Heard on the Hill Term 4, Week 8
From the Principal
Bonjour à tous, and Wanju
We are so often improvement-focused that we spend a lot of time looking for the small areas of weakness that we overlook the large areas of success. Awards are great recognition for a job well done. They cause us to stop and celebrate the accomplishments.
At a time when we are focussing on keeping a lid on student behaviour to finish the year off strong, please let me draw your attention to a couple of accolades for the school. Friday, I spent the morning with Pharell Keats (Yr 12) and Xyd Estorninos (Yr 11), as they received medals in the WorldSkills Australia Competition. This is a prestigious competition with the opportunity to compete internationally. This weekend Paul Reynolds flew to Melbourne to accompany Yi Xie and her family as she received a Young Australian Art Award – Computer Art, for her artwork. These come on top of two positive newspaper articles in the West Australian and The Bunbury Times recently about the quality of our school.
All staff play a vital role in establishing the quality of this school. From the setting of the physical environment by the cleaners and gardeners to the support provided by the paraprofessionals in the administration, student services and classrooms to the obvious classroom teachers. It takes a village to raise a child and our village is humming.
Congratulations to all staff.
En Avant
Mike Sinagra
Nuts and Bolts
Instructional Leadership Coordinator
Please see Andrew’s information for an Expression Of Interest in the Instructional Leadership Coordinator position.
Leadership Minutes
Please click the link below to access Leadership Minutes from last week.
Expression of Interest
Teachers interested in a 0.2 FTE role of Instructional Leadership Team Coordinator for 2023 are invited to review the attached document.
A single A4 expression is requested from interested teachers and submitted to Andrew. EOI closes Wednesday 30 November. Direct all queries regarding the position to Andrew.
Visible Learning Extract
Below is a graph from John Hattie on Visible Learning.
The key question is how this difference comes about. It is not that expert teachers constantly assign loads of work aimed at deep understanding. Logically, that is unattainable for any teacher as the workload itself is non-sustainable. Surface learning is critical before moving to deep learning. Hattie’s observation is more along the lines that experienced teachers spend too much time on surface learning and so miss the moment to move into deep learning.
To move across to deeper learning start with:
- Ensuring the goals you are setting are clear to you
- Make sure tasks are differentiated as much as possible
- Make it clear what learning success involves and how it should be made visible
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oom setting, in an incursion or off-site for an excursion or camp.
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