The end of term has come and we are finishing up this term with our PBL rewards day on Friday. Students have been working so well and have earned lots of Mac money to go towards the end of term reward. Students have chosen the “milkshakes and movies” reward so to make it a little more special we are setting up screening areas around the school with students being able to pick the movie they wish to watch, just as if going to the cinemas.
While at-school learning didn’t resume effectively until week 5, we have seen a great 5 weeks of learning in classrooms. Looking at the reading levels of our students in Kinder to Year 2 we can see the growth made over the last five weeks. We’re looking forward to getting into a non-interrupted Term 3 and really driving literacy and numeracy growth across the school.
Yesterday, our executive team got the opportunity to work with Paul McDermott, Principal from Blue Haven Public School. Mr McDermott and his school has received numerous awards over the last few years for their growth in literacy and numeracy and he is currently working with the Literacy and Numeracy Directorate. We were able to review our current school processes through the teaching and learning cycle in Literacy and Numeracy to look for areas to strengthen and improve. With a few new ideas in assessment and monitoring of student growth we are backed to continue our already strong practices of teaching and intervention in place.
