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Students’ Personal and Social Development
Being an SRC member is a very important and valued role in our school. The main role of our SRC is to focus on improvements in learning. To do that we will: spend time on the personal development of all SRC members work with… Continue Reading →
Throughout the year students will be engaging with the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) which is mandated in every school. The teachers delivering the program have received explicit training in the Curriculum. It is a Department for Education and Child… Continue Reading →
This year’s graduation is rapidly approaching. Our graduating students have been extremely busy rehearsing their creative dances for the farewell assembly and their formal dances for the graduation ceremony. The dances are looking fabulous and we have all been impressed with… Continue Reading →
The information below is published to help build parents’ understandings of the intent of the Australian Curriculum and in particular the General Capabilities. It also provides some explanation of the Achievement Standards and a perspective on where these student reports fit into… Continue Reading →
Find out more when the students in Rooms 19, 25 and 12 report on it … coming soon!
The mid year student reports have been sent home today. They should really summarise what students, teachers and parents already know about learning achievements, goals and support. Our school Learning Plan is increasingly focussed on stretching students’ learning by not only… Continue Reading →
We thank Amanda Dawson for running the Cybersafety sessions (one for staff and one for parents) on 30 June. The feedback has been very positive. The 40 parents who attended the evening session had many questions and left with a… Continue Reading →
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In Thursday’s newsbrief we highlighted the Family Engagement Strategy. The ultimate intent of the strategy is to build the capacity of our students to be better anytime, anywhere learners. Our Family Engagement Strategy is focused on valuing the knowledge and… Continue Reading →
In Thursday’s newsbrief we talked about our desire to tell our news as much as possible through our students’ contributions. It’s great to have real purpose for writing and we are hoping that some of that writing will also be in… Continue Reading →
At the AGM on 18 March our 2014 Annual Report was presented. It highlighted some key aspects of our Learning Improvement Plan for the year ahead: It is acknowledged that we provide a very good level of educational opportunities for all students. We… Continue Reading →
At the AGM we talked about SRC and the importance of developing students’ understanding of decision making and communication processes. We talked about how we want SRC to focus on improvements in learning. We saw that this was the main role… Continue Reading →
Our student preparations for Sports Day are underway. There are moves to learn for the Warm Up and there are team chants. Families are getting the colours and cakes ready. While it’s all part of the fun of the… Continue Reading →
Our Formal Learning Conversations are occurring now until the end of the term. Look out for the booking sheet from your child’s class teacher. We invite all Parents and Caregivers to participate in these Learning Conversations. We call them… Continue Reading →
This term in The Arts we have been working on making a movie. Our movie is going to be about a news presenter asking kids what they think “imagining” is. We asked students from Room 9 what they thought imagining is…. Continue Reading →
School is a social learning environment and one important aspect of learning relates to students developing their understandings of relationships and friendship. As our learners learn more about themselves, they should also be helping each other to be better at getting along… Continue Reading →
There’s always a good reason to create some time for play; especially as play is important in developing creativity. Creativity is something we all enjoy, and our young ones have in bucket loads. These students in Jane Ramsey’s class are having a lovely time building… Continue Reading →
In all Department for Education and Child Development sites, there is a Child Protection in Schools, Early Childhood Education and Care Services policy. Included in this policy is a requirement that all children and young people in preschools and schools… Continue Reading →
