The kindergarten must offer, or intend to offer, both programs. Projects must be for a kindergarten in Victoria that is, or will be, licensed to provide a funded Three and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten program for four years from project completion. The Building Blocks Improvement stream offers grants to help kindergartens refurbish or renovate early childhood buildings and facilities, and purchase information technology to assist the delivery of educational programs and service administration.

Analyse pupils’ progress using Point In Time Assessment (PITA) selecting a variety of dates term by term, year by year.Applications for Information Technology Grants are open until 30 July.Īpplications for Early Learning Facility Upgrades and Minor Improvement Grants are open until 3 September.

Analyse children’s progress using traceable data for individuals and groups of children linking planning to the Formative Loop.

Evaluate the curriculum offer and quality of learning and teaching.

Monitor curriculum coverage by class, year group and key stage.

Reduce workload in line with Government recommendationsīuilding Blocks allows teachers and senior leaders to:.Formatively assess pupils learning through on-going evaluation and reflection at the point of learning.Plan personalised learning for individuals and groups of children ensuring that pupil voice is recognised and acted upon.Incorporate Rich Tasks into their curriculum offering, allowing pupils to apply skills in engaging and authentic experiences that reflect pedagogical principles.Ensure breadth and depth to learning by monitoring, mapping and gapping.Integrate Assessment for Learning strategies for pupils’ understanding.Plan teaching and learning experiences that promote Attitudes and Dispositions.Learning in collaboration and to collaborateĪ move away from what students should be learning, towards what they should become.Globally, there is a shift in what are deemed to be the important elements of learning. It’s easy to say, but the hard part is making sure that it happens in our classrooms each and everyday.īuilding Blocks® is a pedagogical approach to teaching and learning that allows schools to plan, monitor, assess and report on their curriculum offering in line with the philosophy of leading educational systems, those of Welsh Government’s Curriculum for Wales 2022 and that of England with the philosophy of Intent, Implementation and Impact When children are engaged in learning and loving it, as teachers we know that success and progress will follow. Diolch TLP! Absolute Genius!’ Janet Hayward Executive Headteacher Cadoxton & Oak Field Primary Schools For us, Building Blocks is integral to our Curriculum offer. It enables consistency between teachers and is a real support in our journey towards realising the ambition of our New Curriculum for Wales. As an outcome, teaching and learning is more creative and far better tailored to the needs and interests of classes. As planning and assessment are easily linked together using the portal, so much teacher time is saved, allowing teachers to use their time to it’s best. ‘Building Blocks is the tool that gives me confidence as Headteacher that my teachers are being effectively supported whilst planning. We’ve taken your views about the current educational challenges and developedīuilding Blocks, so that you have more time to spend on the important part of teaching and learning and less time away from the children.

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