2021 has seen a significant focus on Our Learning. Our Learning is built on 21st century innovative curriculum. This year has seen our school become a South East Regional educational leader in driving teaching and learning focused on twenty-first century deep learning practices. Michael Fullan's research and evidenced based approach to New Pedagogies for Deep Learning, underpins our philosophy.
We have focused on developing leader and teacher capacity in deep learning and driving our focus on student engagement in learning. We have focused on our vision of the Springwood Learner and the development of the 6C's for 21st century skills for our students. This year teachers and students engaged with collaboration and improved our learning outcomes through learning more together. Our commitment to educating the whole student or investing in our young people to develop well-rounded, empathetic, humans has seen our school community embrace the C's of citizenship and character this year.
The development of our Springwood Learner and their progression of six years of schooling to become “The Storm" has driven our collective focus on character and citizenship. Students and staff have demonstrated and developed their STORM characteristics; strength, tenacity, optimism, resilience and motivation in their learning this year by being agile in their response to a COVID world. We each have successfully navigated our digital landscape of One Note, Education Perfect, Microsoft TEAMS and learning from home, with little notice.
Our commitment, dedication and alignment to the 6C's of the Springwood Learner have also influenced our leadership this year. As a staff of Springwood Leaders and life-long learners, we commit to the 6C's and challenging ourselves to also align to these characteristics. This year we have been more purposeful in our collaboration; working, learning and achieving as a united whole school team. We recognise our roles as citizens in our school; local, educational and global communities. We have actively communicated with each other, with students, with parents and our wider school community. We bring creative and critical thinking skills to our profession, teaching and daily work. We focus on character; we role model our STORM attributes and epitomise the role of a quality teacher in our profession – and for that I am humbled to lead such a high performing team. A team which is committed to our moral purpose and vision for 21st century innovative curriculum and are leading innovative and student-focused improvement for teaching and learning in 2022.