Teaching and Learning

Hello families,

Last week your children may have taken part in whole class or a 1:1 assessment with their teacher. Here at TPS we are guided by our strong formative assessment practices that guide our teaching and learning, however, at this stage of the year we administer formal assessments to support our teacher judgements for reporting.

We encourage you to talk about the different assessment experiences your child has taken part in, as this will be an ongoing feature of both primary and secondary education.

Even though we are in our ‘assessment season', teaching and learning continues!

Foundation

My Place, My Country, My World

Foundation students are continuing this unit as they explore Europe, Africa and Asia.

Junior School

The Culture of Japan

For the next five weeks Junior students will investigate the culture of Japan, learning about ancient traditions and modern life.

Middle School

Stories of Ancient Rome

Middle school students will read and write about stories of Ancient Rome, including the Legend of Romulus and Remus and Julius Caesar.

Senior School

The Heritage of Ancient Greece & Rome

The Seniors have embarked on a new unit that builds on their prior knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome.

Happy learning!

Miss Barnett

Book Club

Scholastic Book Club is a service offered to students, parents and teachers. Brochures advertising a variety of books and computer software are sent home with each student, approximately twice a term.

Purchase of the books is not compulsory and there is no obligation. If you do wish to purchase any goods simply log into the Book Club site www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and follow the prompts. All Book Club orders must be ordered and paid for via LOOP. Do not send order forms and cash to school. When the order arrives at school, books are sent home with students.

The School earns “Bonus Points” for each order which can be used to purchase new resources for the Library.

Issue 2 orders should be in by the end of next week and Issue 3 will be out early in term 2.

Click here for the Scholastic Book Club Parent Log in page or to register for new users.

How to order

Click on ORDER in the top menu or REGISTER first to save your details for the first time. Select Teesdale PS and your child’s class. Add your child’s name and last initial. Enter the item number from the brochure.

You can order for multiple children at once. All orders are linked directly to the school.

Our school receives bonus points, which are redeemed for a variety of books for the children therefore we thank you for your continued support.

If parents wish to collect orders personally from the office, please let the school know.

Please go to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and find Teesdale Primary School to order or alternatively you can download the LOOP app via the App Store or Google Play.

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