Helen Maynard – Director of Studies K-6

Save the Dates – Parent Teacher Night – K-6

Please save these dates: This term the Parent Teacher Nights will be on Monday 27 March and Wednesday 29 March. We look forward to discussing your child/ren’s progress.

K-2 Reading Groups

This semester we will be using explicit, systematic synthetic phonics to teach reading and spelling. The premise is that children need to understand that spoken words are made up of sounds. They then need to learn what the sounds are and how each one is spelt. As per synthetic phonics, Kindergarten will start off with just a small group of sounds and letters, which the children will practise reading and writing. Then the program gradually and systematically adds more sounds, letters and words to ensure students have an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the English language.

As we are setting up this system, we are reconsidering the best way to establish reading groups. We will be in touch with parents about this in the coming weeks.