Now we begin our regular classes. Some of the key features of the Encounters’ Program include:
- A Deep Learning approach to learning design, assessment and reporting which includes students are part of the Learning Design Team
- Teaching, assessing and reporting on the New Metrics’ capabilities of Collaboration, Character, Quality Thinking and Student Agency where parents/carers can become involved in the assessment of student performance during Growth Days
- A focus on student responsibility for learning (Agency) which involves constant goal setting and reflection
- Teachers who know them well because they teach them more than one subject
- Daily Mathematics, Language and Pedagogy of Encounter (Religion) classes
- A Growth Project for Growth Days (7 across the year) which are asynchronous (at home or at Clonard if supervision is not possible)
- A Wellbeing focus on a local area project: the Barwon River, where the students decide how they are going to be stewards of the area
More information regarding Growth Days is coming your way. Please become part of our community by joining us on the 16th for the Welcome evening where we’ll play and learn more about Year 7, 2023.