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Prep Information Night 2015 Mrs Cathy
McConville, Miss Jessica McIntyre , Miss Tara
Hunichen and Mrs Emma Morcombe
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School Values
In the pursuit of life-long learning at New
Gisborne Primary School we value Respect and
Integrity in all dealings with others.
Providing the skills and knowledge to become
life- long learners Using initiative and taking
responsibility for actions Effective
partnerships between teachers, students and
parents and the broader community Setting high
expectations and striving for excellence while
recognising, understanding and catering for a
diversity of needs across the school.
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Curriculum Areas

• Literacy
• Maths
• Inquiry Learning
• Term 1 Me, My Family and My School
• Term 2 Toying with Technology
• Term 3 Healthy body healthy me
• Term 4 Parks and Gardens
• You Can Do It
• Specialists

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Reading and viewing

• whole school approach
• one hour reading block every day
• explicit teaching (mini lesson), independent
  reading, individual conferences, purposeful
  reading activities, share time

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Explicit Teaching

• targeted focus with learning intention and
  success criteria

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Independent Reading

• Behaviours
• get started straight away
• stay in the one place
• read for the whole time
• increase stamina
• choose and read Just Right texts

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Classroom Libraries
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Just Right Books

• Students can read most of the words
• Students can understand what they are reading
• Students enjoy reading the book
• Students can read the book with smooth fluency
  but there are some choppy places
• Reading rate is just right- not too slow and not
  too fast
• Students can figure out the tricky words and
  still get the meaning of the story/text

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Individual Reading Conferences

• The teacher and student engage in a conversation
  about
• the students reading discuss previous goal,
  Just Right book selection,
• the student reads aloud
• a new goal is negotiated (sometimes current goal
  remains)

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Purposeful Reading Activities

• The time when students practice the sessions
  focus
• Each day a select group of students, with
  parental assistance, will change their Just
  Right books

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Small Teaching Group

• students also participate in small teaching
  groups, the focus determined according to needs
• each day one group of students work with the
  teacher while the rest of the class are doing a
  purposeful reading activity

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Share Time

• usually at the end of the daily reading session
• students verbalise how they have become smarter
  readers

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SPEAKING AND LISTENING

• Our students are taught how to be active
  listeners with the focus on routinely displaying
  the following 5 behaviours
• looking eyes
• listening ears
• legs crossed (or 2 feet on the floor)
• hands in lap
• lips locked

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Speaking and Listening

• Every day students are engaged in a range of
  speaking activities with the focus on looking at
  the person you are speaking to and using
  appropriate volume, pace and clarity.

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Writing

• Students have the opportunity to write everyday.
• Students will write most confidently about what
  they know - such as reflecting on personal
  experiences or making lists.
• Formal Guided Writing sessions assist students to
  learn the mechanics of writing recording sounds
  as letters, learning the concepts of print such
  as left to right, spaces between words and basic
  punctuation.
• Spelling

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SPELLING

• Have a go writing is very important for early
  writers. Students need LOTS of practice learning
  the written symbols.
• As students build their skills they will have
  their attention drawn to words they are using
  frequently so they can learn common letter
  patterns and correct spelling of common words.
• Frequently used words are kept in books and on
  charts for reference.
• When students are ready they are taught formal
  spelling strategies such as taking a mind
  photo, stretching out the word to hear the
  sounds, checking lists and referring to previous
  stories.

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MathEmatics
At NGPS, we have a whole school approach to
Mathematics. AusVels is the curriculum framework
that all schools across the state use. Our
approach is based on understanding, problem
solving and hands on activities. Our school is
working with a leading Maths consultant, Michael
Ymer to further develop this approach.

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• Over the course of the average week students may
  take part in a range of writing activities such
  as
• Guided writing
• Handwriting
• Reflective or journal writing
• Creative writing

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8th
eight
Count to 8
4 4 10 2 7 1 9 1
Write 8
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2 4 6 8
Recognise models of 8
Make a collection of 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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You Can Do It

• We reinforce our You Can Do It program,
  especially Resilience throughout our day at
  school. It is important to teach the children to
  bounce back from minor set backs and not let the
  little things upset us.
• We can do this by teaching the children
  independence, such as letting them carry, pack
  and unpack their own bags.

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What is a Blog?

• A blog is like an online journal
• It displays entries in reverse chronological
  order
• A blog entry will often contain text, photos,
  videos, links to websites or even surveys
• Each of the teachers at NGPS have a blog and work
  hard to maintain it
• As of February 2011 there were over 156 million
  public blogs in existence!

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Why Blog?

• Blogging is a great way to keep parents up to day
  with what is happening in the classroom it
  provides a virtual window
• It helps teach children appropriate online
  behaviour
• Improves literacy skills as children have a real
  audience to write for
• Helps to encourage and strengthen global
  connections
• Improves classroom community and collaboration
  between children and other classes

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How to access the blogs

• All of the blogs for New Gisborne Primary School
  can be accessed through our school website
  http//www.newgisps.vic.edu.au
• There are also QR codes on each of your childs
  classroom doors

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Prep Blogs

• Prep A
• http//morcombeemmaj.global2.vic.edu.au/
• Prep B
• http//jessmcintyre.global2.vic.edu.au/
• Prep C
• http//mcconville2011.global2.vic.edu.au/
• Prep D
• http//hunichenhollands.global2.vic.edu.au/

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• Thank you and well done