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PROGRAM FOR THE NIGHTMIDDLE SCHOOL PHILOSOPHYESSENTIAL LEARNINGSQUALITY TEACHINGSTUDENT WELL-BEINGCAMPPRAYER QUESTIONS IN YOUR STUDENT’S CLASS

MIDDLE SCHOOLING PHILOSOPHY

All Middle Years learners are individuals who come from a range of linguistic, cultural and social backgrounds.  They bring to learning their own prior knowledge and experiences, needs, interests, concerns, expectations and aspirations.  Middle Years Learners are… experiencing adolescents and the accompanying emotional, physical and sexual changes learning to form, articulate and manage relationships developing greater interdependence with their peers and independence with their lives  questioning schooling and their engagement with schooling, reflecting on who they are, where they belong, what they value and where they are going developing their own voice by becoming more aware that they can make changes for themselves and others aiming for a stronger sense of belonging through participation in wider adolescent cultures

MIDDLE SCHOOLING PHILOSOPHY

Inspired by CuriosityEmpowered by Hope

ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS1. FUTURES: developing perspectives to critically reflect upon and contribute to creating preferred futures,

2. IDENTITY: critically understanding and developing personal identity, group identity, and relationships, and acting to shape these,

3. INTERDEPENDENCE: developing a sense of connectedness with other people, and systems, reflecting on and taking action to shape local and global communities,

ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS4. THINKING: developing creativity, enterprise, wisdom and the capability to evaluate and generate ideas and solutions,

5. COMMUNICATION: developing knowledge, skills and dispositions required to construct and deconstruct meaning and to critically understand and use the power of communication and technologies,

In the Middle Years Band, as in all other Bands, literacy, numeracy and information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key dimensions of all Essential Learnings, and in particular the Communication Essential Learning.

QUALITY TEACHING

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STUDENT WELL-BEINGAt St Francis Student Well – Being consists of a number of complimentary programs.Such as You Can Do IT, Circle Time, Rock and Water, Choice Theory and a focus on developing Personal Responsibility

STUDENT WELL - BEINGYOU CAN DO IT PROGRAM

The YOU CAN DO IT program is being taught over a two year, whole school timetable to ensure all students are exposed to and use the language both in the yard and in the classroom

STUDENT WELL - BEING ROCK AND WATERStudents will have weekly opportunities to learn the skills and techniques these two programs offer with the aim to become strong, confident and successful global citizens

CAMPAquatics Camp at Victor Harbor

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PRAYER

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