Australian Curriculum Talks (ACT)

This term we hosted two ACT Meetings, providing teachers in the Kalgoorlie area with the opportunity to learn about, discuss and share experiences related to the implementation of the Australian Curriculum.

The first ACT Meeting was held on the fourteenth of May and was very well attended by 45 teachers, Heads of Learning Areas, curriculum leaders, deputies and principals. The focus of the first meeting was "Putting the puzzle together" and determining direction for future meetings. Participants revised some key messages about the Australian Curriculum and discussed how the elements of the curriculum work together. Teachers shared strategies for effectively using the year level statements, content descriptions, elaborations, achievement standards and work sample portfolios to plan, teach and assess using the West Australian Curriculum English.

The second ACT Meeting was held on the 25th of June with an emphasis on punctuation. Twenty participants discussed the expectations of the Australian Curriculum in regards to the explicit teaching of punctuation and grammar, shared resources to support teachers and discussed best practice teaching strategies.

Next term, in week three, our ACT Meeting has a whole school and Year seven transition flavour; the high school and some local primary schools are going to share their whole school Literacy plans and teachers will participate in some fun activities to develop shared understanding of the curriculum.