We had our last cluster get together, looking at how we progress in the future and how we can share ideas once the 3 years are over. Some great ideas from the other schools, we will look at using Scratch next year to run some programming, probably starting as a lunchtime or before school activity. ePortfolios are still on the horizon, perhaps trialling next year in one class. Hardware is always an issue and that is something we need to really think about over the summer.
Other activities, we created a draft curriculum for years 1&2, 3&4 and 5&6. This was rolled out at a staff meeting then discussed at syndicates. The idea behind it is that many of the activities we are already doing, we are just putting some structure behind them. Another interesting outcome from the development was a realisation our kids can use the software, but do not always have the depth of knowledge behind its workings. Including a knowledge element to the curriculum will allow us to focus on that.
Rochelle is working hard to run school workshops for the kids, that means our current year 5's and some year 4's will get some training in mentoring the younger students, an introduction to responsibility with a view to becoming leaders next year.
Sure there is a lot more but those are the highlights.
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