Pambula Quality Learning model

	Pambula Public School uses a wide range of learning models, tools and strategies to provide the best education for your child. The Pambula Quality Learning Model provides a framework providing consistency throughout the school. Our Quality Learning Model is developmental in structure allowing the chidren to build on their learning from basic exposure through to deeper understanding of the topic.
	Step 6: Share and Celebrate Step 5: Reflect Step 4: Create it Step 3: How will I find out? Step 2: What Do I Want to Know? Step 1:What Do I Know? I M M E R S E

Bloom's Taxonomy/MultIple intelligences

These two Learning models enable us to cater for the individual learning styles and needs of our students.

Bloom's Taxonomy
It is important when setting tasks and asking questions to know what level of thinking is required. In 1956 Benjamin Bloom created his Thinking Taxonomy for categorising the level of thinking required of questions asked in the classroom.
In the 1990's Lorin Anderson revisited the taxonomy and changes were made to the existing structure. The names of the six major categories were changed to reflect thinking as an active process.

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983. He identified seven intelligences (preferred learning styles), although an eigth is often included. The model highlights that students have different natural strengths and preferred learning styles. this determines their dominant behavioural and working styles in the classroom. Most students have three strong learning styles. Understanding and identification of these preferred learning styles have teaching and learning implications for our classrooms.

Fish Philosophy

The 'Fish Philosophy' drives our student welfare policy. Its four underlying principals of PLAY, BE THERE, CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE and MAKE THEIR DAY have helped develop a caring, responsible culture throughout our classrooms and playground.

Six Thinking Hats

Edward DeBono has developed the Six Thinking Hats to allow us to separate our thinking. We can put on different 'Hats' for different purposes.

Habits of Mind

Professor Art Costa and Bena Kallick formulated 16 Habits of Mind to describe characteristics of people who were remarkable performers. Our school is focussing on three of those habits. Our local high schools will continue devloping more of these habits.

Tools & Strategies

The children of Pambula PS will leave our school with a virtual toolbox of tools and strategies they can use to assist their learning. From graphic organisers to cooperative strategies children will be exposed to a wide variety of tools and strategies so that they can choose those that best support their learning styles and will best allow them to achieve their goals. The CAP website has explanations of many of these tools.

Cooperative Learning

A well rounded classroom has a healthy balance of cooperative, competitive and individualistic classroom structures to enhance learning. Studies have shown that cooperative learning promotes higher achievement. Cooperative lkearning teams have astrong, positive team identity and endure over time. students in cooperative teams are more active, self-directing and expressive, all of which are associated with achievement gains. Importantly, students are often given a variety of roles so that students of different abilities have relativly equal status in the group.
There are four basic principles to cooperative learning: Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation and Simultaneous Interaction.

Cooperative Learning in action.

Boys' Education

At Pambula PS we acknowledge that boys learn differently to girls. They are more likely to have discipline issues at school. have a high risk of having ADHD or a learning disability and a sre generally not achieving at the same level as girls.
These factors are being taken into considerartion by our staff when interacting with boys in the classroom, playground and when developing class programs. The Boys' Education committee has developed a handbook to assist staff in these areas.