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We aim to help each and every student to discover and develop their individual talents and passions in all areas of the curriculum while recognising that learning is a broad activity encompassing many avenues. We provide an opportunity for every student to achieve. We recognize and value the contribution each student makes to this world as a unique individual with limitless potential. We encourage students to invest in their colleagues, family, community and themselves in discovering their place in the world and engaging in a process of learning that will continue long after they have left the school. The school adopts a student-centred approach that recognises the relationship between young peoples' social and emotional well-being and their behaviour and academic learning outcomes.

I am a passionate believer that the space defines the learning possibilities. I really like the idea of open plan/multi-use school spaces that allow for as rigid or as flexible a teaching and learning experience as you need. Please check out the link on the ICT policy page for a real life example. Does everyone else agree? I will talk more on skype tonight. Also, a link to the DEECD page on Curriculum Planning[| here]. I'm thinking we probalby need to familarise ourselves with some of this content considering the nature of this task... Amy - 25/6.

I found a link to the curriculum documents that La Trobe uses to guide its staff in developing curriculum that it delivers it its students. The link to the website is [|here]. There is also an associated PDF that has a checklist for staff to use when designing curriculum attatched below - Amy, 18/7.

Okies, so I for one am not totaly familiar with what the guidelines and regulatory req's are for the VCE, VET and VCAL programs, especially because I did my first round in lower secondary and had no particular need to find out in detail (yet). As always, the DEECD website has a regualtory framework info pack for each, which I will upload below. Amy- 27/7



VCAL notes from DEECD The VCAL aims to provide the skills, knowledge and attitudes to enable students to make informed choices regarding pathways to work and further education. Personal development, the utilisation of a student’s particular interests, and pathways for senior secondary students in the context of applied learning are the underpinning principles of the VCAL. (DEECD).

To ensure coherence in designing a VCAL learning program, the curriculum selected must closely align to the purpose statements of the appropriate curriculum strand.

Literacy purpose statement** The purpose of the literacy curriculum selected for this strand is to enable the development of skills, knowledge and attitudes in literacy that allow progression in the main social contexts of family, employment, further learning and community. Literacy skills corresponding to these social contexts include literacy for self-expression, literacy for practical purposes, literacy for knowledge, and literacy for public debate. Literacy includes reading, writing and oral communication skills.
 * Literacy and Numeracy Skills strand

Numeracy is the ability to use mathematical skills in order to carry out purposes and functions within society related to designing, measuring, constructing, using graphical information, money, time and travel, and the underpinning skills and knowledge for further study in mathematics or related fields. Curriculum selected for numeracy in this strand should develop skills to emphasise the practical application and use of mathematics at home, work and in the community.
 * Numeracy purpose statement**

Industry Specific Skills purpose statement** The purpose of the Industry Specific Skills strand is to enable the development of skills, knowledge and attitudes related to one or more vocational contexts in preparation for progression to further learning or employment. While specific VET units can be curriculum components of this strand, the learning program should focus on the orientation towards a number of vocational contexts in order for learners to make informed choices as to the pathway options available to them through the VCE, VET, further education and employment. Students enrolled in VCAL Intermediate or Senior Certificates must include a minimum of one credit in VET in their learning programs.
 * Industry Specific Skills strand

Work Related Skills purpose statement** The purpose of the Work Related Skills strand is to develop employability skills, knowledge and attitudes valued within community and work environments as a preparation for employment. The development of employability skills within this strand provides learners with a capacity to consider and choose from the range of pathways.
 * Work Related Skills strand

Personal Development Skills purpose statement** The purpose of the Personal Development Skills strand is to develop skills, knowledge and attitudes that lead toward: • social responsibility • building community • civic responsibility, for example through volunteering and working for the benefit of others • improved self confidence and self esteem • valuing civic participation in a democratic society.
 * Personal Development Skills strand