The Blonde BombshellsTeaching & Learning POLICY

The Blonde Bombshells

Will Neville

Candice Canning

Jen Smigowski

Sarah Reddie

Andrea Dawes

Creating Our School, Town & Principal

Miggle Red Willows

Town: Can-Can Creek

Principal: Mrs Charlie Villdaw

Impossible...

Or is it...?

Mission

Can a NEW Teaching & Learning Policy really SAVE this school?

NEVER FEAR

The Bombshells are here...

Sassy Bomb

C Bomb J Bomb A Bomb Will Bomb

NOW A MESSAGE FROM CHARLIE...

MRS “Charlie” VILLDAW

Principal of Miggle Red Willows

Where is Miggle Red Willows P-12 School?

We are in Can-Can Creek, a small country town in Northern Victoria. Our closest town is Shepparton, 50 km away...

POPULATION: 780

WHAT THE TOWN HAS TO OFFER...

The Lake

Can-Can Creek Football Club

Can-Can Creek Sports Centre

CAN-CAN CREEK MAIN STREET...

LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE

SHRINKING...

LOCAL FARMERS & FAMILIES STRUGGLE AS WHEAT PRICES FALL....

MEET OUR TEACHERS

Mrs Jen Tull

Mrs Bee Dazzler

Grade Prep Teachers

Ms Polly Lite

MEET OUR TEACHERS

Grade 1 & 2 Teachers

Mrs Summer

Mr Bay

Mr William Wallace

MEET OUR TEACHERS

Grade 3 & 4 Teachers

Ms Rita Buch

Mr Hamish Is Where

Mrs Emma Royds

MEET OUR TEACHERS

Grade 5 & 6 Teachers

Mr Shaun Sheep

Mrs Gord Love

Mr C Pitch

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Government Stimulus Package...

Our School has amazing NEW resources

Let’s hear it from the horses mouth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIQuFlAPnI&feature=g-upl

Let’s take a look through the SQUARE

window today kids.....

Mission from Charlie:

“To inspire active, productive and enthusiastic lifelong learners who create brighter futures for our community and our world”

BOMBSHELLS THESE ARE THE ISSUES...Students•MOTIVATION across the school community is lacking•Students are rarely completing homework & reading tasks •Students question the relevance •Resisting current curriculum • 13 years in the one school 

Parents•Parent involvement is almost non-existent

•School Council Members are few

•Low attendance to parent teacher evenings and report nights

Community Lacks cultural diversityLacks employmentHeavily focussed on Cancan footy clubFarmers are broke, wheat prices dropped

Teachers•Curriculum is predictable and unadventurous

•Teachers lowering expectations

•Teachers are loyal and experienced, but boring and dull

•Teachers are not united

•Literacy & Numeracy Scores are WORSE than state average

“Old” Traditional Classrooms

Should our classrooms look like this?

Should they stay like this?

Or should we upgrade our learning environments?

Environment = Satisfaction

Appropriate lighting

Different working areas

COLOUR

Plants

TEXTURE

Sound

Miggle Red Willows Classroom Layout

Whole Group Area

Computers

Independent Learning spacesSmall Group

Activity Spaces

Interactive Whiteboard

Play & Project Based Curriculum

FUN

ENGAGING

CAPTIVATING

MOTIVATING“Play and leisure activities provide opportunities for children to learn as they discover, create, improvise and imagine” (MYOP, 2011, p.14)

Play & Project Based Curriculum Embraces

Technology

“The DS has been a super tool for motivating children.” ( Taylor, M 2009)

Happy Children =

Productive Children

Let’s move away from Conventional Teaching...

The Go Kart Project...

InnovativeStudent Based

FUN & EXCITING

Inspiring

Modified for different Levels

Engaged & Fulfilled Students

Improve motivation

Creates Successful Learners

The Go Kart Project will...

Inspire

Knowledge in...

A range of different disciplines

Rewards...

Communication

Problem solving

Working as a team

Creating Independence

Working as a team.......within the community

In our environment

Moving on to other things...

Do as I say, not as I do.

How best to convey your message?

Body Language is what counts... when communicating feelings & attitudes.

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DON’T SEND US TO SLEEP WITH YOUR EXPRESSIONLESS VOICE...

And your terrible body language!!

There’s a...

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=switch+your+brain+on&start=144&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1264&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=8xyDfJ1ln9Fz1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.successswitchformula.com/live/&docid=62vP4w94kwa59M&imgurl=http://www.successswitchformula.com/live/images/elements/switch.jpeg&w=314&h=314&ei=5R6dT7vIE_GhiAfP0YnVDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=104&vpy=362&dur=3127&hovh=224&hovw=224&tx=131&ty=128&sig=107727193143979781570&page=8&tbnh=153&tbnw=156&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:144,i:177

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQerR4btc4&feature=player_embedded#

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