Teaching and Learning
Sora- Digital Library
Exciting news! Students in year 1-6 have been registered to use the ebook digital library called Sora. The Sora app was designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks for both leisure and class-assigned reading.
- Easy to use, one tap to get inside a book
- Teachers can assign titles and track individual student reading progress
- Exportable notes, highlights for collaborative learning
- Personalised with book recommendations and learning tools like dyslexic font, enlarged text, Read-Alongs and audiobooks
- Badges and achievements to engage students
Students will receive their login details this week & can start using the app straight away. Watch the video below for tips on how to best use the app.
Assessment & Moderation
In the coming weeks teachers will be participating in the moderation process. Moderation is the practice of teachers sharing and developing their understanding of what learning looks like by examining examples of different types and quality of students’ work and comparing these with formal standards and success criteria. The practice gives teachers collaboration structure and processes to look closely at student work samples to establish:
• what is to be learned?
• how is learning progressing?
• what will be learned next?
The purpose of moderation is to make consistent, valid, evidence-based decisions. Moderation is used:
• before assessment to build agreement around what achievement of standards looks like and plan the teaching and learning program
• as assessment to establish student understanding, monitor progress, and adjust a learning program
• after assessment to support consistency of teacher judgement and alignment with curriculum standards.
Learning @ Home Resources
If there are circumstances in your household that interrupt your child's normal school attendance you can access the learning resources provided on this website for your child to complete at home. If your child is ill or there are temporary school closures due to flooding or other local events, your child can access these resources.
Visit: https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/learning-at-home
