Hi everyone,

Term 4, Who can believe it? Teachers are finalising evidence and assessments to support report writing for the end of the school year, it is always pleasing to see how much students have learnt and grown over the year. Year 12 students are wrapping up their final days at school and preparing for their upcoming Graduation ceremony. Everyone is getting excited for the end of year activities, PBL rewards day and finding out about their classes and teachers for next year.

Earlier this year the department release an updated version of the P-12 Curriculum, assessment and reporting Framework (CARF), this framework guides all Queensland state school’s curriculum, assessment and reporting decision making to ensure alignment with policies and procedures in providing the Australian Curriculum to all students. You can access this document by clicking on this link https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/stages-of-schooling/p-12.

To ensure alignment with the new CARF we have had to make some changes to the structure of our sectors for 2022. The CARF outlines minimum requirements for all students to access all 8 learning areas of the Australian Curriculum based on their chronological age, not operating level. The 8 learning areas are English, Mathematics, Health and Physical Education, Science, Technologies, The Arts, HASS and Languages.  The two main decisions we have had to make are

• Students will access the Languages Curriculum: Japanese from their first year in the Primary Sector (Enrolled year 3 or 4). Japanese is the language that most schools in Gympie are teaching and assessing.
• Junior Secondary Sector will be divided into lower (years 7 and 8) and upper (years 9 and 10) to ensure that year 9’s and 10’s can access electives in Work Skills, The Arts, Technologies, HASS and Languages.

My door is always open if you would like to discuss these decisions, or any other curriculum related topics.

Miss Shellie