1. Stage 1 Information Afternoon
2017

2. Teachers in Stage 1 Year 1 Year 2 Mrs Al Hashimi (1A) Miss Ayoub (2A)
Miss Centrone (1C) Miss Bayssari (2B)
Ms Helmrich (1H) Mr Haydon (2H)
Miss Khun (1K) Mrs Dawes/Haworth
Miss Lewis (1L) Mrs Bowkowy (2K)
Mrs Lynch (1N) Mr Harris (2L)
Miss Yuen (1Y) Mrs Prior (2P)

3. School Fees School package notes will be sent home later this week
Included in the school package is the cost of the Life Education program
Please help out the school and have the school package fee paid promptly
Additional costs will be incurred for any school based excursions
Chloe

4. 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
Lee Anne

5. Additional Programs SPORT Stage 1 - Year 1 Monday Year 2 Thursday
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.
Chloe

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

7. L3/TEN L3 = 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
Lee Anne

8. Home Readers
Chloe

9. Crunch and Sip
Lee Anne

10. Uniforms Label everything
Chloe

11. Class Requirements

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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Community Language
Tamil and Hindi are offered at Girraween Public School
Community language teachers working with Years 2-4 Tamil or Hindi speakers. Focus on conversational skills.
Teachers:
-Tamil: Miss Punneyalingam and Mrs Nadesan
- Hindi: Mrs Dhond and Mrs Penukonda
Chloe

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