Case Management Meetings: Driving Change Through Sentence-Level Focus

 


In Term 2 and Term 3 this year, our school conducted a series of Case Management Meetings (CMMs) that played a pivotal role in shaping our teaching and learning priorities. These meetings brought together teaching staff, our Principal as Lead Learner and Knowledgeable Others to collaborate on strategies to support student achievement in writing. As these discussions unfolded, a clear and recurring theme emerged: the need to prioritise sentence-level writing skills across all year levels. This realisation helped our Staff decide that there was a strong need to redevelop our Data Wall to reflect sentence construction.

The CMMs in Term 2 and Term 3 continued to shape our collective commitment to improving student outcomes through targeted, evidence-based practices. By focusing on something as fundamental as the sentence, our school community is building stronger foundations for literacy and lifelong learning.



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