Bardon State School

Calendar 2009

November

• 30-Nov Mon - Raw Art Year 7s
• 30-Nov Mon - P-3 Swimming

December

• 01-Dec Tue - Prep 2 Evening 5pm
• 01-Dec Tue - Year 7 Excursion
• 01-Dec Tue - Raw Art Prep-Yr 6
• 01-Dec Tue - SEM Concert 6.30pm
• 02-Dec Wed - Student Council Dances
• 02-Dec Wed - MSF Powerpoint Presentations 2.30pm
• 03-Dec Thu - Carols Night
• 04-Dec Fri - Award Assembly 9am
• 07-Dec Mon - P-3 Swimming Carnival Taylor Range
• 08-Dec Tue - 4-7 Swimming Carnival The Gap State School
• 09-Dec Wed - Yr 7 Graduation
• 09-Dec Wed - Final Assemby 9am
• 11-Dec Fri - Last day of Term 4

Literacy

The goal of our Literacy Program is to develop students' ability to compose and comprehend spoken and written English - fluently, appropriately and effectively - for a wide range of vocational and social purposes.

In using Literacy for these purposes students will speak, listen, read, view and write and use the associated non-verbal, visual and auditory language.

The Literacy Program enables us to provide opportunities for students in using a wide range of literary and non-literary genres and social contexts across all subject areas.

The program will progressively develop and refine underlying attitudes, thinking processes, skills and knowledge within the context of language in use.

Human Relationship Education (HRE)

The Bardon Human Relationships Education program is designed to foster respect, empathy, motivation and resilience of our students towards themselves and others.

The HRE program is comprised of these three aspects -

• Program Achieve/Skills for Adolesence
• Behaviour Management
• Bullying Procedures and strategies

A separate policy document is available at the school office.

Languages Other Than English (LOTE)

Children in Years 5 to 7 participate in Japanese lessons (1.5 hours per week) as part of Education Queensland's LOTE program. A specialist language teacher is employed to teach Japanese.

In 2003 and 2005 a group of students from Years 6 and 7 visited schools in Japan and this is planned to be a biennial event.

Each year we host students from various Japanese schools. Such programs enable our students to enhance their language skills and cultural understanding.

Mathematics

In 2006 Bardon introduced the new Maths Syllabus which has a focus on thinking, reasoning and working mathematically. The program aims to:

• Involve students in making decisions about mathematical knowledge, procedures and strategies are to be used in particular situations;
• Incorporate communication skills and ways of thinking that are mathematical in nature
• Engage students in challenging mathematical investigations.

The school Mathematics Program is developed sequentially in line with the State Syllabus and the National Statement on Mathematics. Key Strands to be covered yearly are:

• Number - tables, number value, operations;
• Measurement - time, mass, length, area and volume
• Space – shape and lines and location, direction and movement;
• Chance and Data - probability, statistics, graphs;
• Patterns and Algebra – patterns and functions and equivalence and equations

At Bardon, there is an appreciation of identifying and supporting those children at risk and those requiring extension.

More information coming soon.