Literacy

Parents who have English as an Additional Language Support Night

On Tuesday the 5th of March, we held our PEAL Information Night. It was an engaging night filled with lots of important information about school events and procedures and some guidance on how to support children in developing their English skills. The night even included some fun games! A big thanks to Di Fuller, Jacci Strachan and Joy Cook for presenting and organising the night. 

Library Captains

At our last school assembly, our 2024 Library Leaders were announced. A huge congratulations to Charlie and Ethan for getting the role. Below is a small profile of each of the Library captains. 

Charlie 

Hi everyone, my name is Charlie I am one of your Library Leaders for 2024 and I am very excited to be working with Mrs. Stroud this year! Some hobbies that I enjoy are playing football, netball, drama and reading. My favourite books to read are Lottie Brooks and anything about history. I’m looking forward to organizing the Book Fair and most importantly helping out in the place I most enjoy, the library!! 

Ethan  

Hello everyone, I am Ethan White and I am pleased to say that I am one of your 2024 library leaders. I am sure most of you don’t really know who I am, so I am here to tell you some facts and things about me. I enjoy reading, writing, football, rock climbing, rollercoasters, basketball, volleyball, swimming, climbing trees, boats/ships, architecture, natural disasters and facts about history. I'm looking forward to helping people navigate the library. 

What you can do at home to help your child write...

This information was presented at the Parents and Literacy Night and is relevant to all parents of Primary School aged children. The information is sourced from the Primary English Teaching Association Australia. 

 Encourage children to write, write, write! Provide many opportunities such as writing the shopping list, sending letters and cards to friends and relations, writing emails, keeping a diary, publishing personal stories, and leaving notes. Locating writing apps such as Book Creator. Writing should be relevant and meaningful rather than writing for the sake of writing.​

Give children opportunities to read their stories aloud (while you sit back and listen). Listen with a focus on the message they express. Comment on what they have done well, for example: ‘I enjoyed how you used interesting words such as X, Y, Z.’ ‘The character you created seems so real. I can imagine how he looks.’ Leave comments about spelling, punctuation, and grammar to another time — they are important if and when it is to be published.​

Draw children’s attention to how writing is presented, for example, on brochures, billboards, books, and electronic media — these are models of writing for real purposes.​

Create a community of writers. Provide a quiet place for writing with lots of writing materials. Leave notes for each other, write poems for your children, and send messages in lunch containers. Play writing games, for example, one person writes the beginning, another the middle and the other the end of a family story. Write together.

Fortnightly Segments 

Comprehension Question 

This fortnight’s comprehension questions are:

How would you have reacted to a specific situation in this book? 

Why did you decide to read this book? 

At what point did this book 'hook' you?  

Writing Challenge

If your child enjoys their writing and is keen to write for enjoyment at home, below is a prompt that you could ask your child to write about. 

You discover a trapdoor in your house. What lies beneath?