English News

Week 4

Supporting our students Years 3-6

Phonological awareness and phonic knowledge are constrained skills that are usually acquired in the early years of primary school. Students with strong phonological awareness and phonic knowledge are able to read words with automaticity and with minimal conscious effort, meaning that cognitive resources are available for comprehension. Strong phonological awareness and phonic knowledge is also important for supporting automaticity in spelling. When a student is having difficulty with reading comprehension, it is important to investigate if there are phonological awareness and/or phonic knowledge concerns. Where concerns are identified, intervention may be needed to strengthen these word recognition skills to the point of automaticity. Students in Years 3-6 will also continue to use their phonological awareness and phonic knowledge alongside morphological knowledge to read with fluency and spell with accuracy and automaticity.

Soundwaves Spelling - Years 3-6

The next few weeks Years 3-6 will be covering units:

Week 4: Unit 4 k c q ck x ch

Week 5: Unit 5 e ea

Week 6: Unit 6 d dd

Dymocks has a Creative Writing Competition available to enter for all Primary Students. Check it out at: https://beyondwords.dymockstutoring.edu.au/

Kim Hill

Years 3-6 English Coordinator

K-2 English Update

🎯 Phonics and Reading Parent Information Sessions

Next week there are two different sessions on Wednesday 6th March that parents in Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two are invited to attend. Please see the Compass announcement posted on 27th February for more information on these sessions.

You can scan on the QR codes below to make a booking.

5:00pm - 5:45pm