At Good Shepherd Lutheran College, our Learning Enrichment team is committed to providing inclusive, accessible, and supportive learning opportunities for all students. A central focus of our approach is the intentional design of learning support strategies that respond to the diverse academic, social, and emotional needs of our students.

We believe that every learner deserves equitable access to education and the opportunity to achieve their personal best. Our approach ensures that students’ learning needs are met within a caring, nurturing environment. We encourage students to actively engage in their learning journey, developing confidence and capacity at their own pace.

We understand that students learn at different rates and in different ways. Our Learning Enrichment team works collaboratively with classroom teachers to support student needs and provide targeted assistance through a range of specialised services including:

• Collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure appropriate adjustments are in place to enable students with additional needs to access the curriculum on the same basis as their peers
• Identifying and assessing students with learning needs and referring students for further assessment where required
• Developing and implementing Individual Support Plans and regularly monitoring and reviewing these plans
• Collecting and submitting National Consistent Collection of Data documentation to support funding for students with disabilities
• Working alongside teachers to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate adjusted curriculum
• Supporting inclusive classroom practice through in‑class differentiation

Gifted students are those whose potential is distinctly above average (in the top 10%) in one or more of the following domains of human ability: intellectual, creative, social and physical.

Talented students are those whose skills are distinctly above average (in the top 10%) in one or more areas of human performance.

To best meet the needs of all students in the Junior Years, their teachers incorporate a differentiated curriculum. To assist with this, we have adopted a policy of clearly differentiating all English and Maths lessons into three distinct areas: those working towards, those working at, and those working beyond the expected level.

• Weekly extension classes.
• Children selected and nominated by class teacher.
• Extra literacy and numeracy lessons.
• Thinking Skills Program.
• Children are given opportunities to compete and engage with other gifted and talented children on the coast and from Brisbane.
• Lessons are prepared and taught by the Head of Junior Years, with small classes of four to five children.

As extra learning support, each term at Good Shepherd students in Years 2 to 5 can access the Homework Club after school on a Tuesday from 3.00pm to 3.45pm. They need only to turn up to the classroom with their homework and supervision and assistance will be offered to them in all subject areas.

Where: Year 2 Classroom

When: Tuesday 3:00pm – 3:45pm

Who: Year 2 to 5 students