HOC News
HOC NEWS
What a strange beginning to a new semester, writing reports whilst planning for a new term of work has been a very different feeling for our teachers. I am so proud that everyone is ‘nailing it’. Our new units are based around the context of animal characters in books and how they change and grow in their lifecycles. I have been purchasing resources to support the teaching and learning of shapes in Mathematics and a variety of books about animals and their lifecycles, and stories with animal characters. I am looking forward to watching these resources being explored by our wonderful students.
I am also very happy to announce we will have a large friendly visitor to our school this Tuesday the 28th of July at 10 am. The Giant Kookaburra was built during isolation by and Australian Sculptor Dr Farvadin Daliri, and he is travelling around Queensland with the goal of spreading laughter and optimism. Families are invited to participate with this whole-school event.
Over the past two weeks I have been forward planning with teachers our Mathematics, HPE and Science units of work. I really enjoy these professional learning days with our teachers, not only because we discuss and plan for our students learning, but also because I get to hear all of the wonderful progress that is happening. My favourite story has been from a Primary classroom, using speech output devices with the whole class to include everyone in the book of the week. A message is recorded and the switch is touched by a non-verbal student to say ‘Cock-a-doodle-doo’ with the whole class. There have been some interesting techniques used to hear every persons voice in the classroom, much laughter has been had in making these recordings. A happy experience for all involved.
Kindest regards
Shellie
