CHPS PL News
Term 2 Weeks 3 & 4
Week 3
9am - 11am - Assessment for Learning - Green Group
11:20am - 1pm - Assessment for Learning - Yellow Group
Tuesday 10.5.16
3:30pm - 6:30pm - All Staff - Twilight Session - Introduction to Curiosity & Powerful Learning
Wednesday 11.5.16
9am - 3pm - Katie & Daniela - Oliver Training
1pm - 3:30pm - Kali, Sally, Juliet & Lidia - L3 Stage 1 Training
Nava & Val - Preschool Research Project
Thursday 12.5.16
8:15am - 8:55am - All Staff - TPL - Teacher iPads
9am - 3pm - Kali, Sally & Morrie - PBL
3:10pm - 4:00pm - Interested Staff - ECT Meeting - Making Teaching Explicit
Friday 13.5.16
9am - 3pm - Kali, Sally & Morrie - PBL
3:10pm - 4pm - Interested Staff - Paperless Programming
Week 4
Georgia, Manjula, Stephanie, Joyleen & Rachael - EAL/D Connect Meeting
12:30pm - 3:30pm - Diane - L2 Training
Thursday 19.5.16
8:15am - 8:55am - All Staff - TPL - Strategic Milestones
Friday 20.5.16
8:30am - 4pm - Susan & Courtney - Thinking & Learning Conference
Reflecting on the APSTs
Focus Area 2.4 - Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians
Every Australian child should be given a chance to learn about this country's Indigenous history and culture. As the oldest living culture in the world, this is a national treasure. We also have many great Indigenous achievers who are positive role models for all Australians. Teachers need to affirm that Indigenous cultures, history and experiences are worth learning about. Such knowledge, it can be hoped, might help to break down fear and negative stereotypes, and to set the stage for dialogue and reconciliation between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians.
For Indigenous students, knowing that who they are and where they come from is valued and affirmed at school, is a vital step in making school relevant and motivating them to do well. Building respect and having equally hight expectations of both Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians is surely a fundamental objective of reconciliation.
Strategies for improving professional practice
* Fostering an understanding of Indigenous perspectives on history, culture and knowledge across the curriculum, giving local example
* Having Indigenous materials on display, for example, books, posters, musical instruments, artwork
* Building learning partnerships with Indigenous communities, inviting speakers to visit to visiting local sites or museums
Focus Area 2.5 - Literacy and Numeracy strategies
Creating a sequence of learning strategies in the teaching of literacy and numeracy will ensure students are not rushed and have the opportunity to build on previous skills.
Strategies for improving professional practice
* Clarifying content read and mathematical concepts covered in multiple ways by using auditory, visual and kinaesthetic approaches
* Having 'ready to go' strategies when encountering new words and concepts
* Periodically summarising concepts being learnt and material being read to students
* Monitoring and evaluating your use of different strategies and creating variations that will make these strategies more effective
Food for thought...
* Do you use wait time before calling on students, and after students answer, so that processing can occur?
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