Lumen Christi INFORMATION SESSION ~ 2015

Learning and Teaching  What does learning and teaching look like at Lumen Christi?

The Australian Curriculum  AusVELS is the Foundation to Year 10 curriculum  It provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of prescribed content and common achievement standards,  Schools use AusVELS to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents

The Australian Curriculum Foundation Level – Reportable Domains  English  Mathematics  Science  History

Contemporary Learning and Teaching at Lumen Christi  Flexible learning spaces and student groupings  Access to a wide range of technologies  Inquiry-based  Thinking Curriculum  Active participation in the learning  Personalised Learning  Partnership between home, school and the wider community  Building Community - Belonging, Being and Becoming Life Long Learners

Reflecting, Goal Setting and Conferencing

21 st Century Skills  Collaboration  Communication  Creativity  Critical Thinking

Faith & Life Inquiry At Lumen Christi we follow a contemporary approach to integrating the teaching of Religion into the wider curriculum  Action-based  Active  Meaningful  Purposeful  Faith-filled  Authentic  Student Driven

P-6 English Curriculum  Reading and Viewing  Writing  Listening and Speaking

English Learning at Lumen Christi Speaking and Listening  All learning lies on a sea of talk ~ Marie Clay  Underpins all learning  Communication  Questioning and Responding  Articulating your learning  Links reading and writing

English Learning at Lumen Christi Reading  Variety of Texts  Lifelong love of reading  Meaning Making  Comprehension  Concepts about Print  Word Knowledge  Letter and Sound Knowledge

English Learning at Lumen Christi Writing  Students as writers authors  Meaning Making and Purpose  Text types – Messages, recounts about personal experiences, narratives, persuasive texts, s & visual texts  Writing Process – Plan, Compose, Record, Revise and Publish  Word and Letter sound Knowledge

P-6 Mathematics Curriculum  Number and Algebra  Measurement and Geometry  Statistics and Probability

Mathematics Learning at Lumen Christi Number and Algebra  Naming, making, recording & ordering numbers  Counting forwards & backwards  Counting collections (> 20)  Combining collections  Making, copying and continuing patterns

Mathematics Learning at Lumen Christi Measurement and Geometry  Comparing the size of objects  Identifying the smallest and largest objects in a collection  Time – days of the week & o’clock (hour) times  Location language – over, under, forwards, backwards, right and left, etc.  Sort, describe and name 2D shapes and 3D objects in the environment

Mathematics Learning at Lumen Christi Statistics and Probability  Respond to simple questions  Participate in surveys, i.e.: What is your eye colour?  Place information on a class graph or table  Interpret data, i.e.: Brown is the most popular eye colour in Prep B

Mathematics Learning at Lumen Christi Maths Buddies  Encourage students to work on problems together  What do we have to do?  How are we going to work it out?  What did we find out?  How can we show that our answer is correct?

ICT to Support the Learning across all Curriculum Areas  Interactive Whiteboards (IWB)  iPods and iPads  Digital cameras  Microphones and Headphones  Laptops & Personal Computers  School Website  Class blogs

Building a Community through Play  We extend an invitation to families who have a child beginning Prep in 2015 to join us to build connections within our community and engage in a variety of fun interactive learning experiences

Building a community - belonging, being and becoming lifelong learners! DATE: August 14, August 28, September 11, October 23 LOCATION: Lumen Christi Small Hall TIME : pm