Sally Avern's Professional Journey

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When using the writing houses it works if we start from the bottom and work up. Hence, if you see a student is struggling it will be best if you work backwards. Noticing a gap means you can see what sits below it, strengthening these areas with help them move up the framework.   All Resources are owned by Ambereley District State school and cannot be copied or sold without express permission.

School Wide Procedures for 2022 -Do the class Matrix -If you're sending a student to buddy Class make sure it is documented and parents are notified.  -if you call behaviour support, it must go onto oneschool so that everyone has access to it and we can add anything to it if need be.  -We want to increase positve behaviour reporting as well. We forget to record those -1:4 -Extra points for being on time, having their diary and home reading. 

 

 Morning Circles Evidence suggests that by using the Berry street model will help us to ensure our students are able to access the social and emotional development they need to access the learning.  (This is available on the BSEM website here ) One of the ways we can achieve this is by starting out day with a morning circle.  The basic outline involves practices which create a positive start, community and a sense of belonging.  The proposed steps will be:  Greeting Check in with higher needs children Flash focus (a focus on our school wide expectation for that week) Announcements  Positive Primer to create an upbeat mood Brain break to use for the day Friday Reflections on what went well. This will be rolled out across the school.   My personal thoughts: I am really excited as this aligns very closely with our Morning Meeting. As we have older kids I would love to keep calling it a Morning meeting and I am not sure how easy it will be to have a circle in our already giant classroom (5