General news

STAFF NEWS:

Some of our staff have been provided with some new opportunities for Semester 2. Grace Neilson is exploring some new opportunities and Mrs Beth Bianco will be taking up a position at St Christopher's Panania as a Diverse Learning Teacher.  Miss Alexis Bell will replace Ms Neilson in Kinder M.  Mrs Lauren Augustus will take over the Diverse Learning role from Mrs Bianco and Miss Isabelle Lewis will come in as a 4th teacher to pick up the classes from Mrs Bianco and Mrs Augustus. There are significant changes for us here at St Patrick's and recognise that the current employment opportunities for teaching staff are very different to the past. We are saddened to see them move on but understand that they need to pursue different horizons.

ENGLISH NEWS

Mrs Hill has registered our school for the MS Readathon for the month of August, register your student here: 

https://www.msreadathon.org.au/join/stpatrickscatholicprimaryschoolsutherland

We will have prizes for the students who read the most amount of books for the month of August and also for students who raise the most amount of money for MS!

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological condition that affects more than 25,000 Aussies. It is a progressive condition that affects the central nervous system and interferes with nerve impulses from the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. MS affects people differently, common symptoms include challenges with vision mobility and speech however many are often invisible. 

There is no cure, or cause however there are treatments available to help people live well with the condition.

K-2 Phonics Update  

Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 have been working hard on daily phonics lessons. The goal of phonics instruction is to help beginning readers understand how letters are linked to sounds (phonemes) to form letter-sound correspondences and to help them learn how to apply this knowledge in their reading.  We encourage you to support your child at home by ensuring they are decoding and using these sounds to work out words when reading (example:   c/a/t = cat)

This week we have been learning………….

Kindergarten /sh/ as in dish

Year 1 /oa, ow, o_e, o/ as in boat, show, hope, go

Year 2 / ea, ai, ie, a,/  as in bread, said, friend, many

Next week we will be learning…………

Kindergarten /y, z, sh/ consolidation week: as in yes, yet, ship, fish

Year 1 /ur, ir, er/  as in fur, stir, jumper

Year 2 /contractions/ as in can’t, won’t, couldn’t

Regards,

Kimberlee Hill and Kate Gill

English Coordinators