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Soundwaves Spelling Years 3-6

Congratulations to Isaac C in Year 5 who raised $201 for MS in the MS Readathon!

Stage 3 Zoom with Author Tristan Bancks

On Thursday 5th September, Year 5 and Year 6, were fortunate to zoom in with Tristan Bancks, author of many books, including 'Scar Town', 'Cop and Robber' and an old favourite titled 'Ginger Meggs'. Tristan spoke about his early life, growing up in the Blue Mountains, loving reading and playing sports. He spoke about how he didn't start writing books, he started writing plays to perform. Tristan always had a love for thriller books, to the point that he closed a Petrol Station at night, and brought in all his props, including fake money, to create a trailer for one of his best sellers 'Cop and Robber'. He enjoys travelling around Australia to find great settings for his ideas to come to life. 

Thomas G, Scarlet H and Teena T (Year 5M)

Kim Hill 

Years 3-6 English Coordinator

K-2 Phonics Update 

Kindergarten   

Week 8:  th (them) th (thin):  them  this then that    thin  moth  math  

Week 9: Consolidation and Review of Consonant Digraphs: ch  sh  th  th

Year 1 

Week 8: /oy/or: or as in sport/ oy as in toy: born  corn  torn  sort  short  sport  torch  storm  north  fork

joy  toy  boy  ploy  soy  boys

Week 9: /er/:  er as in jumper:  dinner  summer  letter  better  jumper  sister  winter  number  under

Year 2

Week 8: Plural spelling rule (Add ‘es’ to words ending in s, x, ch , tch, sh and z): beaches peaches watches lunches witches foxes boxes kisses dresses bosses buzzes wishes dishes brushes flashes 

Week 9:  /j/ g  ge dge:  gel  gym  cage  page  rage  sage  stage  wage  bridge  edge  hedge  ledge  wedge  fudge 

Kate Gill

K-2 English Coordinator