Recent Staff Professional Learning

"Research tells us that the quality of the teacher is the greatest in-school influence on student achievement. Therefore high quality professional learning for teachers must be a priority to ensure improved teacher practice that leads to improved student growth. Recent professional learning undertaken by our staff this fortnight includes”

 31 October 2022

Teaching Reading Strategies in Yrs 3-6 - Day 4

Mr Body, Mrs Rowles, Mrs Barbuto & Mrs Nat Baker

8 November 2022

Spiritual formation Program - Lamp Lighters

Miss Costello

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP IMPROVING LEARNING 
Reading Routines in Years 3-6

As part of our Teaching Reading Strategies Program, the teachers in Years 3-6 have been learning about how Reading Routines can be used as part of teaching reading to encourage students to have rich conversations in small groups about quality texts. The students take on the role of the teacher and are encouraged to think more deeply about what they are reading, using the Super 7 Comprehension Strategies (Inferencing, Making Connections, Predicting, Questioning, Visualising, Summarising and Monitoring) to respond to, interpret, analyse and evaluate texts

There are three different Reading Routines that we have been focusing on, they are, Reciprocal Teaching, Questioning the Author, and Literature Circles.

The teachers in Years 3-6 have modelled and explicitly taught these routines and it is wonderful to listen to the conversations the students are having to help each other to comprehend what they are reading.

YOU ARE INVITED!
If you would like to see these routines in action, please come to our "Reading Routines in Years 3-6 Parent Sharing Session" on Monday, 28th November at 9:15am (Week 8- straight after the Advent Liturgy), where you will be able to see the students engaging in some rich reading conversations.

Natalie Baker
Instructional Coach