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The Blonde Bombshells

The Blonde Bombshells. Teaching & Learning POLICY. The Blonde Bombshells. Andrea Dawes. Jen Smigowski. Candice Canning. Will Neville. Sarah Reddie. Creating Our School, Town & Principal. Miggle Red Willows. Principal: Mrs Charlie Villdaw. Town: Can-Can Creek. Mission.

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The Blonde Bombshells

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  1. The Blonde Bombshells Teaching & Learning POLICY

  2. The Blonde Bombshells Andrea Dawes Jen Smigowski Candice Canning Will Neville Sarah Reddie

  3. Creating Our School, Town & Principal Miggle Red Willows Principal: Mrs Charlie Villdaw Town:Can-Can Creek

  4. Mission Impossible... Or is it...?

  5. 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

  6. NOW A MESSAGE FROM CHARLIE... MRS “Charlie” VILLDAW Principal of Miggle Red Willows

  7. 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

  8. What the town has to offer... The Lake Can-Can Creek Sports Centre Can-Can Creek Football Club

  9. Local Businesses are shrinking... Can-can creek main street...

  10. LOCAL FARMERS & FAMILIES STRUGGLE as Wheat prices fall....

  11. Meet our teachers Mrs Bee Dazzler Mrs Jen Tull Grade Prep Teachers Ms Polly Lite

  12. Meet our teachers Mr Bay Mr William Wallace Grade 1 & 2 Teachers Mrs Summer

  13. Meet our teachers Ms Rita Buch Mrs Emma Royds Mr Hamish Is Where Grade 3 & 4 Teachers

  14. Meet our teachers Mr Shaun Sheep Mr C Pitch Mrs Gord Love Grade 5 & 6 Teachers

  15. Check out our school Our School has amazing NEW resources BUT.... Thanks to the Victorian Government Stimulus Package...

  16. Let’s hear it from the horses mouth Let’s take a look through the SQUARE window today kids..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIQuFlAPnI&feature=g-upl

  17. Mission from Charlie: “To inspire active, productive and enthusiastic lifelong learners who create brighter futures for our community and our world”

  18. BOMBSHELLS THESE ARE THE ISSUES... Parents • Parent involvement is almost non-existent • School Council Members are few • Low attendance to parent teacher evenings and report nights 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 Community Lacks cultural diversity Lacks employment Heavily focussed on Cancan footy club Farmers 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

  19. “Old” Traditional Classrooms Should our classrooms look like this?

  20. Should they stay like this? Or should we upgrade our learning environments?

  21. Environment = Satisfaction

  22. Appropriate lighting TEXTURE COLOUR • Different working areas Plants Sound

  23. Miggle Red Willows Classroom Layout Computers Independent Learning spaces Small Group Activity Spaces Whole Group Area Interactive Whiteboard

  24. Play & Project Based Curriculum FUN ENGAGING CAPTIVATING

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

  26. Play & Project Based Curriculum Embraces Technology “The DS has been a super tool for motivating children.” ( Taylor, M 2009)

  27. Happy Children = Productive Children

  28. Let’s move away from Conventional Teaching...

  29. The Go Kart Project... Student Based Innovative Engaged & Fulfilled Students Creates Successful Learners Inspiring FUN & EXCITING Improve motivation Modified for different Levels

  30. The Go Kart Project will... Inspire

  31. Rewards... Knowledge in... A range of different disciplines

  32. Communication Problem solving Working as a team Creating Independence

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

  34. In our environment

  35. Moving on to other things...

  36. Do as I say, not as I do.

  37. How best to convey your message? Body Language is what counts... when communicating feelings & attitudes.

  38. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz DON’T SEND US TO SLEEP WITH YOUR EXPRESSIONLESS VOICE... And your terrible body language!!

  39. There’s a...

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

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