How do our students know how to be successful?

This term, our teachers have already been collaborating to analyse our students’ pre-assessments, ensuring that they understand what our students already know and what they will need to learn to be successful. This has allowed our teachers to target their teaching and work with their students to be very clear about what they will need to learn to be successful in their learning. In writing, students are now working with their teachers to develop their learning goals and using the criteria that the teachers have helped the students to understand they are working to ‘bump up’ their writing. Teachers are using their classroom walls as another learning space for children to access super examples of student work.

Why don’t you ask your child what they are learning about in English, specifically writing.

Wear BLUE on Friday for Autism Awareness

This Friday, our Student Council will run our first school awareness day for the year – Autism awareness (we were unable to celebrate on 2 April due to holidays). An estimated 1 in 70 people in Australia are on the autism spectrum (www.autismspectrum.org.au).

On the day, our staff will discuss how students on the autism spectrum disorder learn and communicate. At Dayboro State School, we are passionate about inclusion of all our students and we know that education is the key.

We will NOT be asking students to bring a gold coin on Friday, there will be enough purchases to manage with our Mothers’ Day stall and Book Fair commencing.

Our student councillors and school captains will discuss the upcoming day with their classes and help them to understand the importance of awareness. We look forward to this inclusive event!

For further information and resources please visit- autismawareness.com.au

Have a great week!

Gabrielle