English News
BOOK WEEK & BOOK FAIR
ORDER OF EVENTS
Scholastic Book Fair: Wednesday 14th August - Friday 16th August (Week 4)
Scholastic book fair open to parents before and after school.
K-3 Jacqueline Harvey Author Visit: Thursday 15th August (Week 4)
Larrikin House are offering book sales for the event where students can purchase their books of choice and have them signed by the Author at the event, the books will be sent directly to the school. https://larrikinhouse.com.au/collections/jacqueline-harvey-author-event
Simultaneous Silent Reading: Monday 19th August (Week 5) 1.00 pm - 1:30 pm
Students bring along their favourite book and picnic blanket or cushion to read with friends outside.
St Pat’s Great Book Swap: Tuesday 20th August (Week 5)
Students are asked to bring in a used book from home they no longer read and they will be given an opportunity to choose a new book in a ‘swap’ while donating a gold coin where all proceeds will be given to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Donations can also be made online: https://go.greatbookswap.org.au/stpatsgreatbookswap
St Pat’s Book Week Parade: Wednesday 21st August (Week 5) - 9am
Please Join Us!
Dress as your favourite book character!
Marilyn Cosgrove Award
Premier’s Reading Challenge Raffle
Creative Performances
Book Week - Art Awards
Book Week Trivia
After a busy morning, bring a picnic rug and something to share, enjoy morning tea with your family!
Nathaniel Eckstorm Illustrator Visit Year 4: Thursday 22nd August (Week 5)
https://nathanieleckstrom.com/index.html
Tristan Bancks Author Visit via Zoom Years 5 & 6: Thursday 5th September (Week 7)
Tristan’s Novel - ‘Scar Town’ is shortlisted this year in the Book Awards!
Larrikin House are offering book sales for the event where students can purchase their books of choice and have them signed by the Author, they will send signed copies to the school to be distributed to the students after the event has finished.
https://larrikinhouse.com.au/collections/tristan-bancks-author-visit
Kind Regards,
Kim Hill & Kate Gill
3-6 News
Students from Years 3-6 will be participating in the Prime Minister's Spelling Bee again this year. The class round will be completed in the coming weeks in each classroom. Students taking part in the Spelling Bee will be given 30 random words from their reading level word list. They have 25 seconds to spell each word. Students may not be familiar with all the words they are asked to spell. However, exposing students to new words and their definitions will help expand their vocabularies and encourage them to continue reading. Refer to Compass for more information.
Mrs Hill has registered our school for the MS Readathon for the month of August, register your student here : https://www.msreadathon.org.au/fundraiser/stpatricksprimarysutherland
There is a free t-shirt for anyone that signs up and other prizes for your fundraising efforts.
We will have prizes for the students who read the most amount of books for the month of August and also for those students who raise the most amount of money for MS!
Multiple sclerosis is a neurological condition that affects more than 25,000 Aussies. It is a progressive condition that affects the central nervous system and interferes with nerve impulses from the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. MS affects people differently, common symptoms include challenges with vision mobility and speech however many are often invisible. There is no cure or cause, however, there are treatments available to help people live well with the condition.
Kim Hill
Years 3-6 English Coordinator
K-2 Phonics Update
Kindergarten
Weeks 1-2: w x y z: zip wet yet yes tax fix box zap fox
Week 3: Consolidation Week: Pitstop sound assessment of Level 3 taught sounds
Year 1
Weeks 1 - 2: /ue/ as in stew: dew few stew new pew cue due rescue cube tube fuse huge
Week 3: /ou/ as in loud: loud found ground round cloud mouth south spout
/ir/ as in stir: sir bird stir dirt first skirt swirl
Year 2
Week 1: /ar/ is in shark and class: star bark park shark art smart start party carpet market alarm garden faster nasty plaster basket
Week 2: /air/ as in air are ere ear: bare dare care stare rare scare square aircraft despair unfair staircase hairbrush bear pear tear/tearing wear/wearing
Week 3: /eer/ as in ear eer: ear clear dear fear hear gear near rear tear year beer cheer deer peer
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Kate Gill
K-2 English Coordinator