School Priorities

KGV’s Priorities

As a school community we were also focussed on developing our collaborative culture. We see collaboration as the way to build capacity in all, and to drive innovation. The past year was uncertain and ever changing , and in these times a staff and community that is connected and can engage in mutual dialogue, is well positioned to be agile and adaptable. We continued to develop our collaborative protocols and to build a culture based on trust that focused on the best interests of our students.

We continued our work to focus on the core business of teaching and learning and to focus on our five critical questions.

CQ1. What do we want all students to learn? CQ2. How will we know if they have learnt it? CQ3. How do we make learning deep and visible? CQ4. What will we do if they don’t know it yet? CQ5. What will we do if they already know it?

The focus was sharply on developing common formative tasks for all year units of work. This provides feedback to students about what they need to do next during the course of the unit of work. Feedback is powerful when it is actionable and specific. The work last year sought to improve this aspect of feedback for all our students.