Murrupurtiyanuwu+Catholic+School


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 * Ian Marmont Deputy Principal ||

Action Plan. I want to make this change: Implement the Quicksmart Program. I am conscious that these people will be affected: children, taechers, teacher's assistants, tutors.

These are the steps in my plan. 1. Leah, Stacey, Cilla, Ian. Identify people who can be trained to be tutors. Week 8. 2. Joe, Nick, Rowan.Source the materials, equipment needed. Weeks 8 - 10. 3. Ian, Meredith, Leah. Find a room or space for the program to be based in. Week 8. 4. Ian, Joe, Nick. Staff information session on QS. Week 8. 5. Joe, Nick, Ian. Run tutor training sessions. Week 9. 6. Ian, Joe, Nick. Testing of Year 6 children. Week 9, 10. 7. Simone, Ian, Nick, Joe. Identify children to participate in QS. Attendance must be taken into consideration. Weeks 9, 10. 8. Leah, Ian. Visit families to tell them of the program and offer their child a place. Invite families to watch a QS session. Week 10. 9. Workmen, Rowan. Set up the room. Week 10. 10. Tutors, children start program Week 1, Term 2. 11. Set times for review of program. Reflection. 12. Continue to train new staff. 13. Raise community awareness of program through newsletter etc. 14. Send in data. 15. Analyse data at school level. 16. Report to parents on student achievements. Ongoing throughout program.


 * Workshop 2: September 10 -12,2009 Catholic Education Office, Darwin.**

At her presentation reflecting on the work being done at at MCS, the Principal, Leah Kerinaiua made the following observations:

//Count Me in Too// activities are now a regular part of each class' timetable, first thing each morning

DET numeracy Education Officer, Tanya Kolomitsev provided PD to staff, examining the Space strand of NTCF, principles of assesment for learning and the //Count Me In// //Too// Space resources

A Curriculum Map for the Mathematics Key Learning Area has been developed.

The Quicksmart tutor program is operating across the grades, with a dedicated coordinator and tutor.

Years 4, 5 and 6 boys are undertaking an elective in which they are mapping sections of the community.

There is a Tiwi Maths program operating in the Early Years which is currently focusing on the numbers 1-5, classification, subtraction, Time divisions in Tiwi and the concepts of 'full' and 'empty'.

Primary staff are looking at student-centered numeracy activities for use in Primary classes.