BSDS Whole School Approach to English - Booklet 2021
PLC 1 Vision and Purpose
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR)
The Respectful Relationships whole-school approach, recognises that schools are a workplace, a community hub and a place of learning. Everyone involved in our school community deserves to be respected, valued and treated equally.
We know that changes in attitudes and behaviours can be achieved when positive attitudes, behaviours and equality are lived across the school community, and when classroom learning is reinforced by what is modelled in our school community.
Classrooms explicitly teach RRRR twice a week and follow this within all areas of the school.Bendigo SDS has been acknowledged, state-wide, for their work in this area and identified as a special school of excellence and leadership in the Respectful Relationships area.
Whole School Reading Approach
At Bendigo SDS we follow an evidence based reading, spelling and writing approach using the Five Keys to Reading
Thousands of studies of the teaching of reading, and how children learn to read, have been published in scientific and academic journals. It has been found that there are five essential skills for reading and that a high quality literacy program should include all five components.
For more information go to the Five from Five website. https://fivefromfive.com.au/
Strengthened Career Education
The strengthened career planning is designed to:
Strengthened Career Education helps students, their parents and teachers engage in career conversations about what the student can do, their strengths, and readiness for work.
For more information go to:
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/careers/Pages/disabilitypathways.aspx