This week, Curriculum Teams are back in force for Term 4 until Week 11.

Our Curriculum Leaders will collaborate with their teacher colleagues to formulate all units of work and resources available for you to access on Google Drive, as outlined below:

The following information is around all units of work and resources to be accessed for the remainder of Term 4, 2023:

SECONDARY CURRICULUM TEAM

Team Leader: Linda Wakeling

All units of work for the following Secondary programs are available on Google Drive:

- Travel Education

- Careers/Transitions

- Living Skills Program

Google Drive Link:

Access resources for all 3 programs via this Google Drive link.

SharePoint: SCHOOL DOCUMENTS> SUB SCHOOL DOCUMENTS> SECONDARY> 2023

Our team focus for 2024 is to establish clear learning frameworks for each program.

We wish to support and resource teachers with students from Years 7-12 to establish a practical working knowledge as to how to assess, conduct, monitor and report progress about these 3 programs to our students' families.

Watch this space!!

HUMANITIES/SCIENCE TEAM

Team Leader Name: Leah Mallett

Term 4 Unit Name: Significant Landmarks

Term 4 Unit Summary/Update: Please access the unit of work associated banks of resources for classroom teams to use.

Google Drive link (documentation and resources):

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1GFxzKgnRSKZ0kapU1bG6-Ey7UOY-nxOV

Planner:

Resources: Google Drive

Teacher Expectations: 1 lesson per week

STEPHANIE ALEXANDER KITCHEN GARDEN PROGRAM TEAM

Team Leader: Ashley Stace

Term 4 Unit Name: Term 4 SAKG

Term 4 Unit Summary/Update: Hi everyone, the Term 3 planner can be found on google drive as per the usual process (find the link below). Note: this is a working document, so it is subject to change. You will get a copy of the planner during share the mess week 2. The team will also place a copy of the planner in the SAKG space (computer room).

Google Drive link (documentation and resources):

# Term Planner: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18otoE5-sTBlo0zBBnvYF-VC0KmXIf4WW

# Adverse weather activities: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16V14bCejuHZ00_c60-e_QsVKhUyR0QDY

Teacher Expectations:

Teachers will implement 1 session of gardening or cooking into their work program each fortnight. (Refer to SAKG timetable distributed via email). Teachers are not expected to take students gardening during extreme weather. There are plenty of adverse weather activities in the adverse weather activity folder (see link above).

Special mention: Tricia is on LSL during Term 3 so Irene will be taking on the position. Please be considerate of Irene as she adapts to this role. I am sure Irene will garden and cook up a storm.

PERSONAL & SOCIAL CAPABILITIES TEAM

Team Leader Name: Sara Parsons

Term 4 Unit Name:

Term 4 Unit Summary/Update:

"Research shows that students who participate in rigorously designed and well taught social and emotional learning programs demonstrate more positive social behaviour, are less likely to engage in risky and disruptive behaviour, and show improved academic outcomes. Building a large vocabulary for emotions helps to increase emotional literacy and build self-awareness and empathy for others." (RRRR Foundation- pg 4)

Google Drive links

Topic Planner: Term 4 -

Assessments: PSC - Assessments

Resources: Staff Room (PSC Bulletin Board), Curriculum Resource room (visuals)

PSC Resources Folder

Teacher Expectations: Teach at least one weekly lesson from the unit planner.

MATHS NEWS.......: The Mathematics Curriculum is going through a makeover. The VCAA will be implementing the Victorian Curriculum F-10 Mathematics Version 2.0.

NUMERACY TEAM

Curriculum Area: Mathematics

Team Leader: Mary Boutros

The Numeracy team would like to share the following documents with you. The Numeracy Team has prepared these documents to support your planning for TERM FOUR.

A revised document of the JSA Numeracy Scope and Sequence A-5 Cycle 1 (Semester 2 2023) (LINK)
Numeracy Unit Planner Term 4 Money and Financial Mathematics Cycle 1 with content descriptions, elaborations, and success criteria. (LINK) (Major strand)
Numeracy Unit Planner Term 4 Time (Units of Measurement) Cycle 1 (LINK) (Minor strand)

I would like to thank the team for all their hard work.

Expectations: We would like teachers to plan accordingly using our term planners.

We will share some new resources that we have now in our school.

SPECIALISTS TEAM

Team Leader: Amy Bartholomeusz

All units of work for the following specialist programs are available on Google Drive.

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14jKFtlaOEUUcuM1rrr5rf3OxtNbTXEvm

The themes are as follows:

Visual Arts Term 4 Unit: Australian Landmarks
Health & PE Term 4 Unit: Games and Sports
Music Term 4 Unit: Dance to Perform

Please watch this space for any additional themed tasks that we have on offer for your students to do and to access the resources for them. :)

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