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Inspiring Students to Serve

Setting the scene

• http://www.jpc.qld.edu.au/AboutUs/Pages/SchoolMottoandValues.aspx

School Values

Our College has grown within an ecumenical environment supported by the Christian faith. Our College motto is "Unity, Christ, Learning". This reflects our philosophy of ecumenical practice and academic excellence, underpinned by our Christian belief and values.

We believe our College offers students and staff an environment where Christian values are embraced and mutual respect offers a hand that reachesout and welcomes all cultures and faiths; and where the potential for our students is unlimited. 

Using the Values Education Grant JPC has begun to work towards...

Developing in students an awareness of the

needs of others in our community and to

empower students to take action and be

of service.

Developing students as thinkers who take

responsibility for their actions,

their surroundings and each other.

Restructuring the JPC Christian Living Programme• Work began in late 2008 to reorganise the CLP.

• The Five Strands Approach was explored and selected as a framework for the school P -12.

http://www.dialogueaustralasia.org/

Dialogue Australasia Network• Established in 2002, Dialogue Australasia Network

(DAN) is an exciting and important initiative arising from a commitment to develop Values, Philosophy & Religious Studies with intellectual rigour and contemporary relevance in Australasian schools.

• We have over 400 members from Independent, Catholic and Government schools and Educational Bodies in Australia and New Zealand.

• DAN’s PURPOSE is to help young people become more fully human by nurturing and promoting the development of a broad-based academic approach to the teaching of Values, Philosophy & Religious Studies.

• DAN’s VISION is to be a vibrant organisation that brings together educators who have a shared sense of the importance of our purpose, and a willingness to work together to achieve its objectives.

THE FIVE STRANDS APPROACH

The Five Strands Approach promotes a broad-based academic approach to form the curriculum base for each school’s RAVE Programme from Prep - Yr 12 covering five essential areas. Each school is encouraged to develop the following strands according to its curriculum, traditions, ethos and strengths.

The five strands• Biblical & Christian Strand

• World Religions Strand

• Philosophy of Religion Strand

• Values & Ethics Strand

• Affective Strand - Silence and Stillness

JPC Curriculum Framework: IBO Primary Years Programme

The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO)

• Primary Years Programme• Middle Years Programme• Diploma Programme

Mission statement of the International Baccalaureate Organization

The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

The PYP and Values Education

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zWtJOQZO2o

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8

• Guided inquiry – the

primary vehicle for learning

• The Learner Profile – the

dispositions of a learner

The heart of the PYP

Primary Years Programme

© IBO 2002

•Action – the student initiated end product of learning

The PYP Learner ProfileStudents will become...

• Caring

• Principled

• Inquirers

• Thinkers

• Risk-takers

• Knowledgeable

• Balanced

• Communicators

• Open-minded

• Reflective

Two strands of the PYP

Units of Inquiry

Sharing the planet • An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite

resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Who we are• An exploration of the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal,

physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.

IBO Community Theme• Sharing our Humanity

http://www.ibo.org/mission/communitytheme/

Concepts to be addressed

(High Noon by J.F Rischard, 2002)

It is suggested that schools approach the topics of the IB community theme through guiding questions, pitched to the level of students, for example:

• What do we mean by poverty? • What are the causes of poverty? • Does it matter that some people are

much poorer than others? • Why do countries fight? • How do conflicts arise? • How are conflicts resolved?

Addressing concepts through overarching questions...

• What can we learn from our everyday

experience of resolving conflicts

within our own lives? • Can we apply our experience of resolving conflicts

within our own lives to resolving large-scale conflicts (for instance, between countries or warring groups within countries)?

• Terrorist or freedom-fighter – is there a real difference between the two or is it just perception?

• Is education for all a right?

• Does improved education help to remove people from poverty?

• What are the implications of uneven access to digital technology?

• Is a “natural disaster” only a disaster if it affects people?

• How can the effects of natural disasters be mitigated?

• What are the links between disease and poverty?

• Why are some diseases common in some parts of the world and eradicated elsewhere?

• What actions are being taken to address the global issues of the theme?

• What can we do, individually, to play our part in responding to these issues?

So far the Christian Living Committee has...• Brainstormed groups in the community who might

need our help.• Contacted the council to find out about local

community groups we may be able to connect with.

• Examined PYP Units of Inquiry in each

grade level for connections.• Met with each grade level to

discuss possibilities for inclusion and identified what still needs to be researched.

A work in progress

Early brainstorm of service possibilites...

• Go to Lifeline (etc) and sort stock• Create and deliver Christmas hampers• Go to special schools to work with students.

Contact Mandy Stevens (LEC) and Cindy Lim (Y2 Aide) regarding intellectual impairment centres.

• Go to an aged home• Kids Help Line – behind the scenes

• Camp Quality• Ronald McDonald House• Cancer society• Homeless shelters and van that delivers meals• Rotary and Lions Clubs• SES workers• Meals on Wheels

Aligning service/action projects with our PYP

Units of Inquiry

Kindy Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

Nature provides us with many things we need to survive.

Adopt an area of JPC to maintain and care for.

Prep Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

People can help keep things alive.Adopt an area of JPC to maintain and care for.

Grade 1 Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

Life has changed over time &Each one of us is special

Life is influence by cycles of change

Establish a relationship with an aged facility

Adopt an area of JPC to maintain and care for.

Grade 2 Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

Over time living things need to adapt in order to survive.

Choices we make can affect ourselves and others

Bushcare volunteers (Logan city council)

Hospital visit to read to children, Jump rope for Heart

Grade 3 Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

People have an impact on the environment.

Countries are shaped by their distinguishing features.

Adopt an area at JPCAdopt a road 

Send unused goods to a needy school abroad.

Grade 4 Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

Earth and its living creatures is a partnership to be celebrated

Communities are organised to meet the needs of people

The decisions we make every day influence our well being and the well being of others

Adopt an area at JPCAdopt an animal or creek Aboriginal community connection  Read to children at RBH, Meals on Wheels

Grade 5 Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

Human migration is a response to challenges, risks and opportunities.Concepts: causation, change,Perspective

Natural resources are vital and finite  Concepts: Responsibility, Causation 

Logan/Kingston/Woodridge e.g. Sudanese

Adopt an area at JPC

Grade 6 Central Idea Service/Action Possibilities

Humans respond to crisis in a variety of different ways

Work with various community groups that help those in need during a crisis

Our road ahead...Between May and November we will endeavour to...

Establish relationships with community groups and begin service outreach action within some grades this year.

Examine and determine where to incorporate units from: Values for Australian Schooling – Supporting Student Wellbeing

Through Values: A Resource Package Primary (Curriculum Corporation)

Values for Australian Schooling – Building Values Across the Whole School – Teaching and Learning Units(Curriculum Corporation)

Examine professional learning resources

Continue to develop units in each of the

Five Strands, PYP Units of Inquiry

and match specific values content with each

Christian Living unit.

Continue to examine IB Community Theme for possible redevelopment of Units of Inquiry.

Continue to cross check with Science and SOSE Essential Learnings.

Thoughts from this morning

General Capabilities• Literacy• Numeracy• ICT• Creativity• Thinking s kills• Self-management• Teamwork• Intercultural understanding

• Ethical behaviour• Social competence

Cross Curriculum Perspectives:• Indigenous perspectives• Sustainability• Australia’s engagement with

Asia

Determine further opportunities for integrated facilitation of ...

Suggestions

Questions