Through self confidence and friendships we prepare ourselves

‘Through self confidence and friendships we prepare ourselves to take on the challenges and obstacles of life’ PROJECT 9 Parent Information Night 30 th October 2013

Background and Rationale �Project 9 was developed in 2012 and introduced in 2013 to address long term data trend that indicated that Year 9 students attitudes to school were very poor. �The overarching aim of Project 9 is to improve: student engagement student connectedness to school community awareness and engagement student learning outcomes

Why was Project 9 introduced? Our student data indicated that students attitudes are below state mean across most areas

Year 9 Attitudes to School - 2012 vs 2013 ** Student Morale ** Student Distress Attitudes to school key areas Teacher Empahy Teacher Effectiveness 2012 Student Motivation Stimulating Learning 2013 School Connectedness Learning Confidence Student Safety Connectedness to Peers Classroom Behaviour 0, 00 1, 00 Improvement 2, 00 3, 00 4, 00 Students Responses ** Student Morale and Student Distress are scored out of 7. Both results should be read in reverse 5, 00 6, 00

Year 9 Attitudes to School - 2013 School vs State ** ** Student Morale Student Distress Attitudes to school key areas Teacher Empathy Teacher Effectiveness Student Motivation WPSC Stimulating Learning State School Connectedness Learning Confidence Student Safety Connectedness to Peers Classroom Behaviour 0, 00 1, 00 Improveme nt 2, 00 3, 00 4, 00 Students Responses 5, 00 ** Student Morale and Student Distress are scored out of 7. Both results should be read in reverse 6, 00

2012/13 Independent Survey Data… How have we progressed? What impact has Project 9 had in 2013? � 20% 94% � 34% 96% � 25% 90% � 8% 69% either agree or strongly agree they feel connected to their teachers either agree or strongly agree that they enjoy coming to school this year either agree or strongly agree that they feel motivated to learn when in class either agree or strongly agree that students in their class take learning seriously

2012/13 Independent Survey data How have we progressed? What impact did Project 9 have on the positives? � 73% 100% either agree or strongly agree that they feel connected to their peers � 87% 98% either agree or strongly agree that they like having the choices in the elective program � 69% 98% either agree or strongly agree that they are responsible for their own learning

PROJECT 9 Curriculum Overview

Mentors �Matt Bodley – Chaplain/Maths �Clair Spencer – Science/Maths �Craig Belkin – English/Humanities �Kara Dunstan – Science/Maths �John Heffernan – PE/English �Chris Quinn – PE/Science

Structure �Project 9 will run every Friday each week �Focus on 21 st Century skills with real life applications �Curriculum content flows out into other subjects so attendance is crucial �Weekly agenda’s will be posted on the Year 9 office window by Wednesday each week

3 Way Partnership This partnership is crucial to the success for each student. Student Parent/ Guardian 3 Meetings - Roll over 2013 - Mid 2014 - End of 2014 Mentor

i. Pads � 1 to 1 i. Pad allocation - school use only �Acceptable user agreement Must be signed by parent/guardian �Used as an engagement device to support learning �Also used in core subjects throughout the week �Utilised applications include Keynote, i. Movie, Pages, Skitch, Numbers and Camera

Visual Diary (A 3 size) �Must have 1 for start of roll over (booklist) �Main form or work representation �Encourages creativity �Presentation of work in creative forms �See examples of work

Excursions �Experiential Learning - ‘Real life’ application �Crucial to related term work �Majority are fully funded through grant support from R. E ROSS TRUST. �Indemnity forms – return ASAP to Year 9 office �Mentor teachers – contact if issues

Year Overview Term by Term – as shown in handout

Project 9 - Year Overview �Term 1 - LIFESTYLE �Term 2 - ENVIRONMENT �Term 3 - PLACE �Term 4 - CULTURE

Year Outline – Term 1 �Lifestyle Focus on Physical, Social and Emotional Wellbeing REACH program – Workshop Team building and Core Values identification Body systems assignment (links to ENG and SCI) Community support agency - visits and promotion of services Community excursions – various lifestyle venues Laryngectomy association – Guest speakers

Year Outline - Term 2 �Environment Tree Surfing – High ropes course in the trees Warringinee Park - exploring local conservation park Western Port Bay – Jacks Beach Mangroves Heide Gallery –Environment links (Fiona Hall 2013) Point Nepean – Culture and Environment research Point Nepean excursion – Indigenous links Cape Shank ecosystems - data collection excursion Baluk Arts – Indigenous Art workshops

Year Outline – Term 3 �Place Feasibility study – Inquiry task into making our community a better place Bounce excursion – practical example for feasibility study ‘The Block’ – volunteering to make a positive improvement to our school Tall Ship Enterprise – Explore the settlement of Melbourne Big Day Out – Careers exposure excursions

Year Outline – Term 4 �Culture City experience – City exposure and mapping task Aunty Caroline Briggs – Guest speaker Cultural diversity – Workshop task Migration to Australia – Guest Speaker South Eastern Drug and Alcohol – Guest Speaker Cultural Food day Film focus – Cultural acceptance and Resilience

PROJECT 9 Promotional video