Curriculum

How do we teach reading, writing, spelling & number?

• The Burketown School wide models
• The flower petal planning process

What do we teach?

• ACARA descriptors for English, Maths, Science and History, teaching from the C2C units
• QCAR Essentials for SOSE, LOTE, Technology, the Arts and Health and Physical Education
• Indigenous perspective
• ‘You can do it’ social skills – manners, rules
• Job skills - collaborative thinking, initiative, leadership skills, curiosity, critical assessment, decisiveness, alertness to risk, lateral thinking, technical expertise
• Self reflection

How do we judge our success?

• The Burketown internal monitoring schedule
• NAPLAN
• The school wide data base
• Declining incidences: student disciplinary actions (suspensions)
• Types of assessment: formative, diagnostic, summative
• Teaching and learning audit 2010
• Staff, student & parent opinion surveys