Transcript PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT 2010

PARENT
INFORMATION
NIGHT 2015
YEAR 7M
WHY DO I
I want to helpTEACH?
my students develop a
sense of:
WONDER
PURPOSE
BELONGING
Themselves as a LEARNER
A feeling of sustained SUCCESS
More than anything…I love helping kids. I want
to contribute to giving my students a great
childhood. A year full of memories that they will
cherish forever.
MY
BACKGROUND
MIDDLE SCHOOL
STAFF
Toby Moulton - 7M (MS POR)
Georga Tyson – 7T
Domenique Laurnedi – 7DL
Andy Petkovic – 6P
Eva Lake – 6EL
SPECIALIST
TEACHERS
LEARNING AREA
TEACHER
Science
Peter Hoskin
Italian
Louisa Martino/
Karen Andrews
PE
Kristen Victory
LIBRARY
Helen Kolaczkos
*PE UNIFORM – Monday & Thursday
MY
PHILOSOPHY
I BELIEVE:
..kids learn most effectively when they feel safe, valued,
challenged and learn to be resilient and take risks.
..I am a ‘facilitator’ of education rather than someone who
solely imparts information on students. We all learn best by
discovering information for ourselves.
..kids have a range of learning styles, interests, gifts and needs
and it is my responsibility to cater for all of these to the best of
my ability.
..kids need to be active in order to concentrate well.
..it is vital that as an educator, I continually ask ‘WHY’ and that I
challenge my students to do the same.
MIDDLE SCHOOL UNIT
The ‘Bubble Class’
MIDDLE SCHOOLING
...angsty pre-teens?
...confused?
...raging hormones?
...huge physical changes?
...discovering identity?
...discovering the opposite sex?
...consolidating learning style?
...vast array of personalities,
learning needs/ abilities, social
issues?
…really ‘pushing’ things at home?
...ALL OF THE ABOVE??
MIDDLE SCHOOLING
WE AIM FOR:
Mutual Respect
Autonomy
Empowerment
Leadership
Responsibility
Effective Time Management
Resilience
Purpose & Belonging
Making Positive Choices
EXPECTATIONS
• Correct Uniform
• Courtesy (Old School!)
• Diary
• Punctuality
• Morning Drop Off - 8.20-8.40am
• Afternoon Pick Up - Not later than
3.10pm
• [Students will go to OHSC after 3.10pm]
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
• Diary/[Checked on Fridays]
• Notes/ Lunch Orders
• Class Responsibilities - Shared
• Neat, Clean Working Environment
• Class/ School Recycling
• DEVELOPING INDEPENDENCE
PARENT/ TEACHER
PARTNERSHIP
Effective Communication
Appropriate Meeting Times
Please contact me to arrange a
meeting time that is mutually
suitable.
Start of a school day is not only busy
but importantly ‘sets the tone’ for
remainder of the day.
[email protected]
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PARENT/TEACHER
PARTNERSHIP
• Term 1 - Meet The Teacher Evening
• Term 2 - Parent Teacher Interviews
• Late Term 2 - Reports
• Term 4 - Reports
• Parent Reps Involvement/ Volunteer roles
• Middle School Newsletters (via School Website)
• School Newsletters (via email if possible)
REPORTS
A huge change in
School Report format this
year.
ACCELERUS
Moving away from
‘Outcomes Based’
Reporting
More details to come
from Leadership
HOME READING
Actively listening to your child read is one of the most
effective ways to enhance literary awareness and skills.
I encourage you to set aside at least one 15 minute period a
week to listen to your child read.
Active Listening involves:
PAUSE (3 second pause allows for self correction)
PROMPT (sounds like, re-read sentence)
PRAISE (when a tricky word is sounded out correctly, at the
end of a page)
HOME READING
Share the reading.
Set an end point (particularly for
boys!
Discussing the events &
characters, making predictions,
questioning the author’s intent are
immensely beneficial for student’s
inferential understanding. Non
fiction texts are great!
HOMEWORK
45 Minutes (Max) + Reading
Mathletics/Edmodo
Maths Assignments
Homework is not intended for
‘New Learning’ - Consolidation
or Completion
HOMEWORK CLUB
I won’t be setting homework
for the sake of setting
homework!
BEHAVIOUR
MANAGEMENT
Step System
Charts in Every Class
Warning » Time Out »
Buddy Class » Office
‘Student Wellbeing’
folder for Specialist
Staff
FOCUS ON MANAGING
OWN BEHAVIOUR
BULLYING & HARASSMENT
1. Tell perpetrator to ‘Stop’
2. Tell them to stop again in presence of a staff
member or trustworthy person
3. Incident is reported to Leadership team who
mediate between two people/ groups involved
4. Appropriate action is taken
Developing Teacher/Student Relationship is vital – I
aim to be viewed as someone they can all trust to
confide in if they are being targeted.
If you feel your child is being bullied, please contact
me. It is a complex issue in the Middle Years, but one
that needs to be dealt with.
INQUIRY BASED LEARNING
I HEAR AND I FORGET,
I SEE AND I REMEMBER,
I DO AND I UNDERSTAND
INQUIRY BASED LEARNING
‘Involvement that leads to Understanding’
Student Engagement & Empowerment
Development of skills to seek, filter and
use relevant information
Encourages and necessitates asking
questions (WHY & HOW not just WHO,
WHERE & WHEN)
MARK TREADWELL
A challenging, thought provoking Professional Development,
discussing a ‘Paradigm Shift’ in education.
3 year commitment for 7 schools in the Western Region
Based on new research on how the brain actually learns
I took heart & direction in his emphasis on prioritising and
developing SKILLS/KEY COMPETENCIES in learners.
NUMERACY – ADRIAN
DILGER
An exciting project based on constructing Numeracy units
based on investigations, with the aim of helping students
develop a more genuine and holistic sense of numerical
concepts.
Already seeing greater engagement/enjoyment &
(hopefully) understanding of measurement concepts.
Assessment will not rely solely on ‘end of unit tests’ but will
be ongoing through a range of carefully constructed
questioning of student understanding.
Investigations/effective questioning allow for greater
‘differentiation’ so that students individual learning needs
are catered for.
INTEGRATED
CURRICULUM
The amount of ‘content’ Year 7
teachers are asked to deliver
across all learning areas is huge.
We integrate our curriculum as
much as possible to:
Assist students to make
connections across all learning
areas, rather than view ‘subjects’ in
isolation
Fit everything in!
INTEGRATED LEARNING
EXAMPLE
NUMERACY
GUIDED READING
GENRE WRITING
VISUAL LITERACY
CLASS NOVEL
WRITER’S NOTEBOOK
ART
•
MACBOOK
PROGRAM
Acceptable use at home
• ‘One to One’ use in the classroom
• Charging
• User agreement
• History check
• Pros & Cons
DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIE
S
KIM MARTIN
ACCE ‘TEACHER OF THE
YEAR’
HELPING US TO EXTEND
STUDENT KNOWLEDGE &
CREATIVITY THROUGH
CODING, PROGRAMMING,
GAME DESIGN.
CATERING FOR INDIVIDUAL
LEARNING STYLES
Student Learning Meetings
Metacognition (Mark Treadwell)
•
Preferred Learning Style/Awareness of
Purpose of Individual Learning Tasks
LEARNING OBJECTIVES/SUCCESS CRITERIA
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Multiple Intelligences/ Blooms Taxonomy
Inquiry Based Learning
EDMODO
www.edmodo.com
PROMOTING
LEADERSHIP
RESPONSIBILITY = ‘Ability to Respond’
•Senior Leaders and Vice Leaders
•Kids Council
•MDC Volunteers
•Action Groups
•Road Monitors
•Eco Warriors
TERM 1 DATES
Commissioning Mass – This Sunday @ 9.30am
Middle School Mass – Sat 28th Mar @ 6pm
Carnevale – Tuesday 17th February
Museum Excursion – T.B.A.
Assembly – Wed 8th April
Sports Day – Friday 10th April
CAMP WIRRAWAY
WEEK 1, TERM 2
CAMP 1: Mon 27TH APRIL – Wed 29TH APRIL
CAMP 2: Wed 29TH APRIL – Fri 1ST MAY
ACTIVITIES
Horse Riding, Archery, Climbing Wall, Hiking,
Campfire, Old School Games Room, Flying Fox
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Assemblies
Buddies
Choir
Instrumental Lessons
Band Rehearsals
Sports Carnivals
Action Groups
Eco Warriors
Daily Prayer
Heart Moments
Unit Meetings
Beach Fitness
NAPLAN
WEEK 3, TERM 2
Tuesday 12th May – Language
Conventions & Writing
Wednesday 13th May – Reading
Thursday 14th May - Numeracy
Writing Task: Persuasive or
Narrative Text. Will be a key
focus in Term 1
NAPLAN SMART TOOL/
‘ACER’ TESTS
Allows us to ‘map’ both cohort &
individual strengths & weaknesses
Informs curriculum planning
Unprecedented
availability/emphasis on data in
education
FOCUS AREAS FROM DATA
NUMERACY
 Spatial Awareness (Mapping, Plotting
Coordinates, Shape Transformation)
 Chance, Data & Probability
 Measurement
These are the first concepts we will cover in
Term 1.
FOCUS AREAS FROM DATA
LITERACY
 Reading Comprehension (Inferential
Understanding)
 Effective Sentence Construction
 Grammar & Punctuation
Guided Reading Groups
Exposure to a wider range of texts
DAILY 5
1. Reading To Self
2. Reading To Someone
3. Listening To Reading
4. Word Work
5. Work On Writing
WRITER’S
Builds ‘Writing Stamina’
NOTEBOOK
Provides ideas for writing
Provides insight into writing
strengths/challenges
Aims to elicit free thinking,
creativity, expression
Gives kids the opportunity to
write about what interests
them
Has an Ideas & Entries section
A catalyst for publication
ARTS PROGRAM – TERM 3
T.B.A.
CURRENT IDEAS
IT Design
Visual Art
Music/Percussion
Drama
Computer Art
Photography
GRADUATION
Graduation Dinner
Thursday 26th November @ 6.00pm
End of Year Mass
Monday 7th December @ 11am
Graduation Mass
Tuesday 8th December @ 7.30pm
Year 7 Last Day Tuesday 8th December
VOLUNTEER ROLES
PARENT REPS
TUCK SHOP
LAP
SOS COMMITTEE
If you can help, please sign up
before you leave
QUESTION TIME
Thanks For COming!