Learning & Teaching 

LEARNING & TEACHING - Vira Pirrotta

READING @ HOME TIPS  

There is no magical formula for learning to read. Children learn in their own time according to their own pace. There is no critical age when all children should have mastered reading. 

Children need ongoing quality experiences with books. Providing a regular, reading routine at home assists children in their quest for reading success. 

During reading, there are many effective ways to assist children to identify unfamiliar words or correcting errors while reading. Prior to saying anything when assisting your child please allow sufficient wait time. Allow your child to look around the page for clues as too often they will appeal for help.  Rescuing won’t help!

Telling them the word does not allow them to become independent.  

After waiting sufficient time, if your child is still unsure try saying:

• Read on and collect other clues.
• Go back to the beginning of the sentence and re-read what you read.
• Look at the illustration and see if there are clues there.
• What do you think would make sense here?
• Say the first sound and look at the picture to help 

If your child has had a go at an unknown word and is unsure if it is correct you can ask: 

• Does it make sense?
• Does it sound right?
• Does it look right? 

If these prompts are not working and your child is labouring over a word and becoming frustrated,  move them on by telling them the word and continue reading. We want students to struggle a little in order for them to become independent word solvers but we also do not want reading to become a task.

It should be an enjoyable experience for both you and your child.

For further information please visit:

https://www.petaa.edu.au/w/teaching_resources/parents_guide.aspx 

https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101-guide-parents 

NUMERACY - Colleen Monaghan

Pancake Tuesday was a great day for Maths. We measured the ingredients to make pancakes, we estimated how many we could make with the mixture and then we measured them when they were made. We collected that data on each class's favourite toppings and then represented the data in a graph.

We also counted how many flips Mrs Monaghan could do without dropping them. Of course, we did eat the pancakes which was the best part.

SPORT & PE - Michael Jennings

SSV COBURG DISTRICT SUMMER SPORT RESULTS

On Friday 24 February, St Fidelis’ Year 5/6 students participated in Round 1 of the SSV Coburg District Interschool Sports Competitions. In this round, St Fidelis travelled by bus to the Australian International Academy to play matches of Softball, Basketball and Bat Tennis. 

Congratulations to all our teams on displaying wonderful sporting behaviour, which included respect for our team members and the opposition, trying our best, and supporting each other through encouragement. A large number of our team members were playing these games against an opposition team from another school for the very first time, so our teams’ performances are to be commended! 

Results:

Softball Boys

AIA 8 runs defeated St Fidelis 7 runs

Softball Girls

St Fidelis defeated AIA by forfeit (Practice match played)

Bat Tennis Boys

St Fidelis 26 games defeated AIA 16 games

Bat Tennis Girls

St Fidelis 31 games defeated AIA 14 games

Basketball Boys

AIA 10 points defeated St Fidelis 4 points

Basketball Girls 

St Fidelis 28 points defeated AIA 8 points

STEM - Joe Frazzetto

The Foundation students are beginning to understand the meaning of S.T.E.M. Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics. 

Once again, the Foundation students are collaborating, thinking and contributing by working with the BeeBots and sharing their ideas how to code the BeeBots to do a specific job. Click on the link and observe the Foundation students create Coding Magic!

VISUAL ARTS -  Joe Frazzetto

Great News - Hundreds of students from Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne are exhibiting their artwork as part of the annual Creative Arts Exhibition! The exhibition, part of Catholic Education Week (March 14 - 18) is a chance for young artists to share their creativity with the world. 

The Creative Arts Exhibition 2023, includes a live gallery held at the Catholic Leadership Centre in East Melbourne and a digital gallery where schools, students, families and the Catholic community can join in the celebration and witness the incredible talents of our young artists. 

This year, the theme for Catholic Education Week is 'Forming lives of faith, hope and love in the light of Christ' and I have encouraged all our students, to explore, design, create and submit artworks fitting with this theme.

Archbishop Peter Comensoli hopes to see a larger selection of religious artworks in the 2023 show and I can say with great pride our students produced wonderful and beautiful art pieces and religious artworks expressing their understanding of Forming lives of faith, hope and love in the light of Christ. Usually the curators select one or two artworks from each Catholic School but once again, the curators were so impressed with our students’ art pieces I was allowed to select five artworks from St. Fidelis.  They selected many art pieces from our artists of 2022 to also be exhibited at the 2023 Catholic Education Week Art Expo.

You are welcome to visit the 2023 Catholic Education Week Art Expo. If your child’s work has been selected and their work has been exhibited at the expo, this is an amazing achievement by your child. If you have the opportunity to visit the exhibition, please take a photo with your child and art piece and email it to me joef@sfmoreland.catholic.edu.au I will like to share it with the St Fidelis Community. This is proud moment for your child, yourselves and the St Fidelis Community.

Below are details, dates and how to book to visit the 2023 Catholic Education Week Art Expo.

Exhibition Location

Catholic Leadership Centre, 

576 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne 3002

Art Show Opening

The exhibition will run from 9am to 3:45pm on Tuesday the 14th until Friday the 17th of March. On Saturday, the 18th of March, it will be open from 11am to 3:45pm.

Exhibition booking system

Those planning on attending will need to book a session through this link. If you are unable to attend, the exhibition website will be live once the exhibition starts.

Below are the amazing Artworks from our 2022 students to be exhibited at the Catholic Education Week Art Expo. The following students need to be congratulated for this achievement and it is a wonderful opportunity to share this news with the St Fidelis' community.