Assistant Principal's Message
Curriculum Day
On Friday 22nd July our teachers and education support staff attended a Curriculum Day. The learning on the day was a continuation from the March Curriculum Day focussing on the assessment processes using Lyn Sharratt’s ‘Assessment Waterfall’ along with Dylan William’s ‘5 Key Strategies of Formative Assessment’. The teachers and educational staff worked with our Educational Improvement Leaders to delve deeper into the variety of ways teachers can give instructional feedback to students. They also looked at the variety of ways that students can give feedback on their own learning and the learning of their peers.
Feedback is one of the ‘High Impact Teaching Skills (HITS)’. High impact teaching strategies are a bank of 10 instructional practices that are internationally recognised as some of the most reliable teaching strategies for delivering learning outcomes. HITS have emerged from the findings of tens of thousands of studies on what has worked in classrooms across Australia and the world.
Book Week
Book Week is fast approaching. On Friday 12th of August we will be holding a whole school dress up day. Students, teachers and parents are invited to dress up as their favourite book character. A costume parade will be held at our whole school assembly at 3pm, all parents are welcome to join. There will be best dressed prizes for each year level. There will also be a ‘Book Fair’, where students can purchase books.
Year 3 Camp
Next week our Year 3 students will be attending the Year 3 camp. The camp takes place at Lake Dewar. Lake Dewar camp is located near Werribee Gorge. The students will participate in a variety of fun activities. This is an exciting camp and for our Year 3s this is their first school camp.
ICAS
Year 3 to Year 6 students will soon be sitting the ICAS suite of tests. The first test is Digital Technologies, taking place at 7.45am in The Year 6 Senior Learning Centre. The remaining tests will be administered during the school day.
English – 15th August
Science – 24th August
Spelling - 25th August
Maths – 30th August
Science Week
National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology.
To celebrate this week the school will be holding its annual Science Day on August 16th. There will be an open afternoon where parents and carers are invited to join their children in their classes for fun and educational science activities.