Lancefield Primary School Mrs Andrea van Gils Mrs

Lancefield Primary School • • Mrs Andrea van Gils Mrs Wendy Bleeck Mrs Rebecca Spiteri Mrs Janice Stanton (retired…. . lucky!)

Reflections about your teaching practice As teachers and leaders, what have you been doing differently in your classrooms and schools since attending CPOL? After listening to the audio recordings we decided that we talk too much and so made a concerted effort to give the students more time. Thankyou to Sarah Kelly for visiting our school and modelling the use of a big book and story grammar over the course of a week. Very powerful!

Reflections about your teaching practice … • Video recording students’ oral presentations and analysing these using ICPALER Oral language screening profile – brief • Focussing on students speaking in complete sentences • Using colourful semantics (who, what doing, what…. ) • Using big books over a week • Using turn and talk then share with the class • Trying to keep teacher talk at the beginning of lessons short

Needs Reflections about your students: Being able to speak in a sentence Sequencing their ideas How did we identify the needs? English on-line interview Classroom observations Recordings ICPALER Oral language screening profile

Your students continued… Which oral language behaviours did you observe your students developing? • More tuned in and attentive • Speaking in full sentences with minimal prompting • Identifying who, what etc. in texts Were there any unexpected results/outcomes in the students during some of the activities you implemented? • More focussed interactions with peers during discussions • Students commenced writing time with ideas for writing

Your students continued… What did they find challenging/helpful/enjoyable? • Speaking in front of the whole class was a challenge for some • Speaking in complete sentences especially when questioned • Loved turn and talk Did you notice students using any of their new oral language skills and strategies in their reading and writing- or other curriculum subjects? • Writing- included more detail. Better flow and sentence structure. Came to writing with an idea to write. • Reading- more selective in books chosen, recognising WOW words in reading

Planning for 2015: What are some of the ideas and plans you have for continued implementation in 2015 and beyond ? • Oral language as a focus in daily planner • Using big books (story grammar) over a week • Using colourful semantics • Turn and talk strategy • WOW words How will you assess the oral language needs of the students in your new classes in 2015? • Observations and video recordings • ICPALER checklist (for students who have been identified as ‘at risk’) • English Online Interview (section 1) for Preps