Tips to Parents for Remote Learning.

A Message To Parents About Remote Learning

Parents are the first teachers of their children. While the children are learning from home we would like to support you as best we can.

Firstly, please understand Remote Learning is not Home Schooling. Remote Learning is students learning from home using the materials and lessons that have been designed by their teacher. We do not expect parents to design lessons. Your child's teachers are doing an amazing job creating lessons that can be accessed online each day.

All of your child's work is timetabled each day and explained at Google Meets. Your child has access to their teachers during the school day at these Google Meets and at other times via email.

Parents can help their children by supporting them or reminding them to attend their Google Meetings. If you are finding remote learning difficult, please reach out to your child's teacher via email and express your concerns. We are all here to help you. Remember, we are all in this together!

Tips & Tricks

The Australian schooling system is different from many other countries around the world. To assist families to understand more about how Learning and Teaching is carried out in Australian classrooms this page has been sent up to share some tips and tricks that you may like to try at home. 

Please note, these ideas are optional and are not designed to add any further stress. 

Junior Maths - place value

Please enjoy this video made by Linda Carter on how to use place value to add and subtract by tens and ones. 

Junior Reading Tips

Reading together

Reading together is a valuable thing to do. Reading increases your child’s vocabulary, expands your child's understanding of the world, and gives them confidence when using language. Reading is also an important way to make the link between spoken words and written words.

Here are some general tips:

• Use online services such as Epic Books or our own online eLibrary "Sora" to select and read or listen to books together.
• Encourage your child to select books, magazines, catalogues, or multimedia stories according to their interests.
• Set aside time for reading every day. Reading before bedtime is a good habit to get into.
• Position yourself so your child can see the words and the pictures.
• Run your finger across the page with each word to help your child identify and remember words and sounds.
• Share wordless picture books to develop imagination, ideas, and vocabulary by naming and describing things in pictures.
• Look for rhyme, rhythm, or repetition in books. This will help develop your child’s love of language.

Here is a picture book you might like to listen to with your children this week.