Primary News
Katie Brody – Director of Studies K-6
K-2 Learn With Us
As you are aware, for the last couple of years the K to 2 teachers have been working intensively with Jo-Anne Dooner from Get Reading Right. Teachers have undergone significant professional development in the Synthetic Phonics approach to reading development and have focused their learning around the teaching of phonics, grammar, reading and writing.
Teachers have transitioned to a more targeted Guided Reading Program – a model where the teacher facilitates learning and students are grouped in order to work towards achieving specific goals.
This Guided Reading Program:
- Promotes students’ learning and independence
- Allows teachers to differentiate for all abilities
- Enables the teachers to assess student learning
- Offers greater flexibility for explicit teaching
We recognise that, in the past, parents have been involved in the facilitation of reading groups and we have greatly valued this involvement. We appreciate this connection with you so we will continue to open the classrooms, but in a new way.
We invite you to join your child’s class for a “Learn With Us” session if you are available at the times we have on offer. The following links have been set up to provide information regarding these sessions for each year level as well as the dates. Please select the relevant year group and complete the form. A teacher will email you to confirm your place on the relevant day. If you miss out on this occasion, please know that we will be offering further opportunities to “Learn With Us”.
Click on your child’s year group:
We look forward to continuing to work with you to foster learning and thank you in advance for your support.
K-2 Teachers