Wai Pod

Parent Information Afternoon

Joe

Wai Pod TeachersWai Pod Teachers

Joe Bailey - Team Leader/Wai 1

Megan Happl - Wai 2

Aimee Keenan - Wai 3

Grant Hammond - PE/Fitness

Lisa Moore - Performing ArtsHow you can you help?

The Purpose is to inform you of what we are doing and importantly

explain how you can support your child’s learning

Joe

Our Vision for the YearOur Vision for the Year

Work together effectively

Give children a ‘student voice’

Provide effective communication

Teach children to be self-managing

Joe

Working Together EffectivelyWorking Together Effectively

Discussing work and helping each other

As a team meet regularly to discuss Dojo winners and why they won, and to discuss our inquiry

How you can you help?

Work with them on their home learning to show that it is effective

i.e. peer assessment of writing - part of our process

Joe

Student VoiceStudent VoiceCircle-time

Create systems and routines with them

Inquiry - authentic real purpose

How you can you help?

Support their Inquiry home learning tasks

Show enthusiasm!

Joe

Effective CommunicationEffective CommunicationMornings at 8.30Email

WebsiteDiary

Weekly Newsletter - displayed in PodLetters home

Reflection workshop on Friday ‘we want it to be worthwhile’

How you can you help?

Inform us immediately of any worries or concerns

Share your thinking

Let us know what you would like to know more about.

Joe

Self-ManagementSelf-ManagementEncourage children to take ownership and responsibility

Children take control over their own learning e.g. goal setting, choosing the right tool to assist their learning

Organizing themselves during the day quickly and efficiently

How you can you help?

Encourage to sort bags out

Working to a deadline

Routine for home learning to encourage independence and develop good habits

Aimee

Dojo PointsDojo PointsPoint reward system based on behaviours we want to encourage in class

Links to the Summit Points

It is flexible

Megan

Basic Facts Basic Facts Links to Numeracy Strategies

Repetition

Recall within three seconds

Variety of activities

How you can you help?

Set a routine to practice and support a variety of activities

Mathletics Live - Mathletics Courses

Aimee

InquiryInquiryThinking - what works best for us?Thinking - what works best for us?Thinking - what works best for us?Thinking - what works best for us?

How do we learn best?Finding out what helps us learn

Identifying our intelligencesTrialling ideas and measuring it’s success

Create an effective learning environment within the class and the pod i.e. design a Da Vinci space

How you can you help?

Discuss their thinking - refer to the real world - what do companies do to encourage creative/deeper thinking

Would love to reach out and visit a business

Joe

Literacy - Home Learning Literacy - Home Learning Book Book

Children should select an appropriate book for their level

Read for about 20 mins everyday - record in the diary

How can you help at home?

Hear them read and ask questions - not so much decoding more about

understanding

Inform us if you feel the book is inappropriate

Listen to audio books

Joe

Writing Writing Our current focus for this term is:

Capital letters and full stopsIt makes sense - spotting missing words

Essential spellingVocabulary - using their green pen - make it

greatCelebrate their hard work - identify the positive

How can you help at home?

Any work in their diary needs to be peer assessed by you!

Megan

Spelling - Home LearningSpelling - Home LearningSpelling words based around essential words and

words they are spelling incorrectly in their own writing

Try a variety of strategies as suggested in the diary such as:

Writing the word four times in different colours

Write the word in a meaningful sentence

Find words within words

Scrabble letters

Aimee

WebsiteWebsite

Main pageLinks to activities

Year 4 noticesClass pagesExamples of work

Photos of what’s been happening - great to start a discussion at home

Reflections

How can you help at home?

Discuss photos on website - help refer back to learningEncourage use of Ultranet - there will be questions to discuss and opportunities to

support each other - effective eLearning

Megan

Leadership Opportunities Leadership Opportunities

Encourage taking on responsibility

Year 4Librarians

Kiss and Drop

Year 5-6PE Shed monitors

Rainy Day RangersBus MonitorsOffice Angels

Aimee

Nuts and Nuts and Bolts Bolts

Camp - more info and a meeting is coming!

Children need to wear appropriate shoes for fitness

Parent Help is always appreciated and if you can offer any help please see the class teacher

Joe

That’s it!That’s it!

There will a Pod Termly Newsletter revisiting key information on how you can

help etc.

Please see us if you have any particular questions.

Thanks for coming!Joe