The Learning Pit

The staff at St Joseph’s are excited about the learning that will occur in our classrooms this year. They are ready to challenge their students and engage in interesting learning activities. We will continue to implement and embed ‘The Learning Pit‘ into all aspects of the curriculum. We want our students to be engaged in rich learning activities where they are challenged and supported by each other, their parents and their teachers. Learning occurs when we are challenged and step outside our comfort zone and as James Nottingham describes it, students enter ‘The Learning Pit’. The Learning Pit is an analogy that illustrates how we learn.

Source: https://www.learningpit.org/resources/graphics/#classic

Curriculum Sharing in 2024

Learning Updates

Following on from the success of our Learning Updates which were distributed in the Class News Feed on Compass in 2023, this practice will continue in 2024 with some slight adjustments to occur. The Learning Update will continue to inform you about the learning your children are engaged in at school. Rather than focus on specific Key Learning Areas the Learning Update will incorporate learning from more than one area and follow this schedule:

Term 1: Weeks 5 and 10

Term 2: Week 5

Term 3: Weeks 5 and 10

Term 4: Week 5

Term Overviews

A learning overview for each term for each class will be distributed in the Class News Feed section of Compass during Week 2 of each term.

Term 1: included in the class information booklets

Terms 2 – 4: distributed in Week 2 of each term

Leanne Skinner 
Primary Co-ordinator and Pedagogical Mentor