As a school we are always wanting to grow and improve
From our investigations into what is happening for our students, best practice and community feedback we decide on areas to grow and develop.
MathematicsPreviously at Waterloo we have been working on how to develop our maths programmes, looking at ideas around developing mathematical talk and mathematical thinking in our students. Building from the number knowledge and strategies the students use into ways of using them that are more real-world problem solving based.
Doing maths is looking a little different these days in some classrooms, as more collaborative approaches to solving mathematical problems are being encouraged. |
PB4L“ The purpose of PB4L - in Waterloo School is to support everyone to work together to find resolutions that have a positive result and build effective relationships.”
PB4L-provides a framework for:
|
Personalised LearningEnable learners to have agency over their learning, ensuring they have ‘power to act’ both individually and collaboratively supported with personalised learning practices - Strategic Goal
The concept of personalisation, as currently understood by Waterloo School, is that students have the ability and the will to positively influence their own lives and the world around them. Personalisation is defined as the capacity to set a goal, reflect and act responsibly and to effect change in their learning. (influenced by OECD thinking: http://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/teaching-and-learning/learning/student-agency/) |
E-LearningAt Waterloo School we;
“Provide opportunities for the students of Waterloo School to be confident, connected, creative and actively involved 21st century learners”. At Waterloo School blended e-learning is about:
|
|