Literacy News 

Parent/Carer Helper Training

Thank you to the parents/carers who have sent an RSVP for our parent/carer helper session from 2 pm to 3 pm on Thursday 3 June. All parents are welcome! 

 

Don’t forget to RSVP via email (annie.facchinetti@olhceltham.catholic.edu.au) if you are able to make the session. If you are planning to help in the classroom and you cannot attend, please also make contact and we can organise a briefing of essential information. All classroom helpers need to be briefed on expectations and protocols for classroom operations. 

 

Writer’s Wall

Our wonderful Writer’s Wall has been updated, with literary delights from our students on display for passers-by to enjoy.  If your child has a piece on the wall at the moment, they will have received a certificate acknowledging their achievement. 

The Writer’s Wall is located in the main hallway near Signora Stewart’s office and close to the Board Room, where everyone can see it. You’ll find everything from persuasive writing to historical fiction represented this time around. If you are visiting the school for Feast Day or for any other reason, please make the time to drop by and read some of the excellent writing from the students of Our Lady’s. 

 

Tips to support children at home

The last few weeks have focused on tips to support your child with reading at home. Here are some ideas to help students with spelling, taken from the Primary English Teaching Association Australia website (https://www.petaa.edu.au/w/Teaching_Resources/Parents_guide.aspx/#spell):

 

What parents can do (spelling)

  • Draw attention to words in the environment and in the books you read together, for example: ‘Look at those two words … they  are almost identical except for the last letter’; ‘That word is really long’; ‘That word is French’; ‘That word has three syllables in it’; ‘Those two words rhyme’.
  • Play games with spelling. Play games like Scrabble, crosswords, making words from number plates, letters in your names, words that can be spelled the same forward and backwards. Look for spelling apps that you can play together, for example, Boggle.
  • Play word games like thinking of rhyming words, opposites, or words that sound like their meanings. The Internet has many fun and free spelling activities.
  • Point out unusual words in the books you read together.
  • Look for words in the environment.
  • Children learn to spell by writing and noticing words when they read. Make reading and writing an integral part of your child’s day.

As always, if you’d like further information about our literacy programs, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

Annie Facchinetti

Literacy Leader