Bayfield Teachers

We are looking at meeting the other WST over the next couple of weeks which we are really looking forward to and seeing what other schools are doing and how we are tracking :) Thank you so much for your support at the staff meeting last Tuesday. The enthusiasm around picking 2 target children and focusing on trying to move them from 'at' to 'above' was great and we are looking forward to working with you during this inquiry. We understand that time is very tight and so this focus can become either be an add on to your current collaborative team inquiry around writing or take over what you may have already started (or not started...). Like we said in the meeting there is only a term and a half to go but these children may be passed on to next years teachers or you may in fact achieve this goal by the end of the year! Now it is important to look at why your particular students may be underachieving and how you can change your practice to help them succeed. The hunches...

Vine & View It was so nice to go in to everyone's spaces and see how we are all promoting student agency in writing! We were blown away by what people are doing and it was great that we were able to get new ideas from each other. The variety of ways that we are teaching writing is very valuable, as it gives the children different experiences as they progress through the school, and we are very keen to hold on to that. Next term we are hoping to organise another Vine & View with Westmere so we can see what other schools are doing too. Student Voice We were so impressed with the students that we spoke to and the passion that they had for writing. Most of them were able to articulate what they were currently learning and how they could make progress. It came through how much they loved free writing as well as teacher-led writing and it is great that we have a balance of both. Here is the student voice continuum that we mentioned at the staff meeting: We consulted t...

Hi all, We met Ned our Across School Teacher this week. She has been a classroom teacher in the Westmere community for a very long time and seems very enthusiastic about this new position and working with us. Student Voice Next Friday we would love to get some student voice around writing and agency from the kids. We are hoping that you are able to choose six kids from your space to answer some questions from either Annette or myself. A mixed range of abilities would be good. Please let us know a couple of times that would work best for you in your spaces and we will organise a timetable. Student Agency and Choice We are constantly hearing the word 'choice' in relation to student agency and we are beginning to realise that there are different levels of choice. Below is an illustration which shows the continuum of choice. The link to the full reading is  here . Can you think of any examples of your students being designers, advocates or entrepreneurs? We would love to he...

Following Holly & Nat's fantastic Digi Digest we've decided to update you with what we are doing within our WST role and any resources, readings, or ideas we find to share with you. We are both very excited to become your Within School Teachers, leading an inquiry into Writing and Student Agency at Bayfield. We have started to do a lot of research around the inquiry spiral and the link to this reading is a life changer. It's great to see many teams have changed the way the run their team meetings already, beginning to follow the inquiry spiral process. Don't feel like you have to fill in each stage of the spiral every week, you may be in one phase for weeks or even months. Our first steps as WST will be to 'scan' what is currently happening with student agency and writing at Bayfield. This will include: - Asking you to share with us your planning and how you are currently using assessment - Looking at the data - Gathering student voice - Looki...