Our second SHWACC (previously SHACC) workshop for 2016 will be held on :

Date: 31/3/16

Time: 4-5 pm

Venue: Greenmount Primary School (follow the signs to the library)

You can register for this session via the online calendar.Our focus for this session will be on developing school HASS and Science operational plans. Please bring along your school's operational plans (completed or works in progress), suggestions for developing operational plans and any questions you may have.

Nibbles and refreshments provided.

Hope to see you there.

Carey Stewart and Cynthia McGlew
SHWACC Co-ordinators

A reminder that our first SHWACC (previously SHACC) workshop for 2016 will be held next week :

Date: 24/2/16

Time: 4-5 pm

Venue: Greenmount Primary School (follow the signs to the library)

You can register for this session via the online calendar.We will be sharing important WA Curriculum updates and planning our 2016 SHWACC sessions.

Nibbles and refreshments provided.

Hope to see you there.

Carey Stewart and Cynthia McGlew
SHWACC Co-ordinators

 Explore Dirk Hartog’s stories and legacies.

Created by Stephen Powell

Monday, 1 February 2016 @3:13PM

Explore Dirk Hartog’s stories and legacies.

October 25^th Marks the 400^th anniversary of Dirk Hartog’s landing on the Western Australian coast.

A new website is now online and a free resource for Year 3 & 4 is ready to use in WA schools. Secondary and Primary teachers may find the WA Museum website useful when discussing world explorers and trade.

Go to http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/dirk-hartog  to visit the new website.

Go to http://www.htawa.net.au/dirk_hartog to download the free resource.

For more information go to https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/01/New-website-reveals-Hartog-stories-and-legacies.aspx

Kind regards

Stephen Powell

Welcome to 2016!

Welcome to 2016 Everyone!

I hope that you had an enjoyable break and are re-energised and ready to take on the exciting challenges of the new year!

We have some changes to our TDS team here at Sawyers Valley this year. Stephen has joined the Teaching and Learning Services team at Statewide Services and so I am now co-ordinating the TDS program alongside Sharon Humphries, Tonya Wood and Danielle Murphy (the Sawyers Valley TDS Team).  We will do our best to continue with the great work Stephen did in keeping you updated with new information.

Our focus area has also been expanded and we are now a TDS school for HASS (P-6) and Early Childhood (EYLF).

Best wishes for the start of Term 1.

Carey Stewart
TDS Co-ordinator
HASS and Early Childhood
Sawyers Valley Primary School
Email: Carey.Stewart1@education.wa.edu.au

End of 2015

What a year!

Sawyers Valley Sharing has been super busy ever since the release of the HASS Curriculum in second semester. We are also thrilled to have been selected once again as a TDS school for HASS and Early Years for 2016 - 2017.

SHACC

This year we have had 6 sessions (3 each semester) focusing on planning, teaching and assessment. These sessions have been very relaxed and lots of focused talk on curriculum. Next year, SHACC will have a little make-over....SHACC will become!!!!!!!

Keeping in line with the new curriculum and retaining some of the fun that was SHACC.

We have also offered people that attended in the past the opportunity to host some of the session. The first session will be in Term 1 on Wednesday Week 4, 24 February 2016 at Greenmount Primary School starting at 4:00 pm. The registration for this event is online so book now! Go to Institute for Professional Learning Website.

Updated Planning Documents

To match the new WA Curriculum we have updated the multi-age planner. The changes are small but necessary to match the HASS Skills. Click on the link below.

Word Version

Links to these documents can also be found on the blog page PLANNING TOOLS

Old Schoolhouse Experience

It has been absolutely delightful hosting the schools that experienced the the Victorian Schoolhouse this year. If you are thinking of an excursion that is hands on and a  full on day, please go to Victorian Classroom Experience.

2016 New TDS Coordinator

It is with much excitement that I announce the new TDS Coordinator at Sawyers Valley  is Carey Stewart. Carey has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share as well as bringing her passion for the early years. 

I have loved being the TDS Coordinator for the last 3 years and I have really enjoyed meeting you all. I have won a fixed term position at State-wide Services as Education Officer - Teaching & Learning where I hope to see even more of you around the state. 

I would like to wish you a very happy holiday and I hope that the days are long and the relaxation is 100% effective ready to start 2016 with a bang!

That's all for 2015

Stephen Powell

TDS Coordinator

Week 5....How are you travelling?

Term 4 is always busy and everyone is madly writing reports and trying to maintain energy until the 17th of December! Here at Sawyers Valley we are just as busy and hopefully we will be able to take a few moments to relax in between.

Integrating HASS (P-6)

Next Thursday (19/11/15) 3 - 4 pm I will be running an online workshop for one hour looking at ways to integrate HASS now that the timeline for full implementation has been released by SCSA. I would love you to spend the afternoon with me online. Go to the IPL website to register. If you have any problems registering, please email me as soon as possible before Tuesday. This workshop will be repeated on the 3rd of December.

New HASS Skills

I was very fortunate to work with a super bunch of teacher leaders in the Swan Network this week and we explored the new HASS Skills and how they are set out to follow a model of inquiry. They were asked to represent how they see the inquiry model and key words/statements that need to be highlighted. Here are their wonderful inquiry representations completed on the day in their year levels. 

To find the new skills go to the SCSA website K10 Outline and click on P-10 Curriculum, Humanities and Social Sciences, download the Humanities and Social Sciences Scope and Sequence, and scroll down to page 6.

That's all for now!

Stephen Powell

TDS Coordnitator