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The Blonde BombshellsTeaching & Learning POLICY
The Blonde Bombshells
Will Neville
Candice Canning
Jen Smigowski
Sarah Reddie
Andrea Dawes
Creating Our School, Town & Principal
Miggle Red Willows
Town: Can-Can Creek
Principal: Mrs Charlie Villdaw
Impossible...
Or is it...?
Mission
Can a NEW Teaching & Learning Policy really SAVE this school?
NEVER FEAR
The Bombshells are here...
Sassy Bomb
C Bomb J Bomb A Bomb Will Bomb
NOW A MESSAGE FROM CHARLIE...
MRS “Charlie” VILLDAW
Principal of Miggle Red Willows
Where is Miggle Red Willows P-12 School?
We are in Can-Can Creek, a small country town in Northern Victoria. Our closest town is Shepparton, 50 km away...
POPULATION: 780
WHAT THE TOWN HAS TO OFFER...
The Lake
Can-Can Creek Football Club
Can-Can Creek Sports Centre
CAN-CAN CREEK MAIN STREET...
LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE
SHRINKING...
LOCAL FARMERS & FAMILIES STRUGGLE AS WHEAT PRICES FALL....
MEET OUR TEACHERS
Mrs Jen Tull
Mrs Bee Dazzler
Grade Prep Teachers
Ms Polly Lite
MEET OUR TEACHERS
Grade 1 & 2 Teachers
Mrs Summer
Mr Bay
Mr William Wallace
MEET OUR TEACHERS
Grade 3 & 4 Teachers
Ms Rita Buch
Mr Hamish Is Where
Mrs Emma Royds
MEET OUR TEACHERS
Grade 5 & 6 Teachers
Mr Shaun Sheep
Mrs Gord Love
Mr C Pitch
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SC
HO
OL BUT.... Thanks to the Victorian
Government Stimulus Package...
Our School has amazing NEW resources
Let’s hear it from the horses mouth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIQuFlAPnI&feature=g-upl
Let’s take a look through the SQUARE
window today kids.....
Mission from Charlie:
“To inspire active, productive and enthusiastic lifelong learners who create brighter futures for our community and our world”
BOMBSHELLS THESE ARE THE ISSUES...Students•MOTIVATION across the school community is lacking•Students are rarely completing homework & reading tasks •Students question the relevance •Resisting current curriculum • 13 years in the one school
Parents•Parent involvement is almost non-existent
•School Council Members are few
•Low attendance to parent teacher evenings and report nights
Community Lacks cultural diversityLacks employmentHeavily focussed on Cancan footy clubFarmers are broke, wheat prices dropped
Teachers•Curriculum is predictable and unadventurous
•Teachers lowering expectations
•Teachers are loyal and experienced, but boring and dull
•Teachers are not united
•Literacy & Numeracy Scores are WORSE than state average
“Old” Traditional Classrooms
Should our classrooms look like this?
Should they stay like this?
Or should we upgrade our learning environments?
Environment = Satisfaction
Appropriate lighting
Different working areas
COLOUR
Plants
TEXTURE
Sound
Miggle Red Willows Classroom Layout
Whole Group Area
Computers
Independent Learning spacesSmall Group
Activity Spaces
Interactive Whiteboard
Play & Project Based Curriculum
FUN
ENGAGING
CAPTIVATING
MOTIVATING“Play and leisure activities provide opportunities for children to learn as they discover, create, improvise and imagine” (MYOP, 2011, p.14)
Play & Project Based Curriculum Embraces
Technology
“The DS has been a super tool for motivating children.” ( Taylor, M 2009)
Happy Children =
Productive Children
Let’s move away from Conventional Teaching...
The Go Kart Project...
InnovativeStudent Based
FUN & EXCITING
Inspiring
Modified for different Levels
Engaged & Fulfilled Students
Improve motivation
Creates Successful Learners
The Go Kart Project will...
Inspire
Knowledge in...
A range of different disciplines
Rewards...
Communication
Problem solving
Working as a team
Creating Independence
In our environment
Moving on to other things...
Do as I say, not as I do.
How best to convey your message?
Body Language is what counts... when communicating feelings & attitudes.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
DON’T SEND US TO SLEEP WITH YOUR EXPRESSIONLESS VOICE...
And your terrible body language!!
There’s a...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQerR4btc4&feature=player_embedded#
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