Learning Conversations
Learning Conversations are a time for you to meet and get to know your child’s teacher and continue to build a strong relationship between your home and your child’s school. They are an opportunity to share information about your child’s progress, interests and needs. They also help the teacher understand more about your child. By asking questions and finding out more about the information you have an opportunity to become further involved in your child’s learning and give support where needed.
At Nativity students in R-2 have a parent /teacher conversation with the focus of the conversation on the responses made by students in the Learning Conversation booklet.
Students in 3-6 have student-led conversations. During this time students are expected to attend and lead the discussion about their work, using the Learning Conversation booklet.
After your learning conversation we recommend that you take time to talk to your child about:
- his/her strengths and celebrate these.
- the ideas you discussed to continue to support his/her learning.
- setting some age appropriate goals.
Remember, formal Learning Conversations are only one form of communication between you and your child’s teacher. Keep connected with us using mutually agreed forms of school/home communication such as Seesaw, email, or phone.
Finally, research shows that parents have a significant impact on their children’s educational achievements. In fact, parental engagement overrides all other factors that have been shown to influence a child’s achievement at school. Thank you for working in partnership with us.
We look forward to sharing your child’s semester 1 report and achievements at the end of term 2.
Erika Dixon
Principal
How to Make a Learning Conversation Booking
Learning conversations will occur during Weeks 2 and 3 in Term 2 (Monday 8th May to Friday 19th May). Please refer to the online booking system for the available times for your child’s class.
Bookings can be made from Today at 5 pm.
BOOKINGS CLOSE Sunday 23rd April at 9pm.
Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and enter the code 49twt
When you click finish, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatically – check your junk mail folder if you do not receive your email immediately.
You can return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time and change your interviews – until bookings close.
If you have any issues accessing the internet to make a booking, please contact your classroom teacher. Interviews are strictly 15mins; if you require more time, please contact your teacher directly and make alternative arrangements.
If there are no suitable times available on the schedule for your teacher, parents will need to contact the classroom teacher directly to arrange an alternative interview time outside of the allocated schedule.
In the case of multiple teachers, please refer to the note below on available times that have been set aside for Interviews. If you are unable to meet during these times, you are asked to see one of the class teachers to arrange an alternative time. Please note that both teachers may not be available at a subsequent meeting time and you may have to meet with only one of your child’s class teachers.
Parents can change their interview times any time prior to the closing date, by re-visiting the www.shoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the code. Parents wishing to change their interview times after the closing date should contact the school directly on: 8270 3177.
Learning Conversation Agenda Feedback
This afternoon your child would have brought their Learning Conversation Booklet home. Inside you will find information about how your child is progressing with the school values related to belonging, compassion, justice, courage, forgiveness and gratitude. Your child has also reflected on how they are as learners concerning our learning dispositions of engage, challenge, connect and create. In the past, we have provided parents with the opportunity to provide feedback if there were any particular issues you wish to discuss within this booklet. We have decided to move this aspect to an online form, which means you will no longer need to return the learning conversation booklet, and you may keep this copy for your records.
Inside the envelope sent home this afternoon, you will find information on how to access the online form via a QR code to provide your feedback to your child’s classroom teacher. Information has also been shared via SeeSaw for your convenience.
