Chapter 2 – What do Teachers Think About Everyone Everyday
[Music plays. The Everyone Everyday logo appears in the shape of an eye with a central flower, and the title: What do Teachers Think About Everyone Everyday? The background shows a classroom of children sitting on the floor facing the teacher. The text fades, and the logo of the ACT Government appears]
[Image shows a teacher in front of class of children]
Jess: Teaching Everyone Everyday is very different to teaching literacy or maths. [Image shows the children’s faces, and then returns to show two women in front of the class] The lessons are very engaging for students, [Image shows a woman speaking, and the text appears: Jess, Teacher, Kindergarten] and I think the message and the social and emotional learning that comes across through the activities is very important.
[Image shows two teachers speaking, and text appears: Rachel and Vidhya, Teachers, Years 3 &4]
Speaker 2: I find the Everyone Everyday program very easy to use, and every teacher friendly.
[Image shows two teachers speaking, and the text: Georgina & Rebecca, Teachers, Years 1 & 2]
Speaker 3: When you put it up on the timetable and say we’re going to do Everyone Everyday today, they’re like, yes. They have that love for it.
[The image shows the students faces, and scans around the class to show close up shots of various children, then changes to show two teachers talking, and the text appears: Rachel and Justine, Teachers, Years 5 & 6]
Speaker 4: The program is so simple to follow, because every week we just pull up the website, [image shows five teachers sitting around a table talking, and changes to zoom in on a face, and then on a laptop. One teacher hands the laptop to another] and then all the resources are there, so it’s really easy. All the curriculum links.
[Image shows the two teachers, Georgina and Rebecca, speaking]
Speaker 3: A lot of the arts are actually covered in it, which his really good. Visual art, you can do drama, [Image shows a pin up board with paper figures, then a mind map] literacy is a big one as well.
[Image shows a teacher addressing her class, then focuses on a smiling child]
Speaker 5: Today, for Everyone Everyday, we are going to be doing a fun activity.
[Image shows the two teachers Rachel and Vidhya speaking]
Speaker 6: And the activities are very interesting too, it’s not just the same repeated activities [Image shows a child at the whiteboard] for all the lessons.
[Image shows the whiteboard, with an activity titled: Behaviours that connect]
Speaker 7:I remember that one activity, with the wool, [Image shows two teachers speaking and the text: Katherine and Libby, Teachers, Kindergarten] where we had to throw it around and we had to say why someone was their friend, [Image shows children sitting in a circle, all connected with a web of wool, and changes to show a child throwing and catching a ball of wool] what they liked about them. And there was lots of positive things that came out of the students.
[Image shows a young child, smiling]
Speaker 8:And why do you choose Kalman?
Child: Because he shares with me.
Speaker 8: He shares with you, lovely. [Image shows the class in the circle standing up with a web of wool] Carefully, let’s stand up with our web.
[Image shows the teachers Rachel and Vidhya speaking]
Speaker 9: We had the Guide Dog Association come to the school, and it just fit in so beautifully [Image shows a class seated on the floor with their backs to the camera, listening to a women with a guide dog] with the whole program, [Image shows the students’ faces, and the shows the dog] and the students were able to tie in all of the language that they’re using in this program.
[Image shows a teacher sitting in front of his class]
Kate: I’ve worked with the people from Everyone Everyday to come out and roll out professional learning for our new staff. [Image shows a woman speaking, and the text appears: Kate Flynn, Deputy Principal] That was a really positive thing. [Image shows teachers sitting around a table, and then shows the Class Action Plan] Staff really enjoyed hearing from the Everyone Everyday team, to gather knowledge and gain an insight into the program.
[Image shows a man speaking, the text appears: David, Teacher, Year 2]
David:A lot of it really was, for me, the open discussion and really just letting the kids go with it. Here’s what we’re talking about. And the kids would then ask questions, make a comment. [Image shows the children talking] The exquisite teaching lets the conversation happen.
[Image shows two teachers, Rachel and Justine speaking, then shows the children’s faces]
Speaker 11: Once you open up that forum, the children have a lot to say.
[Image shows Jess speaking]
Jess: I have seen a different side to my students. You see a different way that they interact with their peers after a lesson.
[Image shows Rachel and Vidhya speaking]
Speaker 12: It has really helped the whole culture in the classroom as well.
[Image shows two teachers, Rachel and Justine, speaking, and then shows a teacher in front of her class]
Speaker 3:From my perspective it’s been a huge learning curve, and the more confident I get with teaching it, the more I know the information, [Image shows children talking] and the lessons and everything, I can support it with more knowledge [Image shows a girl raising her hand] and bring more to it.
[Image shows two teachers speaking, then shows all the other teachers in turn]
Speaker 13:I would definitely recommend the program to other teachers.
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