Teaching and Learning
- EREA Shared Professional Learning Day
- NAPLAN
- Academic Annexe
EREA Shared Professional Learning Day
On Monday 22 July, St Pius X teaching staff were fortunate enough to travel to Waverley College for a shared professional learning day with seven of the NSW Edmund Rice Education Australia Colleges. Whilst, there has been some collaboration amongst the Colleges in the past, this was the first time that all schools joined together to share pedagogical practice on the one site.
To start the day, staff recommitted to their ministry through liturgy celebrated by Father David Ranson from Our Lady of Dolours Parish. This was followed by a keynote address from educational expert, Ian Lillico, who outlined key strategies to support the students in our care.
The final two sessions of the day were handed over to the teachers, who hosted a number of workshops and shared their exceptional practice with their fellow EREA colleagues.
A sample of the workshops held during the day are listed below:
- HSC marking trends and implications for teachers
- ACHPER Presentation on the new Stage 6 Course: Health and Movement Science
- Diverse Learning Teachers: The role, best practice for supporting students with additional learning needs in the classroom, emerging trends in neurodiversity and best practice ways to manage this
- Improving reading literacy: Accelerated Reader and Year 7 Reading Circles
- Offering choice in experiential learning in Stages 4/5 and sharing ideas that make Religious Education relevant / meaningful /engaging
The opportunity to not only attend, but also lead, educational peers through contemporary practice was extremely beneficial for all at St Pius X. There was a buzz of energy on the bus home as teachers discussed the day and how they will implement some of the day’s learning into their teaching practice.
NAPLAN
Yesterday, students in Years 5, 7 and 9 received their NAPLAN Individual Student Report, outlining their results across the domains of Numeracy, Reading, Writing and Conventions of Language (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation).
Each report displays a proficiency scale for each assessment domain with a student’s result shown as a black dot on the scale. Proficiency standards indicate the level expected for students at the time of NAPLAN testing, based mainly on what has been taught in previous years of schooling.
The four proficiency scales are:
Exceeding: The student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.
Strong: The student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.
Developing: The student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
Needs additional support: The student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.
The individual student reports provide detailed information on how to read and interpret student results.
For more information about the tests, please visit the NSW Education Standards Authority website at www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au or the National Assessment Program website at www.nap.edu.au.
Please take the time to review the reports and contact the College if you have any questions.
Academic Annexe
In Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 3, the College is keeping the Academic Annexe open until 6:00 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday for Year 12 students for collaborative study. A pizza dinner will be provided to any Year 12 student in attendance. Please take this opportunity to work with your peers and prepare for the Trial HSC.
The Academic Annexe remains open to all students until 5:20 pm Monday to Thursday and old boy tutors continue to be in attendance.
Mr Stephen Davidson - Assistant Princpial, Teaching and Learning