations! We have an early years coach

Congratulations to Karen Weekes our current learning engagement teacher for winning the position of Early Years Coach at Bowen State School in 2020. Karen brings a wealth of knowledge and skills in the early year’s sector and is excited to work alongside the leadership team to build teacher capacity and drive key improvement strategies in the early year’s space. Karen’s extensive capacity in this space will enable us to utilise her tools to transfer best practice across the school. Well done!

Looking forward to sharing more great news stories for the fortnight. Until then have a great couple of weeks.

What I Believe in

Hard Work   |   Honesty   |   Transparency

Christien Payne

Principal