Morningside State School implements the Australian Curriculum in all learning areas. Our Prep curriculum aligns with the Australian Curriculum Foundation level.
Teachers work collaboratively to develop units and ensure that they suit the context of the community, the school, the classrooms and most importantly, the students. Units are planned and delivered with careful consideration of the knowledge and skills to be taught (content), the activities or ways students learn the content (process), the documented evidence of student learning (product) and the physical and emotional setting of the classroom (environment). This means that in every year level the same curriculum is delivered, however, the way the curriculum is taught in each classroom may look different, in response to the learning styles and needs of the students in a particular class. Class teachers and Inclusion teachers work together to identify and implement relevant strategies, resources and differentiation practices to support the learning and success for ALL of our students.
Throughout units of work, students receive specific and constructive feedback on ways to improve their learning. Students in many classes are actively involved in setting their own learning goals, based on the feedback given to them by their teachers.
Reporting to parents occurs through parent-teacher interviews in Terms 1 and 3, as well as through written reports in Terms 2 and Term 4. Written reports are emailed to parents so it important that the office is informed if your contact details change. If you do not have access to email, please ensure you let the office know so we can arrange a hard copy for you.
Culture of Thinking
“When you see the thinking, you know the learning."
Ron Ritchhart
A Culture of Thinking is a learning environment where thinking is valued, visible and actively promoted. Ron Ritchhart, a researcher at Harvard University, has identified 8 cultural forces in every classroom that help to promote thinking. These are expectations, language, time, modelling, opportunities, routines, interactions and the environment.
Our teachers strive to create a culture of thinking in their classrooms using a variety of methods, including “thinking routines" which support a common language of thinking, time and organisation for thinking, an environment rich with the documents of thinking processes, and making teacher and student thinking, and subsequently learning, visible.
Harvard Graduate school Project Zero website