Congratulations to student leaders

Today we celebrated the induction of the next generation of school leaders to Bowen State School for 2022. I acknowledge the students undertaking the various leadership roles and enjoyed meeting the families of these fine students today. Can I say thank you to Mrs Weekes for her organisation of this event and I commend the entire school for their outstanding behaviour throughout the ceremony this morning. We are looking forward to the leadership the students will provide this year and working alongside these students each and every day.

Feedback from the recent ARD visit

Last fortnight we hosted the first ARD visit for the term. I have included some snippets of the feedback received from Helen.

“Teams are working collaboratively with their leaders to make a difference for all students and are focussed on Marker Students identified through data.”

“Year 5/6 – Learning Wall and descriptive feedback. Talking through the unit of work and the pre-task through to the explicit teaching and student identification of where there writing currently is, was outstanding. The learning wall as a massive GTMJ is clever and the student work samples and use of descriptive feedback to students is a bright spot. Teacher clarity and knowledge of students individually, next steps at individual and whole of class and the hardest part of the A as a teachable was excellent. Well done”

“Year 2 teacher was able to discuss openly that she is still finding ways to support the learning through the use of the learning wall and her use of descriptive feedback is making a difference for her students, and for herself and what is the next step in teaching and learning needed for not only marker students, but all learners in her classroom.”

Cooler change in weather

What a relief the recent rain and cooler change has provided to our school and community. The last few weeks have been a real struggle and I would like to thank staff for their adjustments to activities and ensuring that students remained hydrated during this time. A reminder to families to ensure students have a labelled water bottle and hat for protection from the sun. Let’s all look forward to the cooler change as we progress towards Autumn.

Looking forward to sharing more great stories around the teaching and learning this term. Until next fortnight have a great couple of weeks.

Christien Payne
Principal

I believe in: Hard Work Honesty Transparency