Philosophy

Orchard Grove Primary School is committed to providing a safe, nurturing environment that engages curiosity, promotes learning, personal growth and wellbeing for all students. We strive to develop adaptability and resilience so students can become valued members of the local and global communities and prepared for future life experiences.

The 10 principles of effective PLCs

1. Student learning focus: School improvement starts with an unwavering focus on student learning.

2. Collective responsibility: For every child to achieve, every adult must take responsibility for their learning.

3. Instructional leadership: Effective school leaders focus on teaching and learning.

4. Collective efficacy: Teachers make better instructional decisions together.

5. Adult learning: Teachers learn best with others, on the job.

6. Privileged time: Effective schools provide time and forums for teacher conversations about student learning.

7. Continuous improvement: Effective teams improve through recurring cycles of diagnosing student learning needs, and planning, implementing and evaluating teaching responses to them.

8. Evidence driven: Effective professional learning and practice is evidence based and data driven.

9. System focus: The most effective school leaders contribute to the success of other schools.

10. Integrated regional support: Schools in improving systems are supported by teams of experts who know the communities they work in.