Welcome back to Term 2! It will be very busy with events like School Photos, Athletics Carnival, Year 6 Camp, School Feast Day, Movie Night, another Fathering Project 'Bangers & Bingo' event, our annual Pie Drive, excursions, etc.

As always please check the Compass app to see if consent and payment for an excursion event is needed.

My thanks to the school leaders Tyler, Willa, Elsie & Lachlan for representing our school so well at the Anzac Day March on Tuesday.

Over the next few weeks we will be having an enrolment campaign. It is important to get enrolments in now so planning for staffing next year can start being developed. If you know of anyone interested in enrolling in Kindergarten or other year levels, encourage them to come to our Open Day Tours next Tuesday 2nd May at 10am and 3.45pm. Alternatively, a school walk through can be organized on another day.

Our “READY SET GO” Kinder readiness program is beginning for another year on Tuesday 9^th May. People who are still thinking about where to enrol their child are welcome to come along to the programme to learn more about our school.

NSW SYLLABUS

Over the next 2 years NSW are updating the curriculum taught in all NSW schools. This year we are making changes in K-2.

The new curriculum will give students more time to focus on key learning areas so that they can acquire a deeper understanding of central concepts.

It will ensure students develop strong foundations for learning, life and work in a complex and fast-changing world.

English K–2 shows essential learning as outlined in the research for building foundations in reading and writing.

The syllabus recognises that for most students, oral language comes before written language. Oral language outcomes and content are inclusive of students whose primary communication is not through speaking and listening.

Each research-based key to reading has an explicit outcome, including phonics. The teaching advice suggests that teachers should typically provide daily opportunities for students to practise reading, starting with the use of decodable texts.

Focus on reading ‘fluency’ as a key component of building strong foundations.

More emphasis on writing and ensuring that students have a clear understanding of how to create a sentence.

‘Literature’ is highlighted as essential in the development of core knowledge for subject English. Listening to and using literature can foster an understanding, appreciation and love of reading.

Content is structured to highlight the parallel connections across oral language, reading and writing.

Our teachers are structuring their lessons to reflect the syllabus changes. Some of these changes have already occurred. Always feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions about what is taught in classrooms & why.