A Look at Learning

Transition Class

Well transition has kicked off with a bang and a whole tonne of learning. We have started to explore our letters and numbers and continually practicing how to write out names. We are learning so many new things through both play and structured sessions. The transition children are continually delighting Miss Lennon with their wide range of knowledge and their positive attitude to working in and out of the classroom.

Stage 2 - 3/4 Class

Our Stage 2 learners have put an incredible amount of effort getting into understanding and building their routines in the literacy and math's block. I am so proud of all their efforts. In the past few weeks we have been focusing on learning to read and comprehend written text for a wide range of purposes, we have been learning to plan, create and write texts for an information report in our literacy block. In our MaST block we have been learning about position and representing numbers using place value.

2024 Students as Authors Writing Competition

The 2024 'Students As Authors' Writing Competition is now open and the theme is Future Worlds.

The competition is designed to give students an authentic purpose and audience for their writing and provide an opportunity to showcase the writing talents of our students through publication to SORA, the digital library. Please support students to enter their work via the QR code embedded in the promo poster. The competition will close June 14th.

Premier’s Reading Challenge 2024

The Premiers Reading Challenge began on the 26th of February and runs through to the 23rd of August 2024.

This voluntary challenge involves the children reading a specified number of books from a particular list and keeping a log of the books read. The challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for pleasure in students and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge for children to read, to read more, and to read more widely. If you would like more information about the challenge, visit the PRC website here.

Further information will be sent home in the coming weeks and there will be further updates provided in forthcoming newsletters. Don't forget that any books that you are currently reading or that you have read since the completion of last year's challenge may be included in this year's list.

It is also expected that parents and students will be responsible for keeping track of books read. This can be easily done by logging on to the PRC site and adding them to their child's reading record. This also avoids the list getting lost.

Please contact the office if you are need your login details or password.

Reading at Home

Don't forget that your child has 24/7 access to reading material through SORA Online.

SORA, by Overdrive.

Simply access the app store and search for Sora. Alternatively use this link - SORA App

Once in the app you will need to add our Library by selecting

I have a setup code (at the bottom of the screen)

YOUR SETUP CODE IS: CENETAU

You will be prompted to

Select I have a setup code
Enter setup code cenetau
Select ACEN (Australian Catholic Education Network) from the drop down menu.
Log in using your own personal username and password
Choose diocese Armidale
Username: is your school username (the first part of your email address)
Password: the same password that you use to log into your chromebooks every day at school!
Any problems after logging in try looking in the HELP section in settings which can be found by clicking the 3 lines at the TOP RIGHT HAND corner OR email guyadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au