Early Stage 1 Information Afternoon 2017

Teachers in Kindergarten Kindergarten Miss Klish Mrs Ginige Mrs Olijnyk Mr Nash Ms Quach Miss Buttegieg (Mrs Baiada) Miss Parrish

School Fees School package notes will be sent home. Included in the school package is the cost of the Life Education program and Henny Penny hatchings. Kindergarten are supplied with books and pencils. Please help out the school and have the school package fee paid promptly. Additional costs will be incurred for any school based excursions. Chloe

Health Care Plans/ Allergies 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. Lee Anne

Additional Programs SPORT DAY Wednesdays Students will require a water bottle, hat, 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. Chloe

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

L3 L3 = Language, Learning and Literacy 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 Lee Anne

Support Programmes EAL/D English as an Additional Language/ Dialect LaST Learning and Support Teacher NAP New Arrivals Program Lee Anne

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. Lee Anne

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

Prior to school assessment Best Start Assessment Prior to school assessment Lee Anne

Home Readers Chloe

Crunch and Sip Lee Anne

Uniforms Label everything Chloe

Thank you Chloe Not interview Meet the teacher in classroom Finishes at 4.30