Teaching and Learning

At Bracken Ridge State School our Staff engage in a range of teaching stratagies to support all learners to achieve. success.

Diverse Learning

At Bracken Ridge State School, teachers work in partnership to support students with a range of additional needs. This includes students who require learning support to meet year level learning requirements as well as those with verified disabilities, specified learning difficulties/disorders, social/emotional needs, behavioural needs, learning extension and English as an additional language. The goal of the program is to work to meet Bracken Ridge's motto of 'Learning together, learning for life.'

Bracken Ridge State School works on a Tiers of Support model - that is, the higher the student's needs, the higher level of support is provided. This can range from Tier 1, where students are supported in the classroom through differentiation, up to Tier 3 where they are provided with intensive intervention from the specialised team members. The level of support provided is decided by assessing evidence gathered through classroom participation, reports/assessments and in consultation with the classroom teacher, HIVE team and SWAN (Students with Additional Needs) team and the leadership team.

Diverse learners are supported by the following staff:

• HIVE – Head of Inclusion, teachers and teacher aides
• HIVE - Intervention teacher
• Guidance Officer
• Speech Language Pathologist
• School based Psychologist
• Student Welfare Worker
• Advisory Visiting Teachers (AVT)
• Therapists for students with verified disabilities.

Referral to each of the staff is decided at a SWAN meeting based on evidence of learning and progress.

All students who are supported by the HIVE and SWAN team will have a Personalised Learning Record. This will outline goals, strategies, and the support the student will be provided. This plan is revisited and reviewed regularly and discussed with parents at parent teacher interviews. This is to ensure a clear, collaborative, and transparent approach to a student's progress.

Personalised Learning

Staff members at Bracken Ridge State School are passionate about personalising learning for all students.   

We achieve this through: 

• Exploring and catering to student preferred learning styles.
• Providing and delivering personalised learning whereby teachers select appropriate content and strategies based on pre-assessments, student data and student learning goals.
• Embedding a range of teaching strategies and techniques to support students to engage with and achieve success with learning.

Allowing students the opportunity to demonstrate and receive feedback on their learning.