Teaching and Learning

Foundation Parent Teacher Interviews

Foundation Parent Teacher Interviews will take place in Week 11 of Term 2, 2024.

Each interview will run for 15 minutes. Students are welcome, however they are not required to attend.

The Foundation Parent Teacher Interviews can be booked via the Compass Parent Portal.

Bookings opened at 9.00am on Wednesday 19th June and will close on Monday 24th June 9.00am. 

This year, we have added an option to request a translator in your preferred language to attend your child's learning conference. We will then try our best to have a translator of your preferred language attend the learning conference with you. We hope this could further support our families.

The interview times are as follows:

Monday 24th June

3.45pm – 6.00pm Foundation

4.10pm – 8.00pm Specialists (10 minute interviews)

Wednesday 26th June

2.15pm - 7.00pm Foundation

3.40pm - 6.00pm Specialists (10 minute interviews)

Specialist conferences will be held in the Library and booking slots will be available. There will also be ‘walk-in’ times where you can attend to speak to a specialist by simply attending the Library. The walk-in times will be:

Monday 24th June - 4.30-4.50pm, 5.10–5.30pm, 6.00-6.30pm, 7.00-7.30pm

Wednesday 26th June 3.40-4.10pm, 5.00-5.30pm

Level 1-6 Student Led Conferences

Student Led Conferences will be returning in Week 11 of Term 2, 2024.

Each conference will run for 15 minutes and will include the student, parent/s or carer and classroom teacher/s. The first 8-10 minutes is for the conference and the remaining 5 minutes is offered if a discussion is required between the parent and teacher only.  

Your child will lead a discussion about their learning and may refer to work samples in their My Learning Folder, workbooks and their iPad. Students will prepare for the conference during class time. The My Learning Folder will be sent home for you to keep at the end of the school year.

The Student-Led Conferences can be booked via the Compass Parent Portal. Bookings opened at 9.00am on Wednesday 19th June and will close on Monday 24th June 9.00am. 

The dates of the conferences will be:

Monday 24th June

2.15pm – 8.00pm Level 3-6

3.45pm – 6.00pm Level 1 and 2

4.10pm – 8.00pm Specialists (10 minute interviews)

Wednesday 26th June

2.15pm - 7.00pm Level 1 and 2

3.45pm – 6.00pm Level 3-6

3.40pm - 6.00pm Specialists (10 minute interviews)

Monday 24th June - 4.30-4.50pm, 5.10–5.30pm, 6.00-6.30pm, 7.00-7.30pm

Wednesday 26th June 3.40-4.10pm, 5.00-5.30pm

The Student-Led Conference is a powerful way for students to share their learning and I encourage parents and carers to take part in this opportunity.

Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics

On Thursday 6th June, I was delighted to attend the Principal and Numeracy Leaders Day with Marika Ferguson and Vicki Tzimos to listen to the guest speaker Dr Peter Liljedahal talk about 'Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics'. Dr. Peter Liljedahl is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, a former school teacher, researcher in Mathematics and the author of a number of publications.

Dr Liljedahal discussed the findings of his research and the 14 teaching practices for enhanced learning, including. Dr Liljedahal uses problem solving tasks to promote critical thinking and his strategies encourage self-directed learning.

Our Mathematics specialist teacher Mrs Rebecca Gordon, this week, was able to run her classes demonstrating these practices which included a thinking task with visibly random grouping and vertical non-permanent surfaces. 1G were enthusiastic participants in the class and were able to show and explain their thinking in varied ways.