Ithaca Creek

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Ithaca Creek
Our school by choice

• OPEN DAY
• August 29, 2009

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Ithaca Creek State School

• 15 Classes from Prep Yr 7 (2009)
  Composite from Yrs 2-7
• Using multi-age teaching philosophies
  individualising teaching programs

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Our Student Extension Activities
• Bardon Young Writers
• Wildcatz / Jazzcatz music group
• GRIPPS (Honour Music Camp)
• Extension programs with TGSHS (Art, Maths)
• Young Scholars Program (QAMST)
• Brisbane CW Maths Tournament
• UNSW Competitions (English, Writing, Maths,
  Science, Computers)
• Junior Art Enrichment
• Senior Literacy
• Senior Numeracy

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Our Special Events
• Mystery Festival (Science Week)
• Celebration of Sport
• Under 8s Day
• Book Week
• Camps Yrs 4 -7
• Mothers Day / Fathers Day Activities
• Sports Carnivals
• Swimming
• Athletics
• Cross Country
• Biathlon

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Our Specialist Teachers
• Physical Education
• Language Other Than English (German)
• Classroom Music
• Teacher Librarian
• Instrumental Music
• Strings
• Brass, Woodwind, Percussion
• Guidance Officer
• Support Teacher

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Our Advisory Visiting Teachers
• Access to a wide variety of learning specialists
• Speech Language Pathologist
• English as a Second Language
• ASD/SLI and II.
• Hearing Impairment
• Our Community Involvement
• Adopt a-Cop
• Save Our Waterways /Ithaca Intact
• Community Garden Group
• BCC AST Program

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Developing Our Student Leaders
• School Captains
• Student Council
• Sports Captains
• Intra- and inter- school sports
• Music Captains
• All Year 7 Students as leaders
• Buddy Program
• Host the weekly School Assembly

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Integrating ICTs into our learning through
• Digital cameras and webcams in every classroom
• Large monitors in every classroom to assist whole
  class learning
• PC spending 40 000 upgrading infrastructure to
  enable extra computers to be placed in classrooms
• Whole staff attending ICT training by the
  Innovations Centre Staff in 2008/09
• Implementing Ed Qlds Oneschool suite and
  Computers 4 Teachers program

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Continue developing our schools
  teaching/learning programs utilising
• The Queensland Studies Authoritys Essential
  Learnings to construct a rigorous Curriculum
  Framework
• Queenslands Curriculum, Assessment and
  Reporting framework to provide quality teaching
  and learning experiences
• Mt Coot-tha Cluster Moderation meetings to
  develop common understandings and interpretations
• Staff knowledge

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Continue developing our schools
  teaching/learning programs utilising these tools
• Costas Habits of the Mind
• Gardners Multiple Intelligences
• Blooms Taxonomy of Learning
• Ed. Qlds Productive Pedagogies
• Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Implementing annual Learning to Learn /
  Understanding the Brain units of work

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Continuing to develop our learning community
  based on
• Teaching individuals, not classes
• Valuing individuals, respecting individuality
• All kids matter
• Ithaca Creek is a school of choice,not a school
  of convenience

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Ithaca Creek State School
Literacy results State-wide
Tests 2002-2007
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Ithaca Creek State School
Numeracy results State-wide
Tests 2002-2007
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Ithaca Creek State School

• Where to for
• the school?

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Facilities
• Building Education Revolution
• National School Pride

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Ithaca Creek State School

• Thank you for interest in
  our school
• Questions??