At Bracken Ridge State School, we are focussed on educating the whole child, as part of our vision of, “Learning together, learning for life". It's a vision of teamwork, achievement and life-long learning. Our compassionate, caring and dedicated staff ensure that every child feels welcome and supported while in their “learning zone". We explicitly teach the values of Integrity, Courage and Lifelong learning to support our students to be successful in all walks of life both within and outside of the school setting. We relentlessly focus on improving student achievement in all subject areas with a particular focus on supporting students to engage actively with learning to optimise their success at school. Some of the strategies and approaches we use at Bracken Ridge SS, include; · Engagement strategies; strategies to ensure our students are ready for learning and supported socially and emotionally so they can learn; unconditional positive regard for each other. · Assessment ready learner strategies; teachers ensure students are aware of the 'success criteria' of assessment tasks so they know what they need to do to improve and reach goals; Bump it Up walls to demonstrate what different achievement levels look like for English assessment tasks (support goal setting, self-reflection and feedback for improvement) · Age Appropriate Pedagogies; a range of approaches to teaching that are age appropriate and include characteristics such as active learning, collaborative learning, creative learning, explicit teaching, language rich learning, learner focused lessons, playful learning, responsive and scaffolded learning. · Co-teaching; teams of teachers and teacher aides planning and teaching together to provide focused and targeted instructions to meet the individual needs of students. - Growth Mindset - fostering and teaching students to adopt an opened growth mindset to believe that learning can be developed, abilities can grow and challenges can be overcome
· Neuroscience; understanding how their brains work for learning and emotional regulation; · Mindfulness; strategies for students to 'centre themselves, strategies to support emotional regulation; strategies to support focus for deep learning. · Inclusion and Wrap Around Support for students; we provide students with additional support based on individual need within the context of their classroom or playground. We are constantly striving to embrace new and innovative practices within our curriculum with high expectations of all students. Our academic programs are of a very high quality and our enthusiastic and experienced staff are committed to the development of the potential in every child. Our school recognises the diverse backgrounds of our students and supports individual needs through our extensive intervention and support programs, Inclusion program and individualized approaches to student learning. Making all of this happen, is a team of high performing teachers, specialist staff and teacher aides, who are passionate about ensuring that we provide high quality learning to all students. We welcome you into our school community and invite you to take a school tour or book a time for an enrolment interview – Call us on 07 3869 7888.
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