By Callum Ludwig
Creating an engaging education environment goes a long way toward motivating students for their school day.
Launching Place Primary School has been busy for Education Week, fitting this year’s theme ‘Active Learners: Move, Make, Motivate’.
Principal Laura Caddy said they have provided lots of opportunities for students but also to engage the community and families as well.
“Literacy and numeracy is where it’s at as far as us wanting to make sure that our students have the skills to be able to get them through life, but then we also want them to enjoy coming to school,” she said.
“Providing these opportunities means that we’re building their engagement and their motivation to take part in their education and be present for it.”
The week was packed with activities;
Launching Place Primary School had an open afternoon on Monday, and a Teddy Bear Picnic for our 2024 enrolments on Tuesday. We had an incursion on Wednesday, and then Thursday was Grandparents Day a chance for grandparents to do some school activities with children before Jimmy J from The Dreaming Space In Wesburn’s circus performance.
Ms Caddy said motivation and engagement in learning is the key to a successful school.
“I see that as our key business, to be able to provide that for our children at school whether it be through special-themed weeks or even extracurricular activities and our lunchtime clubs,” she said.
“Jimmy J isn’t new to us, last term he ran a weekly workshop with a group of children who were interested in working on circus skills and we also have a chess club, or a bracelet-making club that students came to me and asked for.”
Friday also marked the opportunity for the school to present its Bronze Award for its School-Wide Positive Behaviour program.
Ms Caddy said they hope to show students the school will act on what they have to say.
“We’re really trying to get students to suggest some student-led activities and when those opportunities arise, we’re really trying to show students that we listen to what they have to say and we value their point of view,” she said.
“Whether that’s through bracelet making or through the way that we learn about maths and being more active in that learning, it’s just listening to that student feedback.”
