Our Learning
Pinnaroo Primary School serves a rural community, living in the environmentally unique and sensitive Mallee region of South Australia. The school is approximately 250km east of Adelaide, lying 4km west of the Victorian border. The township of Pinnaroo has a population of approximately 800 people with 1200 residing within the district boundary.
We believe that effective teaching and learning is relational and strategic
Through quality practice we deliver…
varied and diverse learning tasks that highlight innovation and practical skills integrated design thinking across the curriculum systematic and explicit character education a responsive and strengths-based approach to academic skills empowerment through ambitious learning intentions and collective support
Berry Street Educational Model
The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) equips both mainstream and specialist schools with practical, classroom-based strategies to increase the engagement of all students, including those with complex, unmet learning needs.
Our education model enables schools to support students’ self-regulation, relationships and wellbeing to increase student engagement and significantly improve academic achievement.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden
Pleasurable food education inspires children and young people to understand and connect with fresh, delicious food through fun, hands-on learning.
This approach empowers children and young people to develop practical skills, an appreciation of seasonal produce, and a positive, confident and healthy relationship with food — for life.
Farm School
Every student has weekly lessons in our purpose-built Eco-Lab. We link the National Curriculum to local skills and expertise to run hands-on agriculture, horticulture and sustainability programmes. Interested parents can join the advisory which keeps these lessons closely connected to Mallee-specific issues and solutions.
Future Schools
Future Schools brings together some of the most innovative educators and schools worldwide to explore and demonstrate what is possible in education.
As leaders in the future-focused movement, Members of Future Schools play a critical role in shaping the lives of students and the Australian educational landscape.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking in education is a mindset and approach to learning, collaboration, and problem solving. It encourages learners to take an inquiry stance, think divergently, and develop reflexivity. The process involves identifying challenges, gathering information, generating potential solutions, refining ideas, and testing solutions. It is part of the broader project-based learning educational model and uses a creative, systematic approach to teach problem-solving.
Our teachers actively plan for Design thinking as a way to build learner agency and effective learning skills.
Top Ten Maths
“Created by Australian teachers with Australian students.
We want to hear cheers at the start of maths sessions. We want to see materials (not worksheets and not click-technologies) in every primary classroom engaged in mathematics. We want to hear students reasoning with each other and thinking out loud (not silence) and see students recording their mathematical findings while using materials (rather than memorising rote-based rules). Ultimately, we aim to grow a generation of children who, as adults, will still love maths.” From the Top Ten website
