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... · Teachers are encouraged to have students work more globally to interact with students beyond their classrooms and experts in the field. · Students are developing their knowledge of how to access information and resources via intranets/internet. · Students are developing facility in all forms of literacy and numeracy in order to communicate and problem solve more effectively. Students are reflective learners || · Students are using safe and responsible ways of working in online areas. · Students are engaging in collaborative projects within and beyond the classroom (online debates/inquiry). · Students are confident “just in time” learners · Students have effective search strategies and are able to access relevant information quickly and with discernment. media type="file" key="VOICE100.MP3" width="240" height="20" · Students have increasing ownership of their learning. media type="file" key="VOICE102.MP3" width="240" height="20" The audio clips included were used for staff development at a staff meeting. Teachers listened to the recordings and discussed next steps in relation to developing childrens ability to talk about their learning and how we as teachers can enable them to be more self aware of the strategies they are using in their learning. 'Mid-year testing/analysis of variance: As I do not have access to colour printing at the moment I will email all of you my National Standards table so you can see it in colour. The bottom line is 57% of students are achieving at or above the National Standard in mathematics, 73% are at or above in writing, and 77% are at or above in reading. Please note that although it is not evident in the percentages, there has been significant improvement in math progress throughout the school. When comparing results to last year the numeracy stages at the various levels have climbed considerably. Another point of interest is that our winning math team of year 7 boys are only deemed to be ‘at’ the standard, not above. This gives an indication of how high the standards are set, particularly in maths, also I think it is worth mentioning that we are being honest in our judgements, if anything we are too hard, preferring to err on the side of caution. Another important point is that of the 22 new students (who have not started as new entrants) who have enrolled this year, 12 of them are below the national standard in at least two learning areas. This has been the reason for increased teacher aid hours, we are pleased with how these students are progressing to date, we have seen significant improvements with many of them.' Excerpt from Principals report to BOT July. ||
 * · Students having an awareness and responsible attitude towards working in online areas and with other digital resources
 * Students’ literacy and numeracy levels are increasing so that they communicate and problem solve effectively and confidently within and beyond the classroom. Assessment data shows student literacy and numeracy levels increasing. Comprehension strategies are able to be directly linked to thinking strategies and to accessing information using ICTs, children using the internet as a source of information allows them realistic contexts in which to sort, sift and find relevant information for their topics of inquiry. Recently students wrote persuasive speeches with part of the criteria being that they used research as evidence for their arguments. Teachers were impressed by the quality of information the children sourced. The content of these speeches was linked to solo taxonomy allowing the children to take ownership and responsibility for their learning. (Insert an audio clip of Olivia self assessing her speech in relation to solo).