Principal: Louie Tempany Teacher: Kellie McGill SC President: Mrs Tracey Evans-Young Term 2 – Week 10 Parent/Teacher Conferences Mon 26 th June Wed 28 th June - Pupil Free Day Thurs 29 th June - Cross Country 27th June CRAZY HAIR DAY - LAST DAY OF TERM 2 - FRI 30 TH JUNE School will finish at 2:30pm on Friday 30 th June Working Bee Sunday 2 nd July JUNE Student of the Week…. Congratulations to Charlie for his outstanding effort on completing his diorama on his selected mini beast. Well done Charlie and keep up the great work. Earlier in the week I had the opportunity to participate in the Regional Principal Forum held in Melbourne. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with evidence-based examples of international and state exemplar practices in teaching and learning. This will further the successful implementation of the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO) priority of Excellence in Teaching and Learning. There were extensive opportunities to engage with and learn from each other in a rich learning environment. Learning Intentions The learning intentions for the forums were: Provide clear focus in relation to leading excellence in teaching and learning Deepen our culture of continuous self and system improvement Deepen trust and conditions for collective responsibility, fuelled by the ambition to improve student learning outcomes Enable the spread and adoption of evidence-based insights, behaviours and new practices Embed sustainable deep learning and adoption of high impact strategies that optimise student learning growth through collaborative conversations amongst school improvement leaders and their communities of practice
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CRAZY HAIR DAY - LAST DAY OF TERM 2 - FRI 30TH JUNE
School will finish at 2:30pm on
Friday 30th June
Working Bee Sunday 2nd July
JUNE
Student of the Week….
Congratulations to Charlie for his outstanding effort on completing his diorama on his selected mini beast. Well done Charlie and keep up the great work.
Earlier in the week I had the opportunity to participate in the Regional Principal Forum held in Melbourne. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with evidence-based examples of international and state exemplar practices in teaching and learning. This will further the successful implementation of the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO) priority of Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
There were extensive opportunities to engage with and learn from each other in a rich learning environment.
Learning Intentions
The learning intentions for the forums were:
Provide clear focus in relation to leading excellence in teaching and learning
Deepen our culture of continuous self and system improvement
Deepen trust and conditions for collective responsibility, fuelled by the ambition to improve student learning outcomes
Enable the spread and adoption of evidence-based insights, behaviours and new practices
Embed sustainable deep learning and adoption of high impact strategies that optimise student learning growth through collaborative conversations amongst school improvement leaders and their communities of practice
Please note: Wednesday 28th June is a Pupil Free Day. On this day teachers will be involved in
Professional Development where we will be analysing data obtained from testing at the end of
Semester One. This data will be used to inform our planning for Semester Two.
Students will not be required to attend school on this day.
FRIDAY 30TH JUNE - LAST DAY OF TERM 2
CRAZY HAIR DAY
GOLD COIN DONATION
Pizzas and hot dogs will be supplied to students for
lunch
SCHOOL WILL FINISH AT
2:30PM
We would like to extend an invitation to all
parents to join us at 2:00pm for a presentation
of our dioramas to celebrate the end of term
learning!
SRC News……. We held our first SRC meeting on Thursday 22nd June.
Student voice is one of our greatest measures as to how we are progressing as a learning community.
The active and authentic involvement of students has been identified as a key factor in creating safe
and supportive schools.
A significant body of national and international research suggests that student voice:
• should involve young people’s active participation in shared decision-making
• is one avenue through which students can explore and construct their own learning and develop
higher order skills
• is a key to personalising learning
• is a perspective of distributed leadership that is often overlooked
What is Student Voice?
The term "Student Voice" describes how students give their input to what happens within the school and classroom. Our desire is for students to know that their expertise, opinions and ideas are valued in all aspects of school life. Student Voice permeates all levels of our work together, from students participating in small group classroom conversations to students partnering in curriculum design or establishing school norms and policy.
Why is Student Voice Important?
One of the principles guiding the transformation work at Devenish is that student achievement and engagement will increase when students have more ownership of their school community. The Student Voice key element reinforces that:
1. What students have to say matters in how learning happens
2. Students have untapped expertise and knowledge that can bring renewed relevance and
authenticity to classrooms and school reform efforts
3. Students benefit from opportunities to practice the problem solving, leadership and creative
thinking required to participate in a decision-making school community
As principal of the school, when I asked students to discuss what improvements they have seen occur over Term Two, has been humbling and I must extend my heartfelt thanks to all members of our school community who have enabled the changes to happen. In this context I’m referring to; students, parents and staff
Please note, students will be required to bring the following items:
Sun Smart Hat, drink bottle, runners, school uniform, warm school clothes to put
on after they have run.
Food will be available on the day to purchase.
It is hoped ALL students will participate in this event.
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES - SEMESTER ONE
The end of Term Two brings us to the end of Semester One and our first reporting cycle for 2017. As such we would like to conduct Parent-teacher conferences.
These conferences provide valuable opportunities to help the teacher understand more about your child and are an opportunity for staff to share information about your child’s progress, interests and needs and discuss your child’s future learning goals for Semester Two.
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be conducted on Monday 26th June.
Please see attached information regarding your allocated Parent/Teacher interview time.