Welcome back to Term 4!

We have had a great start to the term with staff joining with colleagues from St Mary's West Wyalong and St Joseph's Grenfell on our Spirituality Day. We have been aiming to network for a few years now to learn further together.

As a school we have partnershiped with the 'Good to Great Schools Australia'(G2GSA). G2GSA provides curriculum, coaching, data collection and analysis and support for all of the schools the are working with. G2GSA have a federally funded program that includes 20 schools across Australia. This funding agreement for St Francis Xavier School will run until the end of 2024..

During Term 3 in our Years 3-6 classes we implemented Spelling Mastery. This program uses Direct Instruction/ Explicit Instruction methodology. Direct Instruction is evidence based instruction. It is a scripted form of instruction that has explicit learning design built in and creates a foundational sequence of learning. 

Staff are completing Professional Learning Modules through G2GSA to prepare for the implementation of Connecting Maths Concepts (CMC) and Oz-e-Science in Term 1 2023.   

We are very excited to be working with G2GSA and appreciate all the support and coaching they have provided for our leadership team already this year. More information will be shared through our newsletters and Facebook page as well as at our School Community Council Meeting next week.