1. 3 Fruit Bat Eva Fait

2. Introduction  10 years experience  Early Stage 1, Stage 1, Stage 2  Reading Recovery - 3 years  Literacy Support - 2 years

3. Aims  design lessons which cater to the diverse needs of students  create an environment where students feel safe and confident  teach the skills and strategies needed to become independent learners

4. Literacy Talking & Listening Public speaking, presentations, group discussions Reading Australian literature, The Magic Pudding, Comprehension – Focus on Reading, Book Club Writing Imaginative – narrative, poetry, personal response

5. Mathematics Developing more effective strategies Increased mental calculations – patterns, shortcuts such as split strategy, doubling, rounding off Times tables – fast recall Increased knowledge in measurement, space and geometry, chance and data, fractions and decimals

6. Creative Arts Music, Visual art HSIE Australia – You’re Standing In It PDHPE Interpersonal Relationships, Personal Health Choices, Drug Education, School Sport Science & Technology Solar System – Mr Angus Computer Lab on Mondays - Graphics, Multimedia, Internet,

8. Homework Handed out on Monday – due in by Friday Comprehension activities based on Focus on Reading

9. Assisting your child Discussions about books read Current affairs, news stories, general knowledge about the world, times tables Encourage responsibility, self reliance and resilience, problem solving

10. Dates to Remember Class Item – week 8 NAPLAN 13 th – 15 th May Food Revolution 16 th May Athletics Carnival 27 th May Wildlife World & Sydney Tower Eye 3 rd June Teen Ranch Camp 18 th – 20 th August