Curriculum News  

Our teachers, teacher aides and students continue to work hard in all areas of the curriculum and now that most students are back learning in the classroom, we are accelerating the key work we committed to do in our explicit improvement agenda.

1. Improving the reading outcomes for all students
2. Improving the mathematical problem solving outcomes for all students

Staff have been involved in planning sessions where we determine teaching strategies based on individual student data and then set goals to help move the students to the next stage of their learning. It is very exciting to hear our students clearly talk about what they need to do to improve their reading and maths skills.

Another important component of improving student outcomes involves teachers watching others work and sharing their skills across the school.

Here is Mrs Payne sharing her “Inking your Thinking” reading strategies with Year 4 students.

                               

Reporting for Semester 1, 2020 will look slightly different to our usual report cards. Our students have missed several weeks of face-to-face teaching and learning with their classroom teachers. While they have been learning at home, this learning was not assessed and nor will it be reported on. Reports will continue to communicate information to parents, carers and students about achievement and progress, but will include the following modifications:

• Reports will include a minimum of four learning areas-English, Mathematics, Science and one other area.
• Reports will include a behaviour comment.
• Reports will include an overall comment.
• Reports will not include Semester 1 attendance.

The modified report card will be a summary of your child’s achievement against expected year level standards in these curriculum areas. The learning studied over the reporting period will include Term 1 evidence and modified Term 2 programs of learning.

Report cards will be emailed at the end of Week 3 next term. This later time frame will allow teachers more time for teaching and learning, before they gather any final evidence about a child’s achievement for the report card.

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Maxine Hillery

Head of Curriculum