Senior Report (5/6)

Reading in the Senior Learning Community

Wollert Primary's Senior students have been showing brilliance each and every day!

Our students have been hard at work learning about the purpose of different texts, and identifying whether authors are attempting to persuade, inform or entertain the reader. Through this program, students have developed a deeper understanding of the written word, and have been able to glean more information from the texts they encounter.

One of the key aspects of the Senior Reading Program for this term has been learning how to summarise. This skill is essential for students as it allows them to extract key information from a text, organise it in a logical manner, and then use it to support their understanding of the material. By teaching students how to effectively summarise, we are helping them to become better readers and thinkers. 

In Reading, students have been looking at Summarising and Retelling a text using the 'SUM' strategy (Short, Use own Words and Main Parts) as well as Identifying the author’s purpose in a text using the 'PIE' strategy (Persuade, Inform and Entertain). 

Students are learning to identify how the author builds interest and suspense in a story by using illustrations, and colour to convey meaning and create mood and angle and perspective to convey a point of view. 

Another important component of the program has been the identification of independent reading goals. Students have been encouraged (with their teacher's guidance) to set specific, measurable goals that will help them become stronger readers. By setting these goals, students are taking ownership of their learning and are able to track their progress over time. This process also allows students to identify areas where they may need to use classroom thinking tools or other resources to achieve their goals.

Our shared goal, as teachers and students within the Senior Reading Program, is for our students to develop a love for reading and a deeper appreciation for the written word. We are all working hard so that our students can gain invaluable skills that will benefit them in all areas of their academic and personal lives. ‘

We are proud of our students and their dedication to becoming lifelong readers and learners.

Home Reading Program

We are excited to announce the launch of the Senior Learning Community Home Reading Program! This program is designed to further develop our students' reading ability, and stamina and to create a reading routine that will assist our students for this year and beyond. We ask that students read for 20 to 30 minutes each night, and books can be borrowed from classroom libraries. Additionally, students are encouraged to find reading material that interests them at home, such as magazines, recipe books, or KidsNews.

To help keep track of their progress, each student will receive a home reading bag and a home reading log to fill in each night that they read. This program aims to develop the independence of each child, however until students have developed an effective take-home reading routine we ask all parents and guardians to monitor and encourage their child to read each night. We hope that this program will further enable our students to find joy in reading at home and feed their curious minds.

If you have any further questions about take-home reading, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.

Be BRILLIANT 

Be KIND 

Be CURIOUS 

Be JOY 

March:

Aaliyah 5/6B - 2 March

 Zainab 5/6C - 4 March

Anastasija 5/6C - 17 March

Jake 5/6D- 22 March

Aditya 5/6B - 31 March

April:

Scarlett 5/6D - 10 April

Marcus 5/6A - 20 April

Mounir 5/6D - 29 April

Liam 5/6A - 30 April