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 & oclock (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