Assistant Principal 

- Teaching and Learning

Literacy 

Reading Tips of the Week

Primary: Feelings Map

While reading together, pause at a key moment and ask: "How do you think this character is feeling right now?" Then: "What in the story makes you think that? Did they say it, or did you figure it out?" Repeat at a few different points in the story.

Secondary: Same Story, Different Source

Find the same news story or event covered by two different outlets. This might even be two different social media posts. Ask your teen: What's the same? What's different? Why might that be? You don't need to resolve it - the discussion is the point.

Numeracy 

Tips of the week:  

Primary: How long will it take? 

Before any everyday event (a car trip, cooking dinner, walking to the shops) ask your child to estimate how long it will take. Then track it together and compare. Talk through what made the estimate tricky: Traffic? How fast you walked? Over time, encourage them to explain their reasoning before they guess.

Secondary: Work backwards from the answer

Give your teen a real-life target and ask them to work out what's needed to reach it. Examples: "If you want to save $400 for a holiday in 10 weeks, what does that look like each week? What if we miss one week?" Or: "The recipe serves 4 but we need to feed 11. How do we adjust it?"

Active Learning 

Our school is undertaking a push to ensure our students are active learners. The attached active learner matrix is present in all classrooms. In Huddle this week, most students will be doing an activity that focuses on one of the behaviours that drives active learning. We hope that all students will come to understand and embrace what it means to be an active learner. 

Homework Club

Homework Club runs at lunchtime on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Students are encouraged to come along and get their homework completed, catch up on missed