What's New in the Australian Curriculum!

Version 7.2 Released

If you visit the Australian Curriculum site you will notice that it has changed. One of the changes is the icons for the cross curriculum priorities and the general capabilities. Just hover over the icons with your mouse and you will see which ones they are.

Also, take the time to have a read of the overview for HASS. http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/introduction 
They have now produced some information on the Key Ideas and Key Skills. 

SHACC 

A reminder that our first SHACC will be on Wednesday the 25th of February at Greenmount Primary School, 4-5 pm. Please register on the IPL website! We will be looking at planning, a really vauable session! Come along, it will be fun!

That's all for today!
Mr Stephen Powell
TDS Coordinator

3 Year Plan Geography for Split Grades

Juggling the Australian Curriculum in a small primary school can be hard work. 

In 2013 we developed a simple 3 year plan for History that helped teachers reduce the amount of Content Descriptors Knowledge & Understandings for split grades. The focus at Sawyers Valley is to teach the Content Descriptors Knowledge & Understandings outlined for their split grade in our plan and making sure the Key Concepts of Evidence, Continuity & Change, Cause & Effect,Perspectives, Empathy, Significance and Contestability are being taught where it is outlined in the year level description. The teachers focus on all the historical skills for the 2 year levels.

We have now developed a 3 year plan for Geography. We have created a table with the Geographical Knowledge and Understandings to reduce the pressure on split grades. Again, the Geographical Inquiry and Skills and the key concepts of Place, Space, Change, Environment, Sustainability, Interconnection and Scale are the focus to make sure there is flow from year to year.

Click on the link below to access our new 3 year plan.

Geography 3 Year Plan SVPS

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell
TDS Coordinator

Ready, Set, Go! Are you ready for 2015?

Welcome back to another year! I am sure you are all flat out getting to know your new classes and making sure things will be running smoothly sooner rather than later!

Here at Sawyers Valley P.S. we are super busy and really looking forward to seeing what this year brings us!

REPORTING in HASS 2015 from SCSA

There has been a change in when schools are required to report in History. This change is due to not all of the Humanities and Social Science components have been develop as yet.

Please go to http://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/Reporting_policy/Requirements to read about the reporting requirements for HASS. Please read the information under the heading Reporting learning area achievement using the Australian Curriculum.

Schools will need to look at how they will report in HASS this year.

Professional Learning Opportunities for 2015

SHACC is BACK!

Once again SHACC will be happening at Greenmount Primary School. Our first session will be around planning and it will soon be on the IPL website for registration. 

Date: 25th of February 2015

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Venue: Greenmount Primary School

Saba Online formally known as Centra

History Forum

Once again we will venture online to have discussions about what is currently happening in AC History and this time you will control what we will discuss during the session. Attend in the comfort of your own home or at your school. This will be on the IPL website soon!

Date: 24th of March 2015

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Venue: Online

That's all for now!

Mr Stephen Powell

TDS Coordinator