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Day Structure 2020

Copperfield College – Changes to Day Structure 2020:  Information for Parents / Carers

Dear Parents/Carers,

A key improvement strategy in Copperfield College’s Strategic Plan is to establish the school as a Professional Learning Community (PLC). In a PLC, teachers work collaboratively to focus on improving student learning.

Reason for changing the day structure

In a PLC, teachers meet regularly in teams to look at the results of common assessments and establish what the students know and don’t know and how they can improve their learning. At Copperfield, our teams are based on subjects and year levels (eg. Year 7 Maths or Year 9 Humanities). Our teams are called Professional Learning Teams (PLTs) and we aim to cover all subjects and all year levels.

One of the challenges secondary schools face is scheduling enough regular PLT time. We will, therefore, be implementing 1 shortened day per week (Wednesdays) from the start of 2020. The PLTs will meet on Wednesday afternoons. This currently happens at Delahey but will be extended to our Sydenham and Kings Park campuses.

There will be one less break and no Homegroup/Mentor session on the Wednesday. On Wednesday students will be dismissed at 2:19pm.

What will it look like?

Period 1 will still start at 9am on all campuses. We are currently working with the bus company to ensure their schedule matches the end of our day. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to speak with one of our Campus Principals.

Mr Anthony Sokol

College Principal