Tuesday 10th August 2021
Reconciliation Action Plan
* Continued focus on forming local connections with indigenous communities and elders. David Booth attended on the first day of term to work with all classes and we have collectively created a mural that will be displayed at the front of the school. David is finalising the dot painting over the background to reflect the local representation of country.
* The stone wall has been finished by Ian Westmacott due to the additional $5000 funding secured through the grant process for developing inclusive physical spaces. Plants have been purchased by the school through additional funds and staff would like to utilise the plants in their teaching and learning in the Early Years. August to provide more details and liaise with Bethany and Laren who are undertaking Botany as part of their Main Lesson.
* Nunyara camp has been booked at Belair for all 3-7 students with an indigenous focus, including native flora and fauna, visit to Reconciliation Park in Blackwood hosted by Uncle Tameru. This will occur in Term 4.
Communications and Promotions
* Skoolbag App now utilised effectively for timely and remote whole school communications allowing for subscription to individual year levels. Focus is now on developing student voice in using this platform to communicate their learning.
* Seesaw has been implemented in all classes in line with COVID requirements and staff indicated a very successful period of lockdown learning.
* Staff Kindy Visits for T3 to Uraidla are occurring with both Laren and Sybila, to create improved visibility and to streamline orientation and enrolments for 2022. Sybila has met with Kindy Director from Uraidla to discuss and correlate findings from the Early Years data collection conducted late Term 2.
Professional Development
* All staff have continued to complete Professional Development modules in Wellbeing through the BeYou platform and have completed the RRHAN update training, protective practice guidelines training.
* Steiner Leaders Group met at Trinity Gardens to look at difficulties regarding HR across Steiner stream schools, core principles and looked at opportunities for collaboration later this year COVID permitting for the Greek Olympics to be hosted at Sheidow Park.
* Scenic Cluster Leaders Meeting – BRPS, Uraidla, Norton Summit and Lenswood to look at collaborative learning opportunities. Berry Street Model application submitted for trauma informed practice for all staff to be funded by the department.
* Be Brave and Lead Numeracy Suite with Sarah Centofanti – In line with SIP Priorities – Sybila and Claire attending in conjunction with partnership schools.
* Claire attending PD for the Music in Schools Education Strategy successful in receiving grant funding by the department to attend.
* Sue attended professional learning in Phonics and has conducted the Phonics Screening Check across all Year 1/2 classes this week.
Staffing
* We welcome Laren as our new Reception teacher for the remainder of the year and Bethany into the 1/2 class alongside her usual role of Music Specialist.
* We welcome Mel to the front office in Admin Support and Rosie who has taken over Finance until the end of year along with personalised IESP student support
*Sue will be on Long Service Leave for Term 4 and will reduce to Mondays only for the remainder of Term 3. Bethany has agreed to take on the additional day for the remainder of this term.
Teaching and Learning
* NAPLAN for year 3/5/7 students conducted with no technical readiness issues for mainstream students. Laptops currently supplied by the Department have been secured long term. For future consideration is the adaptive nature of the online test giving a clearer understanding of progression against learning outcomes that enables targeted differentiation.
* A-E data collection now completed for Semester 1 and staff now have access to a digital database of grades which now meets departmental requirements.
* Wellbeing Engagement Collection Survey was administered to all students in Year 4-7 with notable gains across all domains.
* Transition paperwork to high school completed by families and specialist program entry support provided. High School allocation will be disseminated on 13th of August.
Grounds and Maintenance
* Safety Tracking and Reports (STAR) all now current in terms of compliance.
* Students have designed potential ideas for the new playground and Adventure Plus have provided a quote and concept drawings free of charge as negotiated. Students have undertaken a google forms survey to look at location with a preference for the grassed area due to accessibility requirements.
* Arborist Report to be scheduled for Term 3.
