We are almost half way through the year so where are we up to with our goals?

The following whole school practices have been implemented and or reignited since the beginning of the year.

Learning Behaviours

• Students are settled before they transition into class. Teachers use the shepherding strategy to encourage a settled start to learning time.
• Students do not put their hands up in class, except to ask a question. Teachers use paddle pop sticks with student’s names on them to invite a student to respond.
• Students are given wait time before answering a question. Teachers deliberately wait 5 seconds before choosing a paddle pop stick.
• Students are learning how to dialogue. Teachers are using the handball strategy to encourage students to learn from one another, build on one another’s ideas and questions.

English

• Students engage in twenty minutes of silent writing every day. Teachers conference students writing to move them to the next step in their learning.
• Students engage in twenty minutes of silent reading every day. Teachers listen to students read to move them to the next step in their learning.
• Teachers are using data to move students on.

Mathematics

• Students are making, saying and recording. Teachers plan learning experiences so students are representing Mathematical thinking with concrete materials, using the language of Maths to describe their thinking and recording their thinking in Mathematical ways.
• Teachers are using data to move students on.

How can you support your child’s learning?

One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is 10 minutes of uninterrupted reading time every day.

Peace be with you

Caz Perryman