Assistant Principal - Learning and Teaching

Blended Learning

As the College continues with Blended Learning for this week and next week, I want to make parents and carers aware of the student expectations and ‘engagement’ with learning whilst away from school.  

The College is still running on the scheduled timetable for all lesson times throughout the day. This allows classroom teachers to schedule online lessons during their normal class times. 

Teachers are making use of Google Classroom for classwork and Zoom video conferencing to deliver lessons. Teachers Zoom 1 lesson at the start of the week for their subject, so as to go through the week’s work and offer instruction. This work will then be completed by the student and uploaded to Google Classroom for marking and feedback. 

Students are expected to attend this weekly Zoom lesson for each subject. Teachers will also offer an optional ‘catch up’ Zoom lesson if students need further assistance. 

The exception to this is Year 12, who will work with their teachers to decide on the best approach regarding the number and timing of Zooms from next week forward. Each Year 12 Teacher will outline the expectations for their classes so as to properly finish off course content and/or revise for their external assessments in Term 4. 

Parents and carers can support their sons and daughters during Blended Learning in a number of ways. Parents and carers should ‘join’ their child’s Google Classroom for each subject so as to get a summary report of submitted work for the week. In addition Parents and carers should engage with their child’s Google Classroom account and see the level of communication, weekly work expectations, the subject content/resources and submission due for the week. 

Any student who does not engage with the set learning for the week is recorded and the Pastoral Team have been making contact with home to inform parents of the limited engagement across subjects. This will allow families to discuss any issues and work through options to support student learning during this time away from school. 

I would encourage Parents and Carers to make contact with the relevant teachers or Leaders of Learning if there are any specific academic concerns whilst we are in Blended Learning. 

Study Skills 

Learn more this year about how to improve your results and be more efficient and effective with your schoolwork by working through the units on www.studyskillshandbook.com.au. Our College access details are:

Our school’s access details are:

School’s Username – stjohnpaul

School’s password – 89success

In addition, our subscription to Elevate Education may assist in this area.

This online platform contains resources and useful study tips that all SJPC students will find effective. We encourage them to access this Student Portal and try some of the strategies. Students have the password to this site. The password can also be found on the Curriculum Noticeboard.

AMDG

James Furey
Assistant Principal
Learning and Teaching