Amy West

If you're not willing to learn no one can help you. If you're determined to learn no one can stop you.

Life is a journey, with problems to solve, lessons to learn, but most of all experiences to enjoy.

PRIDE

At DPS we have PRIDE - Peaceful, Respect, Independence, Daring to Dream, Excellence in Everything. As a motivator we use PRIDE points to...

Reading As one of my Reading Prove It's this term I got the students to choose a picture book, take notes of the key words on each page,...

As we were letting more students leave the classroom to work it was hard to keep track of where they were going. So I came up with this...

For the second half of our Term 3 Inquiry we had to focus on the Technology Modelling and Practice. For my homeclass I decided to base...

This year, after visiting several schools, we wanted the students to start participating in some sort of passion learning. This resulted...

In the last week of the first 3 terms we have a Data Day. This is when we get together as a syndicate and look at how we have done with...

During Term 3, I wanted to give my Literacy Class a reason to produce quality work. I did this by planning on turning our work into a...

At DPS we use Student-led Learning Conferences to inform our parents of their child's learning. Each learning conference is specific to...

I use ClassDojo as a means of communicating with my parents. I try to use it to not only talk to them about things I am concerned about...

This post has examples of planning that I think has been some of my best. It provides a clear purpose and the content is being taught to...