Stage 1 Information Afternoon 2018 Teachers in Stage

Stage 1 Information Afternoon 2018

Teachers in Stage 1 Year 1 Acting Assistant Principal – Mrs Prior (1 R) Miss Centrone (1 C) Mrs Grouse (1 G) Miss King (1 J) Miss Khun (1 K) Miss Lewis (1 L) Mrs Penukonda (1 P) Miss Yuen (1 Y) Year 2 Assistant Principal – Ms Col (2 C) Mrs Bhardwaj (2 B) Mrs Dawes (2 D) Mr Haydon (2 H) Mrs Johnson (2 J) Mr Harris (2 L) Miss Matharu (2 M)

School Fees • School package notes have been sent home • Included in the school package is the cost of the Life Education program, Seesaw and Wushka. • Please help out the school and have the school package fee paid promptly. • Additional costs will be incurred for any school based excursions.

Health Care Plans/Absences • Any health care plan or change of health care plan needs to be forwarded to the office ASAP. The information in your child’s health care plan/s will be relayed to staff members. • Absent notes are required on the first day back following an absence. • Any extended leave needs to be documented at the office.

L 3/TEN • L 3 = Language, Learning and Literacy • TEN = Targeted Early Numeracy • Carried out in all K-2 classrooms. • Small groups with explicit instruction. • Excellent way of differentiating the curriculum so all students are working at their level.

Uniforms Label everything

Additional Programs SPORT Stage 1 - Year 1 Monday /Friday Year 2 Thursday/Friday Students will require a water bottle, hat, sunscreen, sport shoes, sunscreen (home). Need to wear sports uniform. LIBRARY Each class has a different day for library. Check with your child’s class teacher. SCRIPTURE Classes are held on Thursday each week.

Technology • Access to latest technology • Continual development of skills • Integration into learning areas • Introduction to coding

Home Reading Home reading books Wushka online reading

Crunch and Sip

Support Programmes EAL/D English as an Additional Language/ Dialect La. ST Learning and Support Teacher NAP New Arrivals Program Reading Recovery- Year 1 Community Languages – Year 2 Tamil Hindi (and similar dialects)

EAL/D-English as an Additional Language or Dialect • Approximately 94% of our students are from Non-English speaking backgrounds. (NESB) • In our school alone we have over 40 languages represented. • Top 5 languages: Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu and Punjabi.

The EAL/D teacher Role • Support within the classroom. • Focus on speaking and listening. • Provide students with opportunities to build on their current knowledge or build new knowledge of the English language. • Use a variety of language based speaking and listening activities that focus on grammar, vocabulary and sentence structure. • Provide language experiences to assist students in their reading and writing.

Staff Supervisor: Mr Mitch Hutchinson Staff: Mrs Anjali Dhond (Hindi) Mrs Kanu Priya Tandon (Hindi) Mrs Premala Nadesan (Tamil) Miss Brindha Punneyalingam (Tamil)

Community Language Aim As per the syllabus, the main focus on community language lessons is for: • Developing confidence to utilise the community language in verbal exchange • Demonstrate the importance of culture and heritage • Making connections between community language and Australia

Community Language Administration Two hours per week First hour: Core language lesson Second hour: Team teaching with classroom teacher Units covered in Term 1: Me Myself and I : Year 2 Body parts and clothing: Year 3 My school and I: Year 4

Why learn a new language? Scientific study proves that students with multilingual abilities proves that there is increase ability in retaining vocabulary and comprehension. ● Clyne et al. (1995) demonstrated that little as one hour exposure to a second language advances reading readiness ● Yelland et al. (1993) showed that there was higher level of word awareness

Students engaging in hands on learning experiences

Thank you