I dreamed I stood in a studio
And watched two sculptors there,
The clay they used was a young child's mind
And they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher; the tools being used
Were books and music and art,
One a parent with a guiding hand
And a gentle, loving heart.
Day after day the teacher toiled
With touch that was deft and sure,
While the parent laboured just as hard
And polished and smoothed it o'er.
When at last their task was done
They were proud of what they had wrought,
For the things they had moulded into the child
Could neither be sold nor bought.
And both agreed they would have failed
If they had worked alone;
For behind the parent stood the school
And behind the teacher, the home.
David Bowen
2009 Achievements
ICT
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learning programs include an integrated ICT
approach across the curriculum.
Use the Digital Excellence program as a tool for
teachers and students to plan integrated
activities.
Using ‘e-Potential’ as a tool to assist teacher
learning in ICT.
Provide teacher support in the new Global
Learning Centre
Staff have used the Digital Excellence program as
a learning and reflection tool
AGQTP project demonstrated to teachers a
variety of ways of teaching ICT
Staff have been exposed to an increased amount
of professional development, including teacher
support, modelled GLC lessons
2009 Achievements
Numeracy
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Numeracy Curriculum Planners P – 6 & beyond
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Continued to implement Early and Middle Years Numeracy programs
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Implementation of Early Years Numeracy Interview
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Professional Development for staff
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Mathletics-high involvement – very successful
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Sharing of ideas and activities across Professional Learning Teams
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Student Performance – in 2008, MCD & Number – all students achieved target.
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Extension of students
Literacy
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Literacy Curriculum Planners P – 6 & beyond
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Individual teacher support provided to students, e.g. Reading Recovery and an English as a Second Language teacher.
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Whole school scope and sequence for spelling established
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Using Professional Learning Team meetings levels have shared strategies and successes as well as areas for improvement
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Across Professional Learning Team sharing, discussion and planning
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Regular Literacy team meetings
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Professional Development for staff
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Genre based writing scope and sequence will be established by the end of 2010
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Personal Education Plans implemented
2009 Achievements
Student Engagement & Well being
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Our student attendance data is performing better than predicted, given our students' backgrounds.
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On the Attitudes to School Survey, our Year 5 and 6 students' belonging and connectedness to school is
lower than other schools on the adjusted school performance. This year, the school has placed a lot of
focus on this area, which includes:
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A consultant working with the leadership team to develop actions for improvement.
Conducting student focus groups to ascertain their feelings and perceptions.
Analysing findings from the student focus groups and reporting to staff.
In 2010 staff will be provided with further professional learning and will put in place practices to
build a strong sense of school belonging and connectedness.
Our school values of respect, integrity, caring and honesty, the student code of behaviour and our whole
school behaviour management underpins our positive students relationships and strong peer
connectedness. The students are extremely well behaved at our school. The You Can Do It program has
enhanced the social skills of students.
2009 Achievements
Student Pathways and Transitions
In the first year of our four year Strategic Plan, Glen Waverley South Primary School is very proud of its
achievements in this area. They are:
 Implementation of a cohesive school-wide curriculum that is complementary & sequential.
 In 2010, the Implementation of the Student Mapping Tool to track student academic and social/
emotional progress from the time a child enters prep to Year 6.
 Improved school processes and programs for preparation of students moving from pre-school, from year
to year, transferring into the school.
 Our school's student pathways and transition quality practices include:
 Our Prep Transition program, which plays an important part in the transition from pre-school to
school and is very successful in ensuring students become familiar with the facilities, teachers and
other students.
 Our transition program for students moving from year to year. During Term 4, students participate
in activities that prepare them academically, socially and emotionally for the following year level.
2010-Where to now? (Annual Implementation Plan )
Numeracy
Literacy
Writing scope and sequence
 Professional Development for teachers on teaching the different
writing genre
Teaching and Learning Coach to further teacher skills and
knowledge.
Spelling scope and sequence assessment & implementation
strategies.
 ESL-Identified students planned and catered for in the classroom
 English assessment schedule established
 Investigate the exemplary practices in classrooms
 Establish a data base of students deemed at risk
 Provide special instruction for identified students.
 Maintain & review Individual Learning Plans for students
below benchmarks
 Provide extension
 Numeracy assessment schedule established
Student Learning …including ICT
AGQTP project to continue with a whole school learning and teaching Scope & Sequence Chart
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Professional development with Ultranet coach
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Ultranet Implementation
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Develop a whole school learning and teaching ICT Scope and Sequence Chart
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Develop and monitor extension ICT programs for students
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Continue to develop the Digital Excellence program as a GWSPS learning and reflection tool
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Evidence of a consistent whole school approach in curriculum (Assessment, Spelling Writing etc.)
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Provide continued teacher support in teaching and learning programs- working with Lane Clark in 2010 will not only assist us with
linking pedagogy to learning spaces but energise our inquiry units and our assessment strategies
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Develop strategies to begin Student Led Conferences
Futures Thinking
Pedagogy with Space….website…virtual tour.