Oral Language Program

Oral language refers to the act of speaking and listening. The main components of an oral language program include word knowledge, sentence structure, language understanding, and the ability to elaborate, organise and sequence thoughts. Thanks to a very generous $1000 donation from the Quota club, we have begun purchasing the picture books required for teachers to teach with the PLD Oral Language Program. The program is characterised by a retelling process to encourage joint and independent responses and retelling, with a strong focus on listening time and speaking time. The program is flexible in nature so that staff can share the program as a whole-class or with individual students and also to allows for engagement with AAC to support responding verbally or non-verbally (the speaking element).

Semester 2 Curriculum Planning

We are currently preparing the curriculum units and assessment tasks for the learning areas being delivered next Semester. During weeks 8 -10, teachers will meet with their sectors to discuss and create unit plans, learning experiences and learning goals for their students to engage with the content of the units. Topics are dependent on the age and sector of your students:

In English students will be exploring information texts about animals, machines, places and famous people.

In Mathematics students will engage with Numbers and place value, locations and mass.

In Science, engagement will be around forces and how objects move including pushing, pulling, and friction. Magnetic forces and electrical circuits will be covered in Secondary.

The Arts will be focused on music and dance.

During Health, students will be engaging with the RESPECT program supporting social and communication skills to develop respectful relationships. Physical Education will be focused on ball skills and games.

Geography will be about places in Australia or around the world to answer questions such as ‘What are places like? How are they the same or different? Why should we protect places? Where are these places in the world?

During design technologies students will explore engineering principles and systems to explore toys, and how they work or move. This incorporates concepts from English, Science and Mathematics units.

Professional Development

It has been exciting to accommodate many of our staff members to participate in professional development to enhance their knowledge and skills. Recently staff have attended Professional learning around language and literacy development for students, behaviour management, sensory processing, student and staff well-being, Autism and new curriculum changes. These experience ensure our staff have the current research, knowledge and skills to meet the changing needs of our school community.