3.3 Vision for Learning

We aim for our learning community to be:

PURPOSEFUL building personal qualities and skills to make a meaningful contribution to their community

COLLABORATIVE working together to learn with and from each other

In action, learners:

• respectfully share their ideas and attentively listen to the ideas of others,

• work with others to find solutions to problems, and

• encourage and celebrate the success of all.

• strive to achieve personal excellence,

• proactively participate in positive and productive activities, and and independently

• show agency in learning.

• ask questions and extend their learning,

• are open to new and different ways of thinking and problem solving, and

• use reasoning and rationale to explain their conclusions.

INCLUSIVE learning design is agile and responsive to all students

Connected

learners are inspired to take an active role as global citizens

• feel valued and supported to fully participate, learn and succeed,

• recognise their own unique skills, talents and needs, and

• champion the benefits of diversity and difference.

COURAGEOUS learning is pursued with integrity, enthusiasm and perseverance

• proactively pursue challenges,

• take responsibility for their actions and decisions, and

• persevere and demonstrate resilience in the face of difficulty.

• question and contribute to the world around them,

• care about and consider local and global issues, and

• understand that their voice can have an impact.

Striving High: AFL Women’s Draft Success

Continuous Improvement: Learner Profile Workshop

Representative teachers from our schools attended a two-day Learner Profile Workshop to consider different approaches for measuring student success and performance.

The workshop was run by academic researchers from the University of Melbourne to provide expert guidance to participants.

During the sessions, researchers helped participants consider possible options for redesigning learning ambitions, learning assessment and design, and credentials.

Expanding Pathways

Two graduating Year 12 students from the STRIVE Athlete Development Program at Cathedral College Wangaratta were selected for the 2022 Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) Draft. The AFLW is the national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players.

The STRIVE program aims to support talented student-athletes to achieve at the highest levels of performance in their various sports, while encouraging and assisting their education and vocational development.

A 2022 review of our schools found an increase in the: number and type of learning pathways available to senior students; and quality and quantity of academic counselling options available to students and parents.

Science and Sustainability Challenge Equipping Students for the Future

To deepen their local, national and global knowledge of sustainability, John Wollaston Anglican Community School offers a Science Challenge option to Year 9 students with a passion for the sciences.

Aligned with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the course embeds the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values students need to thrive in and shape their future.

The Challenge has seen Year 9 student Jack Halstead receive a ‘Highly Commended’ award for his short film submission, ‘The Changes with COVID-19’, to the 2022 University of Sydney Sleep Geeks Science Eureka Prize for Secondary Students. Visit https://bit.ly/3F2KuNn to watch Jack’s video.