The Learning Zone

"Coming together is the beginning, staying together is progress,

and working together is success." - Henry Ford

What a great start to the school year - take a look at the learning that has taken place already in 2024! A big thank you to our students who have come back to school settled and focused on their learning.

Best Start Interviews

Miss George and Mrs Mitchell have been conducting the Best Start Interviews with each new Kindergarten students. This assessment will provides the teachers with important about each child's early literacy and numeracy skills, and is used to plan activities based on individual learning needs. In the upcoming weeks, Kindergarten parents will receive feedback on the assessment and information about ways they can support their child’s learning at home. 

Home Reading 

St Joseph’s values, supports and encourages reading practices both at school and at home. Again this year, all classes will continue the structured home reading program. The aim of our home reading program is for children to enjoy reading and being read to, while practising some of the skills and strategies they have learnt at school.

Today, each child will bring home a ‘reader’ (book) in a clear plastic wallet. Also contained in the wallet will be an information sheet containing useful information and strategies to help and guide you when reading with your child at home. A good procedure for home reading with younger students is for the adult to first read the book to their child, then read it together (point to each word as it is read). As children become familiar with sounds and sight words, they will begin to read independently to you. All students are encouraged to read every day and may change their reader as needed. 

Thank you in advance for your assistance with facilitating reading at home. 

Have a wonderful week!