From the Leadership Team
In the spirit of reconciliation, Modbury School acknowledges the Traditional Custodians
of the country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.
We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Dear families,
It's been a busy few weeks at Modbury School with lots happening. We hope you enjoy reading through the newsletter and seeing all the positive things occurring at Mondury School P-6.
Reading at home supplements our literacy instruction by providing students with an opportunity to build on the skills and knowledge that they are developing at school. Our teachers will regularly listen to students reading, and make formal assessments based on their letter/sound knowledge and comprehension.
Our students learn to read from decodable texts, which are books containing specific sounds that the students have been taught at school. These decodable texts should be able to be read with growing confidence and no guessing.
As students demonstrate greater mastery with their reading, we see confident and capable readers move beyond decodable texts, and begin to develop their skills and independence as life-long readers through choosing books based on interest.
As parents/caregivers you can support your child's reading in these ways:
All our students in years Reception to 5 have participated in the Water Safety program at Waterworld this week. It's been a fun and busy week, students have been gaining valuable water skills as well as building positive relationships with each other as we have been walking to and from Waterworld.
Friday 29 March and Monday 1 April are public holidays for the Easter long weekend. We would like to wish all our families a safe and happy weekend and look forward to seeing all our children back at school on Tuesday 2 April at 8:55 am.
Our Mother's Day Stall will be available in Week 2 of next term for our students to purchase small gifts for Mother's Day.
Our Preschool will be able to visit the stall and purchase gifts on Tuesday 7 May and our R-6 students will visit the stall on Wednesday 8 May.
As we are moving to a cashless system, we will be using pre-paid vouchers for our students to buy gifts at the Mother's Day stall. These vouchers can be purchased through the Qkr! app. Students who have purchased vouchers will be provided with them on the day their class visits the stall. Please note: No cash will be accepted at the Mother's Day stall.
The vouchers are available on our Qkr! app now.
We are busy working in our school garden and each class has their own garden bed to look after and grow delicious healthy food.
Can you help with any donations of seedlings for our classes to help promote sustainability and the love of nature?
Please support our year 6 students by purchasing a hotdog combo for Friday 12 April.
Please order and pay through the Qkr! App.
Friday 21st March was National Close the Gap Day 🖤💛❤️
We want to see every Aboriginal child and young person in South Australia thrive academically, culturally, and socially.
Closing the Gap is a shared goal and a shared responsibility. It means building and strengthening partnerships between Aboriginal students, parents, carers, families, and communities across our services.
The Aboriginal Education Strategy 2019-2029 is an important part of SA’s commitment to Closing the Gap. The strategy was designed in collaboration with families, communities, and local organisations, and expands across the early years into schooling and is followed by pathways to success beyond school.
Read about the Aboriginal Education Strategy to learn how we can all contribute to achieving it: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/department/strategies-and-plans/aboriginal-education-strategy-2019-2029
Read more about the National Agreement on Closing the Gap: https://www.closingthegap.gov.au/national-agreement/national-agreement-closing-the-gap
Our Site Improvement Plan is focused on the following goals in Literacy and Numeracy that we will be working on in 2024.
Goal 1 - Literacy
Increase in the percentage of students meeting or exceeding reading benchmarks, fostering a culture of literacy excellence.
Goal 2 - Numeracy
Increase in the percentage of students meeting or exceeding reading benchmarks, fostering a culture of numeracy excellence.
We look forward to sharing our progress with our goals over 2024 with you.
Do you know an amazing staff member who’s making a real difference? Every day, those working in public education shape futures by inspiring children and young people to reach their full potential.
ThankED gives you the chance to celebrate and thank public educators, as well as those people who work in support of them.
You can say thanks any time, to anyone working in public education who has made a difference to you – visit www.education.sa.gov.au/ThankED.
We hope you enjoy reading through the newsletter. Enjoy the Easter break and the long weekend.
Warm regards,
Sara, Ali and Sheila.
Leadership Team
