How we support students to learn at home.
July 2021 - Week Lockdown
During this period teachers are making resources available for parents to use at home.
Access to these resources will be through class websites and or through DoJo and SeeSaw communications. You will have received communication from your child's teacher about what they are doing on Wednesday 21st after 4:00 PM.
If you have not please contact them through your usual channels or through the front office on 8264 8099
Teachers design ‘home based’ learning systems, matched to the Department for Education's guidelines for the implementation of home based learning for Years R-3 and Years 4-7.
During this period teachers are making resources available for parents to use at home.
Access to these resources will be through class websites and or through DoJo and SeeSaw communications. You will have received communication from your child's teacher about what they are doing on Wednesday 21st after 4:00 PM.
If you have not please contact them through your usual channels or through the front office on 8264 8099
Teachers design ‘home based’ learning systems, matched to the Department for Education's guidelines for the implementation of home based learning for Years R-3 and Years 4-7.
On top of what we are providing, on a class by class basis,
the 'Department for Education' has made available learning units
that cover two weeks of study in English, Maths and Science for each year Level.
These units of work can be downloaded by
Clicking Here.
the 'Department for Education' has made available learning units
that cover two weeks of study in English, Maths and Science for each year Level.
These units of work can be downloaded by
Clicking Here.
Links to class "Home Learning" websites
Note - Please contact your classroom teacher if you are locked out.
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Mrs Zarcinas, Mrs Bonnett,
Mrs Hodges Mrs Agaciak
Mrs Blair
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Mrs Bagley &
Ms Ravlich Ms Holloway
Link to Specialist Area Websites
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In designing at ‘Home learning’ programs we have ensured they are aligned to the Australian Curriculum.
Learning at Home - Timetables
Suggested timetables are posted on class websites. By indicating how learning at home could be structured these timetables can support caregivers to plan their child’s learning across the day and week. While creating them, teachers also recognise that caregivers will have responsibilities beyond the monitoring of their child’s learning, and they may need to arrange the completion of activities in a flexible manner that allows them to meet their own particular priorities.
How each teacher's home learning program operates will be clearly documented on their website, or through other communication methods, and parents have a responsibility to familiarise themselves with its operation.
These websites provide both broader overviews of learning programs and specific details about how daily activities can be accessed. The website are used in tandem with other software to deliver activities to students.
Learning at home - a shared responsibility.
Teachers have a responsibility for providing students with a planned learning program and monitoring their progress but the responsibility for ensuring that students engage with this program rests jointly on caregivers and the student themselves. Therefore the Department has established responsibilities for both which are listed here.
Learning at Home - Timetables
Suggested timetables are posted on class websites. By indicating how learning at home could be structured these timetables can support caregivers to plan their child’s learning across the day and week. While creating them, teachers also recognise that caregivers will have responsibilities beyond the monitoring of their child’s learning, and they may need to arrange the completion of activities in a flexible manner that allows them to meet their own particular priorities.
How each teacher's home learning program operates will be clearly documented on their website, or through other communication methods, and parents have a responsibility to familiarise themselves with its operation.
These websites provide both broader overviews of learning programs and specific details about how daily activities can be accessed. The website are used in tandem with other software to deliver activities to students.
Learning at home - a shared responsibility.
Teachers have a responsibility for providing students with a planned learning program and monitoring their progress but the responsibility for ensuring that students engage with this program rests jointly on caregivers and the student themselves. Therefore the Department has established responsibilities for both which are listed here.
Advice to Parents
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Parent responsibilities during home learning
Provide support for your children by:
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Student responsibilities during home learning
These responsibilities change according to the age of your child:
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Structuring Learning at Home.
In recognition of the need to support caregivers to manage their child/ren’s learning in the home environment our programs are designed to follow the Department’s implementation guidelines and provide activities matched to two major segments of schooling, years R-3 and years 4-7.
Years R-3
These younger students will in all likelihood require more caregiver support to successfully engage in learning activities.
Their daily program will be structured around four learning blocks.
3. Daily Physical Activity recommendations
4. Play-based learning activities.
Additional Learning Activities: Class teachers and specialist teachers will also provide additional tasks for students to undertake, linked to other curriculum areas beyond English and Maths. However it will be left to the discretions of each parent to choose how many of these activities their children undertake. Parents may like their children to be involved in some or all of these in preference to less structured play based activities.
Minimum Formal Learning Time: 2 hrs 30 min plus lots of play!
In recognition of the need to support caregivers to manage their child/ren’s learning in the home environment our programs are designed to follow the Department’s implementation guidelines and provide activities matched to two major segments of schooling, years R-3 and years 4-7.
Years R-3
These younger students will in all likelihood require more caregiver support to successfully engage in learning activities.
Their daily program will be structured around four learning blocks.
- Daily Literacy activities for 90 minutes per day, with a focus on reading, writing, speaking and listening. These may include:
- phonological awareness,
- phonemic awareness and other oral language activities
- phonics practice and consolidation
- vocabulary development, and
- the reading of appropriate texts, including decodable texts and daily writing activities.
- Daily Numeracy activities for 60 minutes per day, with a focus on number. These may include:
- sorting, patterning, counting and measuring activities that can be conducted using everyday materials
- identifying and describing shapes, and o the use of mathematical language.
3. Daily Physical Activity recommendations
- These could be completed indoors and outdoors, for example, simple exercises and dance movements or outdoor games. (30 min)
4. Play-based learning activities.
- These activities will require less caregiver supervision, in comparison to the literacy and numeracy components of the day, and may including free drawing, colouring and painting, collecting and grouping, creating and making, and listening to sounds, including music.
Additional Learning Activities: Class teachers and specialist teachers will also provide additional tasks for students to undertake, linked to other curriculum areas beyond English and Maths. However it will be left to the discretions of each parent to choose how many of these activities their children undertake. Parents may like their children to be involved in some or all of these in preference to less structured play based activities.
Minimum Formal Learning Time: 2 hrs 30 min plus lots of play!
Years 4 - 7
These older students will, in all likelihood, be more independent learners and able to successfully engage in learning activities with less direct caregiver supervision.
Their daily program will be structured around three learning blocks.
3. A Selection of tasks from other Australian Curriculum learning Areas for 90 min.
Tasks set over the week could include Science, History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, The Arts, Technology or Languages.
These tasks may all be provided at the beginning of the week so students can choose when they will be undertaken and for what duration each day.
Daily Physical Activity - recommendations (for 30 minutes) will be provided to support students to be actively engaged during breaks between the major learning blocks. These could include indoor and outdoor activities, for example, dancing and static movements or outdoor skills and games.
Formal Learning Time: 3 hrs 45 min
These older students will, in all likelihood, be more independent learners and able to successfully engage in learning activities with less direct caregiver supervision.
Their daily program will be structured around three learning blocks.
- Daily Literacy activities for 60 minutes per day. This may include:
- oral language, reading and writing
- further consolidation of phonemic awareness and phonics skills for some students
- vocabulary extension, wider and increasingly independent reading every day, and
- more extended writing.
- Daily Numeracy activities for 45 minutes per day. This will include:
- a strong emphasis on number
- problem solving, and
- purposeful use of mathematics. This could involve students engaging in problems that have multiple solutions and recording their reasoning for using that approach.
3. A Selection of tasks from other Australian Curriculum learning Areas for 90 min.
Tasks set over the week could include Science, History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, The Arts, Technology or Languages.
These tasks may all be provided at the beginning of the week so students can choose when they will be undertaken and for what duration each day.
Daily Physical Activity - recommendations (for 30 minutes) will be provided to support students to be actively engaged during breaks between the major learning blocks. These could include indoor and outdoor activities, for example, dancing and static movements or outdoor skills and games.
Formal Learning Time: 3 hrs 45 min
Communicating between home and school.
Teachers will inform parents of their preferred methods of communication between home and school both for students and caregivers. The methods they choose may vary in accordance to the purpose of the communication and the age of the students.
Mark Hansen
Principal
21st July 2021
Teachers will inform parents of their preferred methods of communication between home and school both for students and caregivers. The methods they choose may vary in accordance to the purpose of the communication and the age of the students.
Mark Hansen
Principal
21st July 2021
Recommended Resources.
These links are to recommended sites and materials with which many students are already familiar.
Additional Resources
...Our Learning SA
Click on the image below to explore this resource.
This site is an online collection of education materials developed by department curriculum managers and expert teachers.
The site provides learning materials and activities across all learning areas in the Early Years Framework and the Australian Curriculum. There are materials that are appropriate for families as well as resources that are more targeted towards teachers.
This new easy-to-use website supports:
The site provides learning materials and activities across all learning areas in the Early Years Framework and the Australian Curriculum. There are materials that are appropriate for families as well as resources that are more targeted towards teachers.
This new easy-to-use website supports:
- continued learning between school and home
- students with opportunities to work independently
- parents and caregivers with resources and guidance to support learning at home
- teachers with resources to support them teaching the curriculum.
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As children commence online learning parents can help them to be cyber safe by reading these....
.....Tips on how to stay safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Schedules: The Number One Strategy for Students with Autism and or Problems Related to Being Organised and Focussed in these Uncertain Times
https://suelarkey.com.au/schedules-students-with-autism-coronavirus/
https://suelarkey.com.au/schedules-students-with-autism-coronavirus/
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Whether your child is ASD or not if they struggle:
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Additional Printable Home Learning Packs
These "Teaching at Home Packs" include a range of resources that can be completed at home by children with the assistance of their parents or guardians. The pack includes resources covering the key learning areas of English, Maths and Science, along with some additional craft and mindfulness activities. They have been generously provided by
Teachstarter
Click on the link to find more resources.
Teachstarter
Click on the link to find more resources.
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