Principal Update #1 Term 4:
Our Department for Education has recently released a new purpose statement for public education along with a strategy for bringing that purpose to life in schools and preschools across South Australia. These documents are based on extensive consultation with children and young people across the state, staff, parents/carers and community members. A group of our students attended consultation forums last year and more will be involved in online learner workshops to provide further feedback to the department next term.
The strategy identifies 4 key areas of impact:
• Wellbeing
• Learner agency
• Effective learners
• Equity & excellence
These areas will be prioritised and resourced to deliver on our system purpose and to ensure all children and young people learn and thrive and enter the world beyond the classroom ‘ready to learn and to create opportunities to live a satisfying and fulfilling life of their choosing’.
The strategy aligns very closely with the priorities and elements of our school improvement plan and endorses the directions of our strategic planning over the last few years. This includes our focus on wellbeing as a necessary foundation for successful learning and the development of our Wellbeing Team and programs; our commitment to student connectedness, belonging and agency, both within the classroom and across the school, including our House structure; and our work on inclusive curriculum and pedagogy and evidence-informed high impact teaching strategies.
If you are interested in finding out more about the new strategy, you can find more information here.
