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WELCOME BACK TO 2021!!
Dear St Saviour's Primary Families,
What a great first couple of days it has been at St Saviour's Primary to start the 2021 school year. Already it has been fantastic to see all of the learning taking place in classrooms, on the playground and in PE, Music, Drama and Japanese lessons.
With learning in mind, it is exciting to be able to announce that St Saviour's Primary will be part of the Toowoomba Catholic Schools' 'Ignite Learning Project' which commences this year.
The Ignite Learning project is based on educational expert John Hattie’s Visible Learning work which includes the world’s largest collection of research on what actually works in improving student outcomes. It draws on the many texts that are continuously being published within the official Visible Learning Collection as well as a large range of other well-known educationalist from across the globe.
The ultimate aim of the project being, to ensure that all students achieve academic success. This project, however, is also aimed at assisting our learners to develop the skill, will and thrill of learning by creating learning environments centered clearly on ‘learning’ and the development of learners who are equipped with skills, understandings and drive to be able to successfully negotiate the complex and uncertain nature of the world of their future. St Saviour's Primary in consultation with Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office will work hard to develop a strong culture of learning, a common language of learning and a community of learners across the school.
During the pupil free days last week, all staff spent a day with Catherine Kimmorley (TCS Education Officer) working on our consistent language of learning. Staff, parents and students will play a strong part in developing and embedding this language of learning across our community. More information will be available in the near future around this topic. I will also speak about it at the parent information night and I do encourage you to come along.
The project is extremely exciting and I leave you with a quote which again relays what we are looking for in this project.
”Creating learning environments where children want to come to learn, want to invest in learning, enjoy the mastery of learning and are invited to reinvest in learning. We want schools to be places where children are taught precious knowledge, heritages of themselves and others, respect for self and others, and how to participate in the rule of law and fundamental premises of a democracy. We desire schools to be inviting places where children want to explore, create, be curious and relate and transfer ideas as these are the very attributes we would want them to explore and exhibit when are adults.”
Hattie & Smith, 2021
Enjoy your week.
Sam Hannant
APA