Teaching and Learning

Write A Book In A Day

Congratulations to our L5 Team who wrote and published the book, The Snake Parade. This book was shortlisted for a prize and won the Highly Recommended book in the primary school category for Victoria. They also won 'The Best Illustrated Book'. What an incredible achievement.  Thank you to the fabulous support of Josie Ford, who supported our students with their illustrations.  

There will be a presentation at assembly on Monday 25th November.

If you would like to see the recording of the results, you can watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV61OPhSJhs 

Science - Big Day In Jnr

Yesterday, we had 25 Level 5 and 6 students who attended the Bid Day In Jnr science event at Hampton Primary. Wilko supported the students, and from the feedback the students provided, it was a fabulous experience. One workshop called Solar Buddy was particularly outstanding. Students made a solar light that will be sent to 3rd world children so they can do their homework at night. The students, with each light, wrote a letter

 to the youth who would receive the light. 

Opportunities to Respond (OTRs)

Over the last couple of newsletters, I have talked about the work we are doing in response to current research on the science of learning. I shared how our students are using small whiteboards to share their responses to teacher prompting and questioning. The purpose of this is to increase engagement, as all students are continuously responding to what is being taught. Their responses are informative for the teacher, who can give corrective feedback instantly and also make key teaching decisions, e.g. whether to reteach a concept or move the learning on.

On Tuesday, the staff had a professional development session with Steph Murphy, one of our Education Improvement Leader (EIL), around ways students can share how they feel about their learning. This is an example of our Foundation students placing a red, yellow or green icy pole stick to let Ms Clark know how they are feeling about subtracting numbers.