Daily model
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for kindergarten students.
Early Stage 1
Total hours per day:
2.5 hours per day plus other activities.
Key focus areas – core teaching:
- 45-60 minutes of English activities
- 30-45 minutes of mathematics activities
- 30-60 minutes of activities across other KLAs (creative arts, HSIE, PDHPE and science/technology)
Additional learning:
- Other activities such as wellbeing, sport and physical activities, where social distancing allows.
Explore two examples of the daily model.
Introduction
An example of how to structure one unit of work is the daily model, which allows students to spend a set amount of time on specific subjects on certain days. Flexibility can be provided by offering students choices in the times they do their set tasks or by offering a choice of tasks to work on in the allotted time.
Examples
A Year 8 geography class is given a series of activities to be completed daily, over 5 days. This includes the provision of a task on Monday which is to be submitted on Friday. The students are provided with content to achieve the task via Google Classroom and one scheduled Zoom session, which includes the students at school. Dedicated time is allocated to complete part of the task each day.
A Year 1 teacher sets a series of English activities for students to complete. The activities include a reading task, a writing task and an online phonics task. At the beginning of the day, the teacher provides whole class instruction to set expectations. Students learning at home join via Microsoft Teams call. Students can choose when they complete each task over the course of the day. The teacher schedules check ins with 3 students who require additional support.
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for Stage 1 students.
Stage 1
Total hours per day:
2.5 hours per day plus other activities.
Key focus areas – core teaching:
- 45-60 minutes of English activities.
- 30-45 minutes of Mathematics activities.
- 30-60 minutes of activities across other KLAs (creative arts, HSIE, PDHPE and science/technology)
Additional learning:
- Other activities such as wellbeing, sport and physical activities, where social distancing allows.
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for Stage 2 students.
Stage 2
Total hours each day:
3 hours each day plus other activities.
Key focus areas – core teaching:
- 45-60 minutes of English activities.
- 30-45 minutes of mathematics activities.
- 1-1.5 hours of activities across other KLAs (creative arts, HSIE, PDHPE and science/technology).
Additional learning:
- Other activities such as wellbeing, sport and physical activities, where social distancing allows.
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for Stage 3 students.
Stage 3
Total hours each day:
3 hours each day plus other activities.
Key focus areas – core teaching:
- 45-60 minutes of English activities.
- 30-45 minutes of mathematics activities.
- 1-1.5 hours of activities across other KLAs (creative arts, HSIE, PDHPE and science/technology).
Additional learning:
Other activities such as wellbeing, sport and physical activities, where social distancing allows.
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for Stage 4 students.
Stage 4
Total hours each day:
3.5 hours each day.
Key focus areas - core teaching:
- 30-45 minutes of English activities.
- 30-45 minutes of mathematics activities.
- 90-120 minutes of activities from creative arts, HSIE, languages, PDHPE, science and technology and applied sciences.
Additional learning:
Other activities such as wellbeing, sport and physical activities, where social distancing allows.
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for Stage 5 students.
Stage 5
Total hours each day:
3.5 hours each day.
Key focus areas - core teaching:
- 30-45 minutes of English activities.
- 30-45 minutes of mathematics activities.
- 90-120 minutes of activities from HSIE, PDHPE, science and electives.
Additional learning:
Other activities such as wellbeing, sport and physical activities, where social distancing allows.
Guidelines when planning a daily timetable for Stage 6 students.
Stage 6
Total hours each day:
Students in Year 11 and 12 will follow their usual pattern of study.
Major project requirements:
- Changes have been made to the requirements for major projects in some practical subjects.
- NESA will continue to provide updates around changes to major projects and/or assessments for specific subjects.