K-6 HaSS Guided Inquiry Walkthroughs- Jolimont Primary

TDS HaSS K-6 Guided Inquiry Walkthroughs

Teacher Development School Event  
Event contact for additional information: Fiona McBeath  
Target audience: Primary teachers and curriculum leaders  
Date: 1 August 2016  
Time: 8.30am to 1.00pm  
Where: Jolimont Primary School, K-6 Classrooms  
Cost: Nil  
Last enrolment date: 26 July 2016  
This is an opportunity for teaching teams to visit classrooms and observe the following:  
• integrated curriculum of HaSS/Technologies and other learning areas  
• guided inquiry planning process  
• guided inquiry in action.

Register using link below:

https://plis.det.wa.edu.au/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=12059

Children and Nature Conference- Nature Play WA

Nature Play WA’s inaugural Children and Nature Conference will be held in Fremantle on 28 August 2016.
The Children and Nature Conference is for educators, early years care providers, health professionals, parents, conservationists, land managers, state and local government employees and anyone with a keen interest in reconnecting children with nature. The full day program will comprise:

•  talks from world pre-eminent speakers on the positive impact of nature on children’s health, wellbeing and education during this full day program;

• world-leaders discussing the health impacts of nature including;

o   CEO of one of the world’s best environmental education institutions, who is one of America’s most effective campaigners for getting kids outdoors; and

o   former chief-scientist and Western Australian of The Year, Lyn Beazley.

• insights into the connection between nature and positive childhood outcomes;

• practical ways to engage the corporate and political sectors in the global movement to reconnect children to the natural world, and

• opportunities for participants to network and engage with peers who are interested in connecting new generations to nature.

Venue: The Esplanade Hotel Fremantle
Date: Sunday 28 August
Registrations close: Friday 12 August
Cost: $240
Information regarding the day’s program, tickets, accommodation and the speakers’ profiles can be found on the website http://www.natureplaywa.org.au/children-and-nature-conference
For further information, please contact Katherine Healy on 9389 4050.

Term 2 Hills K-2 Educator Network

Hills K-2 Educator Network Meeting:

Wednesday 29^th June 2016

You are invited to our Term 2 Network Meeting.

WHEN: 29^th June 2016

WHERE: Sawyers Valley Primary School Early Learning Centre

TIME: 3:30 Cuppa and Registration

           3:45/4:00 Session begins.

TOPIC: Integrating WA Curriculum Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) and Linking to EYLF

Sawyers Valley PS is a TDS for HASS and Early Years. This year educators are familiarising with Phase 2 of the HASS curriculum in preparation of full implementation, including reporting in 2017. We will be sharing some ideas of how HASS can be integrated in a way that is meaningful to children in K-2 settings, that deepening understandings and delivered in a way that supports the principles and outcomes of the EYLF.

 The link to register for this event is:

https://plis.det.wa.edu.au/homepage.aspx

WA WEEK VICTORIAN SCHOOLHOUSE EXPERIENCE FOR KINDY AND PP CHILDREN

The Kindy and Pre-Primary children at Sawyers Valley PS spent a morning in the Victorian Schoolhouse during WA Week. They got a taste of what life in the past was like in WA and compared this with life in the present. They experienced a Victorian classroom, washed clothes by hand, made lemonade, completed a piece of sewing and played Drop the Hanky and Quoits with horse shoes.

If you are interested in visiting our old schoolhouse with a group of students the link for more information is:

http://www.sawyersvalleyps.wa.edu.au/schoolhouse/Old_Victorian_Schoolhouse/Welcome.html

New Resources to Support WA Day

New resources to support student engagement in WA day

MY WA provides opportunities for primary schools and their communities to engage in a range of new and innovative programs focusing on the Western Australian community and what it means to be a Western Australian.  A range of culturally contextual teaching and learning resources have been developed to support schools and their communities.

MY WA resources include:

• units of work for the Western Australian Curriculum learning areas: The Arts; English; Humanities and Social Sciences; and Science; and
• story books in Aboriginal English.

Teachers are encouraged to explore these resources and use them with their students to show how culture and experience shape the learning of each student and in turn enable them to be responsive to, welcoming and supportive of all cultures.

SABA PL Event: Developing HASS Skills and Concepts

Teacher Development School Event (Online)

Event contact for additional information: Carey Stewart, Sawyers Valley Primary School

Target audience: Primary teachers and curriculum leaders

Date: 23 June 2016

Time: 3.30pm to 4.45pm

Where: Online using Saba (coordinated by Sawyers Valley PS)

Cost: Nil

Last enrolment date: 21 June 2016

In this online session we will familiarise with the HASS skills and Concepts and explore ways these can be developed through relevant and meaningful learning contexts.

Enrolment for this event is available at https://plis.det.wa.edu.au/?EventID=12095

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Early Years Learning Walkthroughs- Jolimont Primary School

TDS Early Years Learning Walkthroughs: connected practice and blended approach

Teacher Development School Event
TDS Early Years Learning Walkthroughs: connected practice and blended approach
Event contact for additional information: Fiona McBeath
Target audience: Primary teachers and leaders
Date: 5 August 2016 or 16 September 2016
Time: 8.30am to 1.00pm
Where: Jolimont Primary School, K-2 Classrooms
Cost: Nil
Last enrolment date: 1 August 2016
This is an opportunity for ECE teaching teams to visit classrooms and observe the following:
• connected practice across the early years
• NQS in action
• blended pedagogies
• connections between EYLF and the WA Curriculum through integration.

Enrolment for this event is available at https://plis.det.wa.edu.au/?EventID=12057 (3 August)
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