Curriculum Planning Guidelines – Phase 3: Implementation
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This phase involves the progressive implementation of the curriculum plan.
Schools and teachers share their stories about how they are using the Victorian Essential Learning Standards, the Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12, assessment advice and the Curriculum Planning Guidelines to develop rich curriculum for their student sat a whole school level.
Whole school
Read about how three Victorian schools have used the Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12, the Victorian Essential Learning Standards and the inquiry-based teaching approach in Primary Connections to effectively engage students in science.
- Case study: Scientific literacy at Coatesville Primary School
- Case study: Science is jumping at Commercial Road Primary School
- Case study: Linking science literacy and community at Serpell Primary School
Integrating Language and Content: Lessons from an Immersion Program at Bayswater South Primary School (PDF - 184Kb) - Integrated language and content instruction provides opportunities for students to acquire a new language through the study of discipline-based learning domains such as Science, Mathematics, The Humanities, and The Arts. Also known as content-based language learning, this approach has been shown through many studies to be an effective way for students to develop their language skills and their academic skills at the same time.
Turning Japanese at Heathmont East Primary School (PDF - 195Kb) - LOTE teacher, Sue Fraser, takes an integrated approach to the school's LOTE program, making links where possible with what the children are studying with their class teacher and with other domains of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards.
My Learning Journey in Creating the Inclusive Curriculum Planning Template (PDF - 22Kb)
Esther Weichert, Director of Curriculum / Teaching and Learning of Wellington Secondary College has developed an inclusive curriculum planning template that brings together literacy, thinking and social competences in a scaffolded way.
Program and student groupings
"Who uses what" and "Looking after No. 1" (PDF - 318Kb) - Rosemary Gillespie, Jo Goldie & Megan Tyrrell, teachers from Wheelers Hill Primary School, used the school's term planner to design two units of work for their prep students.
Tap into Water (PDF - 233Kb) - Chris Taylor and Annette Benson from Gisborne Primary school decided to redevelop an existing unit of work, making the necessary adjustments and inclusions to incorporate the Victorian Essential Learning Standards and the Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12 (PoLT).
Making learning goals explicit to improve student engagement - Myrtleford Primary School (PDF - 33Kb) - Bernadette Holden from Myrtleford Primary School shares her experience of making learning goals explicit to improve student engagement.
WebQuests
"A WebQuest is a scaffolded learning structure that uses links to
essential resources on the World Wide Web and an authentic task to motivate
students' investigation of a central, open-ended question, development of
individual expertise and participation in a final group process that attempts
to transform newly acquired information into a more sophisticated
understanding. The best WebQuests do this in a way that inspires students to
see richer thematic relationships, facilitate a contribution to the real world
of learning and reflect on their own metacognitive processes."
"WebQuest" as defined by Tom March, circa 2003
What
WebQuests Are (Really) (http://bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp)
The Victorian WebQuest of the Year award for 2004 went to students from Boroondara Park Primary School . Select the link to view their WebQuest project - The Way Things Work (PDF - 81Kb)
For further information see WebQuests
Community Program (PDF - 92Kb)
- Yarram Secondary College
Students participate in one of a range of
community programs that involve community service, skills and personal
development. The themes of students' involvement include: Environment,
Emergency services, Drama and Youth Advance.
Past, pleasant
and future (PDF - 137Kb) - Stawell Secondary College
The project aims to transform
learning for young people, solve local environmental issues and build new
cooperative community relationships.
Individual students
Goal Setting Booklets - Wheelers Hill Primary School
Wheelers Hill Primary School uses goal setting booklets to support individual student in setting goals, action planning for learning, tracking progress and reflecting on progress each term. Parents are part of the process.
Year 5 English Goal Setting Booklet (PDF - 440Kb)
Year 5 Mathematics Goal Setting Booklet (PDF - 288Kb)
Individual Pathways Program - Sunshine Special Development School
Sunshine Special Development School develops Individual Pathways Programs for its senior students, preparing them with real life skills that allow them to become independent citizens.