Learning Initiative
| Purpose
| Description |
| Improved writing - through steps such as 'sizzling starts' and 'ban the boring'.
| The
program breaks writing skills into clear steps to ensure students don’t get
‘bogged down’ with writing the whole piece.
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Booklists
| Streamlining student readiness routines.
Supporting students so they are on task, not hunting for their things.
| Please
order these for your child each year to reduce their stress.
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| Whole school program Improved
work presentation.
| Making
lesson preparedness, and presentation and neatness routines achievable for all.
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| Supporting
student learning through the use of Information & Communications Technologies (ICTs)
| ICTs are used to support student learning. BHSS recommends parents and carers allow students to have access to subscriptions for apps listed in our Student Resource Schemes
BHSS
uses a range of Microsoft Office 365 apps and Apple iPad apps. BHSS
students may download a copy of Microsoft Office 365 to a device at home.
Where
staffing allows, BHSS offers older students opportunities to code, design, and 3D
print using tools.
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Gradual Release of Responsibility
| A teaching
model that makes expectations and learning explicit
| BHSS teachers work towards the goal of making learning explicit by using these elements: A WALT statement – the learning goal that 'we are learning to achieve'
A Success Criteria – the response required from a student An I do phase – the teacher models the success criteria. A We do phase – students have guided practice. A You do it together phase – students work with each other to achieve it.
A You do it alone phase – students work alone to achieve it.
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Maths Warm-ups
| Teaching
method – an important lesson element
| A 'warm-up' is a routine part of each lesson that repeats information that needs to be recalled automatically. In our maths warm-ups, basic number facts, and the maths vocabulary needed for the day's lesson focus are repeated a number of times a week
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Positive Behaviour for Learning | Explicit
teaching of desired learning behaviours
| This is a whole-school learning program.
It has a weekly cycle of teaching and learning to reward and reinforce improved student conduct and learning.
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| Student
leadership program
| The program begins Term 4 for Year 5 students in preparation for Year 6. To qualify for a Senior Badge, teachers and Admin 'sign off' on evidence of a full range of required conduct and participation standards. Senior badge recipients are then eligible for election for range of student leadership positions in Year 6.
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| Essential paraprofessionals
supporting student learning.
| The Teacher Aide role is very diverse in its scope. Some specialised tasks (e.g. library operations, or special needs student programs) and many general tasks (e.g. playground supervision) require considerable skill and training to be completed effectively. A Year Level model currently is in place where a general teacher aide is assigned a majority of hours to working with a dedicated year level, and progressing with them to the next year level for two years.
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| Timetabled
alignment of teacher time for focused planning
| Classroom Teaching teams plan together each week during class time. This is an opportunity for year level classroom teachers to coordinate and plan learning programs that respond to student achievement data in a coordinated and targeted way for the following week.
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