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TOORAK PRIMARY SCHOOL

STRATEGIC PLAN

2015 - 2019

Achievement

Develop whole school approach to writing and assessment of writing

Investigate programs which extend and support student writing eg. VCOP and the Big Write, Words Their Way and Writer’s Workshop

Continue to develop consistency in pedagogical approaches in both Literacy and Numeracy which cater to the needs of EAL students

Identification of EAL students and classroom support allocated

Unpack the Victorian Curriculum in Mathematics and use multiple forms of assessment to ensure students are achieving at or above the expected level

Engagement

■ To develop students who are actively engaged in their personal learning

■ Developing personalised learning goals in aspects of English and Mathematics

■ School involvement in Google Apps for Education pilot project■ To increase opportunities for feedback and student voice■ Student leadership team, Junior School Council, Green Team,

lunchtime clubs, assemblies, student news

Wellbeing■ An agreed process and structure of the school wide approach to

wellbeing■ Development of new Engagement and Wellbeing policy with whole

school community consultation■ Bounce Back social skills program implemented from Prep-6■ Resilience Project■ Mindfulness daily■ Ethics training in Grades 3-6■ Whole school approach to the code of conduct and behaviour and

consequences■ To forge greater cultural awareness within the school community■ Increase opportunities for parent involvement within the school through

volunteering, parent reps, lunchtime clubs and other social events

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•• Students will participate in Family Life this year.

• Family Life - Permission forms and information will be sent home well in advance.

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Google Apps for Education?

Google Apps for Education (GAFE) is a cloud-based system offering online productivity tools for classroom collaboration. GFE provides students and teachers with unlimited cloud storage in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. GAFE also provides student email and other modern online communication tools.

Why use GAFE?

As a means to meet educational needs for the 21st century as outlined in curriculum

Students have:

• unlimited storage capacity for their learning resources.• resources within reach from any computer. So wherever you go, your files follow.• storage for any type of file such as documents, audio, video and specialised file types from any computer program.• options to easily invite others to view, download, and collaborate on all the files you want–no email attachments needed. No multiple versions or need for USBs.

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•• Spreadsheets • Coding/Game making•Websites•Stop Motion

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Behaviours & Protocols

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- See your class teacher for helping on Gala Days and Excursions.

- If you are willing to be a Class Parent Representative please notify your teacher (taking contact details for parents and notifying them of class events etc.)

- Paramount support for graduation

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