I thought I would take the opportunity to write about something non-Covid related. The school has returned to face to face teaching so I thought I would outline the theoretical basis of our approach to teaching here. All teachers at Holland Park are expected to adhere to our pedagogical framework which we call The Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR). Practices that align with this framework have been best articulated perhaps by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey in Better Learning Through Structured Teaching 2014. Every teacher in this school has access to this work. You might like to have a look at the website, fisherandfrey.com For those interested, the GRR is based originally on the work of:

Piaget (1952) – cognitive schemata

Vygotsky (1962, 1978) – zones of proximal develop-ment

Bandura (1965) – the roles of attention, retention, reproduction and motivation

Wood, Bruner and Ross (1976) – scaffolded instruction.

Our teaching framework, based on Fisher and Frey (2014) picks up on the power of peer learning as evidenced by the work of Patrick, Bangel & Jeon (2005), Zhang & Dougherty Stahl (2011). Put simply, the four stages of the Gradual Release of Responsibility are as follows: 1. “I do it.” (Explicit Instruction

with all students listening to the teacher.)

2. “We do it.” (Teacher guides students through doing what the teacher wants them to learn.)

3. “You do it together.” (Students work together to demonstrate the skill or concept.)

4. “You do it alone.” (Students demonstrate their ability to demonstrate the skill or concept on their own.)

Traffic around our School It has been brought to my attention, by a number of our school community, that traffic rules are being ignored and safety is being put at risk. You may also have noticed this week that Qld Police were in attendance advising and cautioning drivers who were in breach of road rules, with the intent that fines would be issued for future offences.

Special points of

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Deputy Principal

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Maths Teasers

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Library News page 3

Road Safety page 4

Term 2 concludes

26 Jun

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Message from our Principal

Ph: (07) 3421 6222 Student Absences: (07) 3421 6260

Email: admin@hollandparkss.eq.edu.au 5 June 2020

RULE REMINDER Staying safe in play areas;

Stay within play boundaries

Take turns on play equipment

Keep away from the oval shed

5C WEEKLY TIP COURTESY Remember your manners;

Use please & thank-you manners

Use ‘Good morning’ & ‘Good afternoon’ greetings

Make eye contact & smile at others

Active School Travel will not recommence this term.

We will have more information on this in the near future.

Holland Park’s Teaching Framework

It is timely to remind you that;

the Wilbur Street bus zone is a designated bus area during the hours of 7 to 9am and 2 to 4pm

parking is not allowed on yellow lines and in particular where cars have are lining up to drop off/pick up their children

that you do not park across a pedestrian crossing or driveways

that you drive around the block if there is no space for your vehicle

remain with your vehicle at all times when using the passenger zone and

you observe the two minute limit and not overstay.

Be safe Be responsible Be respectful

On more than one occasion cars are being parked over yellow lines and parking over the defined children’s pedestrian crossing; putting at risk the students, parents and crossing supervisor. If there’s no space, drive around the block.

For the children’s safety please observe the road rules when dropping of, collecting or parking your vehicle around our school.

Anthony Gribbin Principal

Message from our Principal Cont’d

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Maths Teasers

Student absences; please advise with reason via QParents or Absentee Line 3421 6260

1 2 3 Freddy was singing a song. It went "one, two, three, one, two, …"

What are the next three numbers?

What is the tenth number he’ll sing?

Jemma the old sheep dog is lazing around in the paddock near the house.

She counts the number of animals in the paddock. There are 11 of them, pigs and ducks.

Then she counts the legs. She sees 28 legs.

How many ducks are there?

What is the remainder when 1111 is divided by 7?

What is the remainder when 1111111 is divided by 7?

What is the remainder when 111.. (100 ones)...111 is divid-ed by 7?

Message from our HOC

5 June 2020 Page 3

Courtesy, Consideration, Co-operation, Commitment, Courage

Healthy Habitats This semester year 1 students have been learning about how to meet the needs of living things in different habitats. Explicit connections to real-world application is a key feature of the learning as well as providing opportunities for students and teachers to collaborate within and beyond the classroom. Students have planted seeds in newspaper pots with the goal of establishing a community vegetable garden to provide some healthy foods for the tuckshop menu. Perseverance has been an important quality for maintaining a focus on achieving our goal, despite some obstacles and challenges along the way. While students were learning at home, a passionate group of teachers and students have worked together to bring the vision to life. Mrs Walker, a year 6 teacher, gained the generous support of Bunnings Mt Gravatt to donate some compost bins and Mr Walker, who teaches PE and Japanese, acquired a grant from the Brisbane Airport Corporation Community Giving Fund Grant to fund the garden beds and equipment. Since the return of students to school this term, a team of motivated like-minded ‘Eco Warriors’ from years 5 and 6, led by Eve Riddler and Maya Hornby, has emerged to support the year 1 students in setting up the gardens and developing a culture of composting across the school. The purpose for the group, developed by the two girls to guide the new Eco Warriors, was shared with students and teachers: The purpose of the group is to encourage people to be sustainable from a young age. We do so much damage to the earth every day we need to help by doing even the smallest of things. The Eco-warriors are people who help the environment in any way they can and are willing and open to learn new things about the earth. With the additional support from Rob, our schools officer and Hoss, our cleaner, we have made a promising start to making Holland Park S.S. a more sustainable community. Julia Whittaker Head of Curriculum

Be safe Be responsible Be respectful Page 4 Holland Park State `School Newsletter

Message from our Community Liaison Officer 2021 Prep Catchment and

Sibling Enrolments

We are accepting catchment and sibling enrolments for prep 2021. If you have younger children commencing prep next year, please complete and return the enrolment application forms as soon as possible. These are available on our school website. If this is your first child commencing prep, please make sure you include two documents for proof of residency, along with the original birth certificate. For sibling enrolments you just need to bring the original birth certificate. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Class Parent Representatives The Class Parent Representatives program will commence in 3rd Term. I have organised the relevant documents and they will be coming home via the classrooms (who do have a Rep) in the next day or so. At this point in time we have Class Reps for the following classes – PSS (formerly PDS), PMJ, PSC, 1MG, 1SB, 1SE, 1SW, 2HE, 2JC, 2TS, 4ED, 4SC. If you would like to volunteer for this role for your class, please do not hesitate to email me. Karen Oliver Email: koliv33@eq.edu.au

Library Matters

The following activities can be counted towards the challenge: reading independently shared reading being read to (Prep – Year 2 only). The following literature forms can be counted towards the challenge: printed books e-books, virtual books and digital publications

graphic novels and comic books audio and braille books newspapers, magazines and recipe books. Certificates and prizes Certificates of Achievement will be mailed to schools in October in time to be presented during the PRC Celebration Weeks from 2nd – 13th November. Margaret Kittson (teacher-librarian)

LIBRARY MATTERS

KEY DATES

Monday 11th May: Reading period commences. Friday 28th August: Reading period ends. Wednesday 2nd September: Final date for data entry into the PRC database.

It’s strongly recommended that student reading records are handed in to the library as soon as they are completed.

While the teachers of many of our early years classes elect to complete the challenge as a shared class activity, all students are eligible to participate. A copy of the Student Reading Record is available on request from class teachers, the library and also can be downloaded from the challenge website.

Year level Number of books

Prep – Year 2

Read or experience (Prep to Year 2 only) 20 books

Years 3 – 4 20 books

Years 5 – 9 15 books