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Students are eagerly reading PRC books. Please remember if your son or daughter requires assistance uploading books they are reading, or they have misplaced their username and password to see Mrs Koch.
The challenge closes at midnight on Friday, 18th of August 2023.
More information about the challenge is available by visiting the PRC website: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html
Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 syllabus news
This year teachers in the Koala room have been using a new English K-2 and Mathematics K-2 syllabus documents. There has been a lot of professional learning and support provided to these teachers to assist in the understanding of the new curriculum and putting this into practice in the classroom. Year 3-6 will begin using new English and Mathematics syllabus documents in 2024.
One notable difference that will be reflected in this Semester’s Report is the new language used in the English and Mathematics syllabus documents.
Mathematics Old Language | Mathematics New Language |
| Working Mathematically | Representing whole numbers |
| Number and Algebra | Combining and separating quantities |
| Measurement and Geometry | Forming groups |
| Statistics and Probability | Geometric measure |
| 2D spatial structure |
| 3D spatial structure |
| Non-spatial measure |
| Data |
| Chance |
English Old Language | English New Language Kindergarten | English New Language Year 1 and Year 2 |
| Speaking and Listening | Oral Language and Communication | Oral Language and Communication |
| Writing and Representing | Vocabulary | Vocabulary |
| Reading and Viewing | Phonological Awareness | Phonic Knowledge |
| Print Conventions | Reading Fluency | |
| Phonic Knowledge | Reading Comprehension |
| Reading Fluency | Creating Written Texts |
| Reading Comprehension | Spelling |
| Creating Written Texts | Handwriting |
| Spelling | Understanding and Responding to Literature |
| Handwriting | |
| Understanding and Responding to Literature
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NESA released the following documents this week to support parents in the various elements of the new Mathematics syllabus documents, Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 and the new English syllabus documents, Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2.
Mrs Cathy Koch
Assistant Principal
Leader of Pedagogy
