Learning
BVAC
What is BVAC?
BVAC is the Barwon Valley Achievement Certificate
The BVAC Curriculum
- Best Life Program
- Team Industries
- Team Eats
- Respectful Relationships/So Safe
- Learning to learn (All about me book)
- Internal and External Pathways Programs
Literacy
BVS Literacy Framework
The BVS Literacy framework is based on the 4 Blocks model as presented by Jane Farrell in her Balanced Literacy Approach, while being firmly aligned to DET Principles and Practices of teaching literacy as outlined in the Literacy Initiative and Guide to the Literacy Teaching Toolkit.
The Framework is a whole school literacy model that directly addresses the literacy learning needs of all of our students, with particular focus on students at Emergent levels A-D of Reading and Viewing, and Writing, and conventional levels F-2 and 3-6.
The evidenced based 4 Blocks approach has had a focus on making reading approaches accessible to students including those with severe communication difficulties. As a framework it dovetails with the approaches in the DET Literacy initiative, supporting teachers to provide effective targeted teaching to students in emergent and conventional literacy levels.
The Framework groups the teaching of literacy into four blocks: Shared Reading, Working with Words, Independent Reading, and Writing.
Data is collected through running records, English online, ABLES, moderation in PLC groups and teacher judgements on student progress and engagement collected through Survey Monkey.
The BSV Whole School Literacy Framework is linked to the High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS), including an Augmentative and Alternative Communication HIT to ensure opportunities for all students to learn to read and write.
Numeracy
BVS Numeracy Framework
- The Victorian Curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The Curriculum is organised by the three strands of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.
- This is reflected in The Barwon Valley School Numeracy Framework which is structured to develop each student’s ability to use mathematics and numbers in a wide range of situations and understand the roles they play in everyday life. Students should be able to use this knowledge to apply different numerical concepts in order to solve problems and make sense of their world.
We have developed a BVS Scope and Sequence document to ensure that students have exposure to all sub-strands of the curriculum.
Inquiry Based Learning
