28th August

 

Learning from mistakes, or times when things don't work out quite as we had hoped, is all part of the process. Think of a Science experiment when the results are not what was expected - the students learn so much in that moment!

Important Dates

• 30th August - CLC PD 2.15 - 3.00 pm
• 31st August - 1st in-person Assembly 3.6 Ms. Hanan & 4.5 Mr. Brad
• 1st September - CLC PD 1.15 - 2.45 pm
• 12th September - KG1- Year 2 (Lower Primary) Meet the Teacher Night, 3.30 pm* start
• 14th September - Year 3-6 (Upper Primary) Meet the teacher night, 3.30 pm start*

*Classes with Masters clashes will reschedule, TBC

Link to weekly slides 

Thursday's PD

We are always looking to develop our pedagogical practise. As part of this, our Thursday PD for teachers was a great start to developing the effectiveness of teachers working with LAs. More sessions will follow - thank you to all who provided feedback - it is great and will really help in planning future sessions. We looked at what a relationship would look like - here are the amazing "Word clouds"!

Canva for Education

Would you be interested in developing Creativity and Collaboration in your Classroom? Canva is an excellent resource with copyright-free educational templates that allows you to create and personalise designs.

Some of you are already active users of Canva, but did you know that you can access all the Pro features with the Canva Educator account for free?

How can you sign-up?

1. Open the Canva for Education sign-up page.
2. Sign up for Canva for Education with your school Google account.
3. Follow the sign-up prompts.
4. After signing up, select that you are a Teacher.
5. Click Get verified.
6. If the system doesn't recognise our school email domain, upload a photo or scanned copy of a document that proves that you are a teacher (example: photo of your school ID card, Google for Education Certifications, ...). 

Canva usually takes about 48h to review your application. After that, you will be able to access all available content.

Feel free to contact Sara and request more information about Canva.

Resources

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Developing and implementing principles and practices of effective digital assessment (Learning Principle #3)

Upper Primary will soon have access to Formative...a comprehensive tool that increases engagement, instruction, and assessment.

Best Sites for Genius Hour/Passion Projects(Learning Principle# 5)

Best Practices for Interactive Displays in the Classroom (Learning Principle #9)

As we are about to have all of our Interactive panels installed in classrooms (soon hopefully) this article can help you think about how you will leverage this new technology for the greatest impact on learning)

3 Habits of Highly Effective Teacher Teams (Learning Principle #10)