Kenilworth State Community College

Kenilworth State Community College Class 3-6

CLASS 3-6 KSCC STUDENT NEWS

It was a very busy start to Kenilworth's 2022 school year in Term 1 and now we are well underway for Term 2. In Class 3-6 we have students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6, two amazing teacher aides and we consider ourselves a class family. With the multiage class arrangement at KSCC, we take opportunities to develop different learning programs to suit the students learning needs while maintaining a common class focus. In this way, children from different year levels will be involved in the same lesson, with the expectation that the student’s learning outcomes will differ according to their learning needs.

Our classes often operate in groups where I will be directing the learning of one group while other students are working with a teacher aide or independently. At KSCC, we recognise and cater for students social, academic and emotional needs, by providing them with opportunities to achieve individual success. We support students, and believe that every student can succeed with their learning, to become young Australians who are successful and lifelong learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens.

Class 3-6 students follow our four whole-school behaviour expectations of Being a learner, Being respectful, Being responsible and Being safe. Our classroom is a happy, bustling workplace and colourful learning area that has been newly renovated.

We have resources required for explicit, focused, collaborative and hands-on learning.

Our students enjoy working with some flexible learning spaces in the classroom and rise to the challenge of working in different ways and taking responsibility for their learning.

Giving students the option to choose flexible seating in the classroom enables students to explore and learn in the way that appeals the most to them. Students become more responsible for their learning by ensuring they have chosen a spot that enable them to do their best work.

Research has shown that this physical flexibility increases each child’s level of engagement with learning concepts and activities.

As students develop through the middle years and senior years of their primary schooling, they may start to find some learning more difficult or even challenging.

In our classroom, we foster and encourage students to have a Growth Mindset. That is, having strategies to approach challenging situations in a positive way. Students know if they have a growth mindset, they are growing their brains.

Having a growth mindset is essential to life-long learning and can improve learning so students experience success in the classroom. When students have a growth mindset they think and say things like… what strategies can I use here?

It may take me longer to work this out, who can I ask for help? I can always improve, I will learn from my mistakes to get better instead of – this is too hard, I can’t do this, she/he is better than me.

Physical activities are integral to our learning at KSCC. In Class 3-6 we make time for small brain breaks during our day and students love spinning my Movement Activities Spinning Wheel and hoping it lands on doing a plank for 30 seconds!

We also enjoy regular outdoor games and learning outside the classroom. All students are given opportunities to participate in the Small Schools Carnivals for Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics.

Years 3/4/5/6 students also have the opportunity to combine with other small schools in the area in a fun competition in a variety of sports at the Small Schools Sport Carnivals each term. These events help build students’ game knowledge and skills, teamwork and sportsmanship.

This term KSCC will hold the Soccer Carnival where other small schools in our area will come and participate on the last week of this term.

One of the many ways we foster building connections to the real world at KSCC is our Cooking Program. The program is organised and run by Ms Emily and Mrs Carmel, two of our wonderful teacher aides, at KSCC for all year levels. We are very fortunate to have our school cooking program and we have made many delicious meals using fresh ingredients and following recipes to make or bake items such as rice paper rolls, pizzas, arancini balls, home-made chicken nuggets, sushi and ANZAC biscuits.

I look forward to updating you on the happenings in Class 3-6 again throughout the year. Have a safe and well “May 2022” and keep smiling!

Mrs Keelee Bosworth, Class 3-6 Teacher, KSCC