SPB4L

Our SPB4L focus for this week (Week 5) is Covered Areas

In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:

1. Walk when in the covered areas
2. Passive Play
3. Handball only
4. Clean up after myself
5. Stay in my place until the teacher gives me permission to play

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe behaviours in our Covered Areas to be taught include:

1. Running and chasing
2. Playing outside the toilets/bubblers
3. Yelling and Screaming
4. Leaving my possessions behind
5. Leaving my place before the teacher gives me permission

Our SPB4L focus for next week (Week 5) is Waste Management

In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:

1. Putting my food waste in the compost bin
2. Putting paper and cardboard waste in the recycling bin
3. Putting foil, plastic bags and Gladwrap in the rubbish bin
4. Taking uneaten food home in my lunchbox

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe behaviours with our Waste Management to be taught include:

1. Throwing food scraps in either the rubbish or recycling bin
2. Leaving my rubbish in the classroom or on the playground
3. Throwing away uneaten food

We would very much appreciate your discussing these weekly focuses with your children and reviewing the expected and non-acceptable behaviours in our endeavour to see that St Patrick’s is a more respectful, responsible and safe learning community for all.

SPB4L Data 

Throughout Weeks 2 and 3, 53 Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards were awarded whilst there were 3 playground incidences of inappropriate behaviour recorded.

WE’RE GOING GREENER - NUDE FOOD EVERYDAY

Week 3 Data

Of the 173 students at school last Friday 127 brought Nude Food to school. This equates to 73% of the student population.

Last weeks most sustainable class was Year 6 with 82% of the students bringing Nude Food. Hip-hip hooray Year 6.

Data will be collected one day each week with the class that has most students bringing ‘Nude Food’ to school during Term 3 enjoying scones baked in the wood fire oven in the garden in week 10 courtesy of Mr Mattas.

School Review and Improvement  (SRI)

One of the goals of the current SRI Plan is to improve student writing. Based on the collection and analysis of writing data (student writing samples, NAPLAN and PAT Data and the Literacy Learning Progressions) during the first Semester teachers are better informed to do this.

The vehicle for this improvement is a Collaborative Inquiry. This is a collective enterprise of the teachers which includes the Co-teaching Cycle, Peer Observations and Learning Walks and Talks, working towards the more specific goal: ‘By the end of 2019, St Patrick’s students will improve the quality of their independent writing by applying correct punctuation and effective grammatical structures at the sentence level’.

The Co-teaching Cycle is led by Mrs Papadopoulos our Instructional Coach and involves the teachers meeting individually to plan a writing lesson designed to meet a prescribed learning intention, the co-teaching of the lesson, and a lesson debrief and evaluation. Each teacher has benefitted from the Co-Teaching Cycle during Terms 2 and 3 this year.

This is complemented by Peer Observations during which colleagues visit other classrooms to observe teachers during a writing lesson and to provide feedback to the teachers to improve teaching and learning. These are scheduled to happen in Weeks 6 and 7 this Term. Learning Walks and Talks will happen more frequently during writing lessons by members of the Leadership Team.  During the visits the Leadership Team member will ask students the 5 Learning questions: What are you learning? How are you going? How do you know?  How can you improve? Where do you go for help? With the support of Education Officers from the Catholic Education Office the staff are confident that through the Co-teaching Cycle, Peer Observations and Learning Walks and Talks our Collaborative Inquiry goal will be achieved.

SCHOOL SURVEY - BULLYING

During this week the eldest child from each family will bring home a Parent /Caregiver Survey designed to give the school feedback about bullying. I urge you to make time to complete both sides of the survey please. In so doing please read the text explaining what bullying is in the text box on the bottom of the front page. Please return your completed survey to school with your child as soon as is practical but by the end of next week (Friday, 23 August). Thank you.

Mr Gavan Hoctor
Assistant Principal