From the Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning
Steps in Learning @ St Andrews Years 7 to 10
During this term each parent and student will receive feedback on student work in order to support student improvement in learning. Each task will be aligned against the Steps in Learning so students can gauge the extent of their learning aligned to course outcomes.
St Andrews Learning and Assessment is focused on developing, encouraging and promoting Visible learners
- Can be their own teacher
- Can articulate what they are learning and why
- Can talk about how they are learning—the strategies they are using to learn
- Can articulate their next learning steps
- Can use self-regulation strategies
- Seek, are resilient, and aspire to challenge
- Can set mastery goals
- See errors as opportunities and are comfortable saying that they don’t know and/or need help
- Positively supports peers’ learning
- Know what to do when they don’t know what to do
- Actively seek feedback
- Have metacognitive skills and can talk about these skills
Feedback @ St Andrews
Students are developing their ability to ‘Know where they are going in their learning?’, ‘Know how they are going?’ and to determine ‘Where they need to go next?’
‘Feedback is critical to raising achievement.’
Feedback can be given at the task or product level, process level, self regulation level and feedback directed to self.
The ability for students to develop these fundamental skills with a focus on Everything Matters, will have a strong knowledge and skill toolkit to be successful and resilient in every stage of their learning.
HOME LEARNING @ ST ANDREWS
Objectives
- Acquisition and consolidation of Surface, Deep and Transfer Learning
- Develop and use a variety of skills for learning
- Collaborate with peers to improve learning
- Develop capacity as assessment capable learners
Home Learning
- Every subject requires Home Learning.
- Home Learning may involve acquiring or consolidating knowledge and skills.
- It is expected that every student utilises their Student Planner to assist in organising a Home Learning schedule.
NAPLAN 2021 Year 7 and 9 2021
Parent/Carer Support
As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics – skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.
NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.
NAPLAN Online is a tailored test that adapts to student responses, providing better assessment and more precise results. Students will be downloading the NAPLAN browser in the next two weeks. It is important that each student has a reliable and charged device for the tests.
NAPLAN TEST DATES
24th and 25th NAPLAN Readiness Writing and Omnibus Tests
11-21 May (timetable will be released soon)
NAPLAN Readiness Test Schedule March 25 and 21
March 24
Period 1 and Period 2 Year 9 Omnibus Tests
Period 3 and Period 4 Year 7 Omnibus Test
March 25
Period 1 and Period 2 Year 9 Writing
Period 3 and Period 4 Year 7 Writing
