As previously published the student led conferences run this year from May 6th to May 15th. Parents need to access Gateway to make the bookings as in the past and the bookings will be open up until 36 hours before the conference is due to take place.
This is the first year that we are also making available the portfolios so please allow time after the student-led conference to go through this with your child. We have set up the room in the library with laptops so that parents that are able to stay on a bit longer can go through the portfolio with their child.
Here is the timetable for the conferences;
|
DATE |
7.50am – 11.55am |
1.10pm – 5.55pm |
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Monday 6th May |
Y4 |
Y3 |
|
Tuesday 7th May |
Y2 |
Y1 |
|
Wednesday 8th May |
Y3 |
Y2 |
|
Thursday 9th May |
Y1 |
Y5 |
|
Friday 10th May |
Specialists |
– |
|
Monday 13th May |
Y5 |
Y6 |
|
Tuesday 14th May |
– |
Y4 |
|
Wednesday 15th May |
Y6 |
Specialists |
Below is an outline of how the Student-Led conferences will be structured and the main aim of the process.
Student- Led Conferences (Term 3)
The purpose of Student Led Conferences is to share all elements of the student’s learning and progress both academic and social. The student is encouraged to lead the meeting and have ownership over sharing and discussing their learning with their parents and teacher. The main aim is the discussion between the student and his/her parent.
The student will prepare for the meeting with the teacher to review and set appropriate next steps and targets which are to be shared with their parents when the teacher is present.
The Students are then responsible to share their work and portfolios as evidence of their learning and own self-reflection of their learning process. The student should be pro-active in explaining what they have learned, how and why it is important and what they need to do next.
All teachers should be involved in supporting, guiding and preparing the students to share their portfolios and other relevant work ready for the conference.
In the early years the Student Led Conference may be organized more like a 3 way conference due to the students needing more scaffolding by the teacher.
However, the aim is that as the students progress through the years they will become more independent and eventually be able to lead the conference.
As with the 3 way conference, time will be made available for the parents to discuss their child’s progress with both the class teacher and specialist teachers with or without the child present depending on the nature of the discussion; e.g. 10 minutes with the student present and 5 minutes discussion with parents and teacher.