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To attain excellence, you must care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical. Anonymous
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rinity’s Vision is to be the leader in boys’ education. As an inclusive school community our new strategic plan and management structure has enabled Education Support to broaden its role for all boys and teachers across Years 4 to 12 to achieve equity and excellence in educational outcomes. Mrs Susan Prior Director of Education Support
We aim to “lead from the centre” where our vision is to continue the Edmund Rice tradition of ensuring boys who are experiencing barriers to achievement are in the centre of all our teaching and learning. This reflects evidence-based practice for inclusive schools internationally and most importantly the Christian Brothers Charter. This requires constant renewal and evaluation of our work in the light of our mission to assist each boy to develop his potential.
Junior Middle and Senior School With three schools at Trinity, coordinating support across the Junior, Middle and Senior school curriculum requires an enormous amount of communication and team work. We are fortunate at Trinity to have a dedicated staff of teachers, School Counsellor, Heads of Year, Heads of Learning Areas, Curriculum Coordinators and Heads of School, together with whom we are developing an approach to improved identification, intervention and monitoring for all our students.
Language development in the Junior School Currently we have two programmes running in the Junior School to assist students in Years 4-7 who have particular difficulties in the area of language development. Spelling Mastery is a sequential phonics based spelling series designed to achieve accuracy. Students taking part in this program are selected on the basis of standardised test results and teacher/parent concerns. Most students find their spelling and confidence benefits greatly from this intervention.
A corrective reading program is used to develop students’ reading and comprehension skills. Activities include oral reading, decoding and answering text based questions. Both of the programs are designed to enable students to improve their language skills in a small group situation. Teachers also have access to specialist teacher support in the classroom, particularly in the area of literacy development and planning for individual needs. Mrs Ricki Boe Language Development Coordinator
Curriculum support Capacity building of staff and curriculum starts in the classroom with people working closely together. This year several staff from our Junior Middle and Senior Schools attended a five day Quality Teacher Program on gifted and talented education to support our continued professional development of each other across learning areas. Education assistants at Trinity work across all year levels to support teachers in delivering curriculum. I would personally like to thank Mrs Gerri Vanpraag and Mrs Karen Tyler for their absolute attention to the heart of their work for all teachers and learning areas. We are also very fortunate to have trained volunteer assistants who give support in special Senior School projects. Our gratitude goes to Mrs Patsy Colan, Mrs Sue Walker, Mrs Loretta Tobin for their generosity of time and personal skills.
Renewal Just when the caterpillar thought his world was finished he turned into a butterfly. Anonymous Sue Prior Director of Education Support
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