Glenmore Park Learning Alliance - Website Guide Local schools working together Regentville PS Surveyors Creek PS Emu Plains PS Emu Heights PS Leonay PS Warragamba PS Glenmore Park PS Glenmore Park Learning Alliance - Website Guide

Homepage Please go to http://www.glenmorepark-lc.schools.nsw.edu.au/home To access the Glenmore Park Learning Alliance website. On the website we have: Maths and English Units Useful websites Science Units (coming soon) History Units (coming soon) Information about professional development opportunities across the schools. Parent Information Bradley Lanham

Staff Tab This tab will give you access to: ATSI information and resources Edmodo information about how to join the GPLA group Worthwhile websites such as Modern Chalkboard, Habits of Mind info etc. Bradley Lanham

ATSI Under the STAFF tab, you can access the ATSI page. On this page you can access information about: Interactive Dreamtime stories Interactive Aboriginal Artwork displays Reading and comprehension resources Bradley Lanham

Edmodo Under the STAFF tab, you can access the EDMODO page. On this page you can access information about: How to join the GPLA Edmodo group. This group allows you to discuss matters with other members of the GPLA and other members of the group. Please feel free to join the group at any point. Edmodo is a professional networking website for educators. Bradley Lanham

Worthwhile Websites On the ‘Worthwhile Websites’ page are a range of useful sites. If you have your own websites that you believe should be shared, please forward them through to Nick Lister or Bradley Lanham. Bradley Lanham

English After hitting the ENGLISH tab, you can then move into ES1-S3 for units of work or you can access other syllabus resources or information on Focus on Reading Bradley Lanham

Early Stage 1 – Stage 3 Under the ENGLISH tab, you can access the ES1-S3 pages. On this page you can access the: Planners/templates that are used by the GPLA The content covered by the units as a downloadable file Literary devices and concepts that units can be based on You also have the tabs to access the pages – UNITS OF WORK, ASSESSMENT and INTERACTIVE WEBSITES Bradley Lanham

Units of Work Under the ES1-S3 tabs, you can access the UNITS OF WORK pages. On these pages you can access: All of the English Concept Units that have been made. These units may be added to in the near future, so please keep an eye out for new units. To download the units please click on the links as shown. Bradley Lanham

Assessment This page is still under construction. Once assessment tasks for the English Concept Units have been created, they will be posted on this page Bradley Lanham

Interactive Websites Under the ENGLISH > ES1-S3 tabs, you can access the INTERACTIVE WEBSITES pages. On these pages you can access : A range of great interactive websites for the English Syllabus. As shown, these have been broken into the areas of – Reading and Viewing, Writing and Representing, Grammar and Punctuation, Spelling and Handwriting and Keyboard Bradley Lanham

Interactive Websites Once you click on the area that you need, you will be redirected to a Symbaloo website that has all of the interactive websites neatly organised. Bradley Lanham

Focus On Reading Under the ENGLISH tab, you can access the Focus On Reading page. On this page you can access: Focus On Reading posters for the classroom. These are downloadable PDF documents. Bradley Lanham

Focus On Reading Here is an example of the downloadable PDF documents Bradley Lanham

Mathematics After hitting the MATHEMATICS tab, you will see a list of all of the sub-strand leaders of the Mathematics Team. You will also have tabs for ES1-S3. Bradley Lanham

Early Stage 1 – Stage 3: Landing Pages * On these pages you have general information and a contact email if you wish to send any further units to help fill gaps in our units of work. Any units that you create would be greatly appreciated. On this page you also have the tabs for the three strands – Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Probability. Bradley Lanham

Strand Pages If you click one of the strand tabs, as shown, you will be redirected to… Bradley Lanham

Strand Pages .. the page where all of the Content Checklists are located. These are downloadable links. Bradley Lanham

What is a Content Checklist? A Content Checklist will tell you: * What content has been grouped together into a weekly plan * What plan each piece of content is in so staff can quickly access planning for each part of the syllabus * What content HAS NOT been planned for (we are aiming to plug these holes and any help with this is greatly appreciated) All of this content is located in PLAN 1 for LENGTH Bradley Lanham

Sub-Strand Planning Under the MATHEMATICS > ES1-S3 > STRAND tabs, you can access the SUB-STRAND pages. On these pages you can access: Weekly planning for that particular stage and sub-strand – these are downloadable files Feedback Link. PLEASE leave feedback on units, regardless of whether you are a GPLA school or not, so that we can refine our work to enhance the quality of our work. Bradley Lanham

LA Maths - Planning Our planning is the same for each plan. All plans include the following: Outcomes and content covered Assessment for Learning and Warm Up Drills TENS Activity OR Newmans Problem Checklist for Quality Teaching Framework Resources required for the weekly plan Bradley Lanham

LA Maths - Planning Our planning is the same for each plan. All plans include the following: Whole class/Modeled Activities Guided and independent activities at the Stage appropriate level Differentiated guided and independent activities Areas to evaluate and reflect on the lessons that you deliver Assessment Task are highlighted in red font Bradley Lanham

Using the GPLA Mathematics Lessons As a committee we looked into how much time we would need to spend on each sub-strand across ES1 – S3. Each stage of learning was very different. For example, Fractions and Decimals in S3 required significantly more time than in S1. With this in mind, we put together a plan for the number of weeks that we thought should be spent teaching each sub-strand area. All schools agreed that each week one Number and Algebra sub-strand would be taught and one other sub-strand area. This meant that over a Stage, there would be approximately 70-75 weeks of learning in Number and Algebra and 70-75 weeks across the other sub-strand areas, as they would be taught simultaneously throughout the week. ES1 would be spread over 40 weeks. Bradley Lanham

Using the GPLA Mathematics Lessons Bradley Lanham

Scope and Sequences This is where the Mathematics Team are up to in our development of the GPLA Mathematics Program. We are currently looking into putting the units of work into a scope and sequence. All of the GPLA sub-strand teams decided on the order in which each piece of content should be taught. We are now putting our weekly plans together in a scope and sequence. On the website we have also broken (most) of the weekly lesson plans apart, as it is in the syllabus – i.e. Time 1 and Time 2 - so that you can order the content appropriately in a scope and sequence. If you make your own scope and sequence and wish to forward it to us, please do so. Bradley Lanham

Science Under the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY tab, you can access the ES1-S3 pages to find units of work for the new syllabus. Please keep coming back and see what new and exciting units have been added to the website. If you have any questions about the Science units, please contact Rebecca Palmer (Science Coordinator – Rebecca.L.Palmer@det.nsw.edu.au Bradley Lanham

Science Units Under the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY > ES1 – S3 tabs, you can access the units of work. The units of work are available as a downloadable link Bradley Lanham

History Our History team will soon start to work on new and exciting things in this area. Keep checking this tab to see what they are working on. Bradley Lanham

Parents This page is still in its infancy. If you have any useful websites or documents that you believe would be beneficial to parents, can you please email them to bradley.lanham@det.nsw.edu.au Bradley Lanham