OLA Newsletter

Learning & Teaching

Josy Reeder

Inform & Empower

Thank you to all those who attended the Inform and Empower webinar last night on “Raising Kids in a Digital World 2022”. 

 

Thank you to Carley and Marty for the informative webinar. Some takeaways:

 

3 Steps to Safer Gaming

  1. Knowing exactly what games they play
  2. Educate yourself 
  3. Have a go at co-playing with your kids! 

  Minimising Tech Tantrums

  1. Transition activity (set up what the activity will be “When the screen time finishes then we will…..”
  2. Setting an appropriate timer (when the episode is over or when they finish the level)
  3. Consequences and follow through 

Check parental controls -     

 

Download  Beacon 

     

 

 

Impacts of screen time:

  1. Sleep MUST be prioritised
  2. Screen time stimulates your brain
  3. Stop use 60 mins prior to bedtime

We have recorded the webinar event for you!

 

In case you missed the live webinar, or in case you would like to watch it again, here is the link to the replay video:

 

Replay:

https://event.webinarjam.com/t/click/x43lmt29cx0s0yfo8wczli3qi8

 

Parent & Carers Toolkit (all the info, links and resources from the webinar):

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE TOOLKIT (Password: informempower) 

 

You're invited to join our Facebook group for parents & carers:

CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR FACEBOOK GROUP 

NAPLAN Online begins next week for Grade 3 and 5 students. 

Federal, state and territory education ministers agreed that all schools will gradually transition from the current paper-based tests to the computer-based assessments, with the aim for all schools to undertake NAPLAN online by 2022.

 

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents and carers to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.

 

NAPLAN Online provides a better assessment, more precise results and is more engaging for students. The assessments can run through a real-time internet connection or onscreen without an internet connection. Watch the short clip: Understanding NAPLAN Online (2 min 11s).

 

Watch the video NAPLAN accessibility (6 min 23s), where students, parents/carers and teachers talk about the benefits of NAPLAN Online. Video transcript (PDF 92 kb)

 

Read the NAPLAN information brochure for parents and carers (PDF 133 kb), also available in Simple English (PDF)

 

Writing at home 

Writing is a terrific way for children to express their thoughts, creativity, and uniqueness. It is also a fundamental way in which children learn to organize ideas. And learning to write well helps children to be better readers.

 

When engaging in writing, young children often mirror what they see around them: adults and older children writing lists, letters, text messaging. They are observing the way writing is used in our everyday lives.

 

Here are some suggestions that engage your child in the writing process:

  • Have your child write instructions for taking care of the family pet. These will be useful as you plan your summer vacations!
  • Write a letter or thank you note to a relative. Talk through what your child wants to say before writing begins.
  • Make a shopping list before going to the grocery store.
  • Write an online review of a book or an item you recently purchased  or a recipe you tried.
  • Talk about the presidential election and write a description of the kind of president you want.
  • Find a picture in the newspaper and write an article to accompany it.
  • Start keeping a personal diary, a household guestbook, or a baby book for a younger sibling. 

Josy Reeder

Learning and Teaching Leader