Standard 5 Design for learning

Terms 1 - 4  Planning

• Select teaching approaches, resources, and learning and assessment activities based on a thorough knowledge of curriculum content, pedagogy, progressions in learning and the learners.

Here is a link to my 2018 Planning Folder.

Here is a link to the 2018 Rangitoto Team Planning Folder - which includes term plans that I have created for use by all team members.

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Term 1:  GaTE Appointment

• Select teaching approaches, resources, and learning and assessment activities based on a thorough knowledge of curriculum content, pedagogy, progressions in learning and the learners.
• Harness the rich capital that learners bring by providing culturally responsive and engaging contexts for learners.
• Design learning informed by national policies and priorities.

This term I have been given the role of leading the delivery of Enrichment and GaTE programmes throughout the school.  I have a two pronged task of assessing our programme for Gifted students, and alongside that, managing our Enrichment programmes and initiating special one off projects to be achieved throughout the school year.

I am reading the TKI Gifted and Talent document which has provided lots of food for thought on recognising Giftedness and putting into place a programme that is inclusive of all staff and the school community as a whole.

I have set up a timetable for Enrichment projects and worked with help from Katie on creating a document that details our programmes and projects.  Gary is accepting of the fact that looking into how we run the gifted side of the programme is a longer term investigation.  I have arranged a visit to the Gifted Academy in Takpuna to investigate how the projects they run to engage and promote gifted children and am hoping that I will bring back ideas to help staff who are identifying gifted children in their classroom.

Information on my GaTE research and documents can be found here.

This blog entry meets criteria from and is repeated in Standards 2, 3 and 4.

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Term 2: 17/05/18  Assessment and Reporting Team Initial Meeting

• Select teaching approaches, resources, and learning and assessment activities based on a thorough knowledge of curriculum content, pedagogy, progressions in learning and the learners.
• Gather, analyse and use appropriate assessment information, identifying progress and needs of learners to design clear next steps in learning and to identify additional supports or adaptations that may be required.

I have volunteered to be part of this focus team looking at where Torbay school goes in relation to the disbandment of National Standards.  As a team, we will be looking at how and when we assess and how our reports change to parents.

I am looking forward to being part of this group as I feel as a teacher who has only ever taught under National Standards I have valid opinions and queries regarding how this will work in the future.

Notes from meeting here.

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Term 2:  Weeks 5 & 6 Testing Weeks

I have completed formative testing on my class and updated Tracking and rearranged groups to suit the results gathered.

Reading tracking

Reading Tracking by Weeks at School

Testing Weeks Tracking

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Term 2:  27/06/18  Learning Support Referrals

• Gather, analyse, and use appropriate assessment information, identifying progress and needs of learners to design clear next steps in learning and to identify additional supports or adaptations that may be required.

See entry under Standard 6 - Teaching.

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Term 3: 24/07/18 GaTE Staff Meeting -

• Design and plan culturally responsive, evidence-based approaches which reflect the local community and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in New Zealand.

Today the GaTE team presented to staff.  Staff were asked to think about what needed to be included in a definition of Gifted and Talented for Torbay School.

Link to presentation here.

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Term 3 & 4 :  Planning for Dragons and Celebrations Around the World

• Select teaching approaches, resources, and learning and assessment activities based on a thorough knowledge of curriculum content, pedagogy, progressions in learning and the learners.
• Harness the rich capital that learners bring by providing culturally responsive and engaging contexts for learners.
• Design learning informed by national policies and priorities.

See Standard 4 entries.

Celebrations Writing Unit Planning here.

Visual Arts Term 4 Unit plan here.

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