Girraween Primary School
Girraween developed a whole-school approach to focus their teaching of mathematics through the proficiencies. They nominated a mathematics/numeracy coach, who mentored the staff to change how they taught mathematics in the school. Teachers engaged in …
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How were the progressions developed?
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), in partnership with NSW Department of Education, led the development of national collaborative action to develop the progressions from mid-2016 to the end of 2017. During 2016, version …
How were the progressions developed? | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Mathematics: Money and financial literacy
Inverloch Primary School provides cohesive learning, engagement and wellbeing programs. The ‘Challenging Learning and Growth Mindset’ helps provide a rich theoretical and practical approach to learning. The school caters for the diversity of students …
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Sadadeen Primary School
Sadadeen Primary School is a small school in Alice Springs. There are 130 children and around 92 per cent of them are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background and 80 per cent for whom EAL/D (English is an Additional Language or Dialect). The school …
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Mawson Primary School
Mawson Primary School is situated in the suburbs of Canberra. 50 per cent of the student population has EAL/D. The school offers all students the opportunity to learn Mandarin as a second language. There are several bilingual classes, where students learn …
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The Hills Christian Community School
The Hills Christian Community School (HCCS) is an independent school situated in the picturesque Adelaide Hills, two minutes from Hahndorf and 20 minutes from Adelaide. With the opening of the Early Learning Centre (ELC), HCCS offers effective transition …
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Gillen Primary School, Alice Springs
Gillen Primary School is situated in the town of Alice Springs and provides educational programs from preschool to Year 6. At the time of filming the school had 312 students of which 180 are Indigenous. Gillen has been a ‘National Accelerated Literacy …
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Kalinda Primary School
Kalinda Primary School is a government school in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. At the time of filming there were 473 students enrolled, 27 teaching staff and 11 non-teaching staff. Kalinda has an energetic learning environment, and staff continually …
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Brighton Primary School
Brighton Primary School is a large school incorporating a centre for the hearing-impaired. At the time of filming, there were 619 students at the school. The additional language at the school is Auslan. The school’s vision statement is: ‘Engage, imagine, …
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Version 3 of National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions
In December 2019, the then Education Council agreed that Version 3 of the National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions (NLNLPs) would be used for the alpha phase of the Online Formative Assessment Initiative in 2020. Consistent with that decision, …
Version 3 of National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Two-way science at Leonora: investigating the Mamutjitji (antlion) and other invertebrates
Leonora District High School is a Foundation to Year 12 government school located in the remote mining community of Leonora which is 840 kms north-east of Perth in Western Australia on the traditional lands of the Wankatja people. It has an enrolment …
Two-way science at Leonora: investigating the Mamutjitji (antlion) and other invertebrates | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
Career education: STEAM learning and creative problem solving
This Illustration of practice demonstrates how Burnie Primary School incorporates career education through the implementation of a Science, Technologies, Engineering, The Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) program, which also provides students with the opportunity …
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Career education: Career Week, linking learning to real life opportunities
This illustration of practice highlights how Hillman Primary School developed a career education program to assist students to make informed decisions about their study and career options and set goals for the future. Students develop Personal and Social, …
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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School
Our Lady of Mercy Deloraine School is in rural Tasmania and at the time of filming had 135 students, with this number made up of multi-age classes from Foundation to Year 6, and 13 teaching staff. The focus of this school is the provision of education …
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St John’s Lutheran Primary School
St John's Lutheran Primary School is located in the coastal town of Bundaberg and has been operating for over 30 years. At the time of filming, the school had 200 F–7students. A community kindergarten is also located on site. The school began the curriculum …
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Ballarat Clarendon College
Ballarat Clarendon College (BCC) is a regional independent school. At the time of filming there were approximately 450 students in the Early Learning – Year 4 campus. The identification and implementation of evidenced-based teaching approaches are proven …
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St Mary's School, Greenborough
St Mary's is a Catholic primary school in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. At the time of filming there were 540 students, 39 teaching staff (including part-time teachers) and 15 non-teaching staff. A comprehensive, rich, values-based curriculum is …
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Hale School
The Hale School took an initiative to assist students to develop strategies to ingrain ways of thinking mathematically into their learning. They took on a focus of problem-based learning and realised, with the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: …
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Leigh Creek Area School
Leigh Creek is situated 560kms north of Adelaide in the hot, arid zone of South Australia’s northern Flinders Ranges. Leigh Creek Area School caters to students from Foundation to Year 12 (F – 12) and is located on the traditional lands of the Adnyamathanha …
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Science: Energy transfer/Mathematics: Statistics and probability
Malibu School is an education support school for students from Foundation to Year 12 with intellectual disability, physical disability, sensory impairment (vision and hearing), challenging behaviour and/or autistic spectrum disorder. Classes at Malibu …
Science: Energy transfer/Mathematics: Statistics and probability | Illustrations of practice | Student diversity | Resources