• Students

• Parents

• Teachers

Transition

Pedagogy

Structures/ Organisation

Perth Symposium

Forward Focus

Feedback from

Participants

Survey

Forming connections with Primary Schools

The deliberate employment of Primary Teachers for Year 7 and 8

Parents are transitioning as well

Not just about Year 7 – whole of secondary

WHERE TO FROM HERE

Specific teaching skills for classroom management of lower level students.Strategies for team teaching.Behaviour management micro skills

secondary teachers in primary schools investigating different approaches

I likes the idea of the High school teachers spending time in Primary Uear 7 classes.

Current Secondary Teachers need to know more about what is currently being taught in Years 6 and 7. They need to be able to visit Primary schools, talk to the teachers, see the work being completed and be able to get programs. This all takes time for them to do, and they should be able to access substantial time release (like 5 days minimum per teacher in 2014) to be able to do this.

A session in a primary school classroom or a workshop with primary teachers on how to engage and sustain curiosity, structure differentiated learning activities, and timing sequences of learning.

Writing Integrated units of work!

on site, engaging, seen as purposeful

Attending a Primary school classroomPD on stages of the development of the adolescent brain

How to relate to middle school studentsHow to engage middle school students in 2014 and beyond

We are continuing to focus on Visible Learning practices and this will be a significant focus for the preparation of learning & teaching of Year 7.

I think we're fine, but probably looking at young adolescent learners.

I anticipate staff will be interessted in better understanding he ways in which young adolescents think and learn and how to organise learning so that it is effeccive and engaging for Year 7s.

More middle schooling concepts need to be explained from a pedagogy background.

Middle School philosophy - learners, teaching, assessment

Anything related to dealing with the typical issues that this age group finds challenging.Anything that highlights the cognitive differences between these learners and the learners that Secondary Schools are currently familiar with

Intergration of learning principles of young adolescent learners

Middle Schooling Literacy and numeracy

We have an established Year 7 to Secondary Working Party. This group together with readings provided to us in preparation for the WA Symposium plus our learnings from this event will inform the October Twilight for our College.

Aspects of all of the areas deailed in section 6 above

Yr 7 is already sucessfully integrated into our Middle Phase

Integration across the curriculum, developing student centred rather than subject centred learning

Need some very practical whole school strategies for assisting students with organisation, homework and assessment.

Areas of focus Integration of learning principles of young adolescent learners

Developing good, data informed practices to change school culture?

Integration of middle schooling principles into the timetable?

Implementation of the Australian Curriculum for Year 7 and 8

Templates for auditing school action on curriculum/pedagogy

Plan with and have conversations with feeder Primary Schools

Secondary teachers in Primary Schools

Understanding the Adolescent Learner

Deepening primary teachers knowledge of secondary curriculum

Support and resourcing opportunities

Planning and teaching

• What - Australian Curriculum

The Curriculum

Scope and Status of Curriculum Areas 7-10Years 7-8 Years 9-10

Core

ReligionEnglishMathematicsScienceHumanities & Social Scienceso Historyo Geographyo Civics & Citizenshipo Economics & BusinessHPEArtsLanguagesTechnologies

Religion English Mathematics Science History HPE +Electives from other curriculum areas + Work Studies (to be renamed)

Fact

Percentage of time for core curriculum areas across years of schooling

P-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9 10

% core curriculum time

73% 80% 80% 86% 55% 53%

%unallocated time

27% 20% 20% 14% 45% 47%

Priority and Emphasis in Learning

In the upper primary years and the first years of lower secondary schooling, the Australian Curriculum continues to prioritise English and literacy and Mathematics and numeracy, along with the opportunity for a broad education drawing from each of the eight learning areas outlined in the Melbourne Declaration. The Australian Curriculum across these years of schooling provides core or common learning opportunities, while also providing opportunities for students to deepen their learning in particular areas according to their interests and needs.

(Shape of the Australian Curriculum v4.0, 2012, 38)

Consideration

Rather than being self-contained or fixed, disciplines are interconnected, dynamic and growing. A discipline-based curriculum should allow for cross-disciplinary learning that broadens and enriches each student’s learning.

The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Version 4.0

Support and resourcing opportunities

For Planning and teaching

• How – Model of Pedagogy

The model of pedagogy

Support and resourcing opportunities

Building collaborative partnerships & opportunities across primary & secondary

A way forward Some thoughts:

Curriculum literacies Master Class Planning for Year 7/8 Organisation of learning – timetable

Time to organise and plan for 2014

Date: October 28