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© The contents of this newsletter are subject to copyright. For permission to reproduce any article or extract, please email [email protected] news THE LINDISFARNE ANGLICAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL Primary Edition [email protected] www.lindisfarne.nsw.edu.au Postal Address PO Box 996 Banora Point NSW 2486 Mahers Lane Campus Terranora NSW 2486 07 5590 5099 Sunshine Avenue Campus Tweed Heads South NSW 2846 07 5523 1143 Absentee Line 07 5590 5927 Term 3: Week 24 : 14/8/2015 Upcoming Events AUGUST WEEK 25A Mon 17 Year 6 Melbourne trip departs Vision Screening - Kindergarten and Year 2 Thu 20 Year 6 Melbourne trip returns 123 Magic Parent Sessions Vision Screening - Kindergarten and Year 2 Year 3 Excursion to Gecko Sat 22 FunFest 10:00am - 4:00pm Sunshine Avenue campus TNA Netball Round 14 WEEK 26B Mon 24 Kindergarten Swimming LOTE Day - Mahers Lane campus Tue 25 Lindisfarne Tennis Championships Kindy swimming Stage 3 Poetry Semi Finals Wed 26 Year 5 camp departs Stages 1 and 2 Poetry Semi Finals Thu 27 Vege Munch n Crunch Fri 28 P&F Big Boys Breakfast Year 5 camp returns Sat 29 TNA Netball Finals SEPTEMBER WEEK 27A Mon 31 Principal’s Tour - Sunshine Avenue Kindergarten swimming Tue 1 Kindergarten swimming Wed 2 NCIS Tennis and Netball Championships Principal’s Tour - Mahers Lane Kindergarten Open Classrooms - 2:30pm - 3:00pm Thu 3 Lindisfarne Recitation Competition Kindergarten Poetry Performance Fri 4 Peer Support Sat 5 TNA Netball Finals WEEK 28B Mon 7 Parent Teacher Interviews Kindergarten - Year 6 commence - Finish Thursday 17 September Kindergarten swimming Tue 8 2016 Year 5 Parents Visit - Mahers Lane campus Kindergarten swimming Fri 11 Grandparents Day - Sunshine Avenue campus Sat 12 TNA Netball Finals From the Head of Primary Brain Facts Understanding the Learning to Read Process As early educators we are charged with the responsibility of explicitly teaching a skill since evolution did not wire us to read. That is, many developmental skills such as walking and talking are actually pre-wired human capacities that will develop (in over 95% of the population) given a reasonable or “good enough” learning environment. As adults (parents, educators or carers) we are the facilitators in this learning process. However, literacy develops from the result of our teaching (in the vast majority of cases), building from the critical brain capacities we nurture and shape in the critical years BEFORE formal education begins. The learning to read skills (and thus the teaching of them) cannot be separated from the following early years experiences: • talking • listening • sharing stories • playing • singing These play based learning experiences help build the brain capacities we depend upon for future teaching and learning i.e. memory, attention, processing speed, sequencing. Thus for phonological awareness (decoding) activities we need children to be able to: • attend (listen for syllables, rhyme, sounds) • process fast streams of sounds (a syllable is only 0.25 seconds in length) • sequence (two sounds in UP; three sounds in boat) • remember what the concepts letter, sound, word, sentence mean For listening/reading comprehension (after all isn’t that what reading really is) we need children to be able to: • attend to the story or information • process the words and their meanings (quickly) • sequence the events, ideas • remember what was read To apply the ‘KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) principle’, then think of as Reading = D x C D - decoding (phonological awareness and speech skills) and C - comprehension (vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, talking skills) The foundations for this reading formula come from the oral language and speech skills that young children bring to school or the learning to read context. At Lindisfarne, we value and nurture these skills and experiences in the early years rather than moving into formal learning structures too soon.
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LINDISFARNeANGLICAN GRAMMAR SChOOL
Primary Editionprincipal@lindisfarne.nsw.edu.auwww.lindisfarne.nsw.edu.au
Postal AddressPO Box 996Banora Point NSW 2486Mahers Lane CampusTerranora NSW 2486 07 5590 5099
Sunshine Avenue CampusTweed Heads South NSW 284607 5523 1143
Absentee Line 07 5590 5927
Term 3: Week 24 : 14/8/2015Upcoming EventsAUGUSTWeek 25AMon 17 Year 6 Melbourne trip departs
Vision Screening - Kindergarten and Year 2
Thu 20 Year 6 Melbourne trip returns123 Magic Parent SessionsVision Screening - Kindergarten and Year 2Year 3 Excursion to Gecko
Sat 22FunFest10:00am - 4:00pmSunshine Avenue campus
TNA Netball Round 14Week 26B Mon 24 Kindergarten Swimming
LOTE Day - Mahers Lane campusTue 25 Lindisfarne Tennis Championships
Kindy swimmingStage 3 Poetry Semi Finals
Wed 26 Year 5 camp departsStages 1 and 2 Poetry Semi Finals
Thu 27 Vege Munch n CrunchFri 28 P&F Big Boys Breakfast
Year 5 camp returnsSat 29 TNA Netball FinalsSepTeMBerWeek 27A Mon 31 Principal’s Tour - Sunshine Avenue
Kindergarten swimmingTue 1 Kindergarten swimmingWed 2 NCIS Tennis and Netball
ChampionshipsPrincipal’s Tour - Mahers LaneKindergarten Open Classrooms - 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Thu 3 Lindisfarne Recitation CompetitionKindergarten Poetry Performance
Fri 4 Peer SupportSat 5 TNA Netball FinalsWeek 28B Mon 7 Parent Teacher Interviews
Kindergarten - Year 6 commence - Finish Thursday 17 SeptemberKindergarten swimming
Tue 8 2016 Year 5 Parents Visit - Mahers Lane campusKindergarten swimming
Fri 11 Grandparents Day - Sunshine Avenue campus
Sat 12 TNA Netball Finals
From the Head of PrimaryBrain Facts
Understanding the Learning to Read ProcessAs early educators we are charged with the responsibility of explicitly teaching a skill since evolution did not wire us to read. That is, many developmental skills such as walking and talking are actually pre-wired human capacities that will develop (in over 95% of the population) given a reasonable or “good enough” learning environment. As adults (parents, educators or carers) we are the facilitators in this learning process. However, literacy develops from the result of our teaching (in
the vast majority of cases), building from the critical brain capacities we nurture and shape in the critical years BEFORE formal education begins. The learning to read skills (and thus the teaching of them) cannot be separated from the following early years experiences:
• talking• listening• sharing stories• playing• singing
These play based learning experiences help build the brain capacities we depend upon for future teaching and learning i.e. memory, attention, processing speed, sequencing. Thus for phonological awareness (decoding) activities we need children to be able to:
• attend (listen for syllables, rhyme, sounds)• process fast streams of sounds (a syllable is only 0.25 seconds in
length)• sequence (two sounds in UP; three sounds in boat)• remember what the concepts letter, sound, word, sentence mean
For listening/reading comprehension (after all isn’t that what reading really is) we need children to be able to:
• attend to the story or information • process the words and their meanings (quickly) • sequence the events, ideas• remember what was read
To apply the ‘KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) principle’, then think of as Reading = D x C
D - decoding (phonological awareness and speech skills) and C - comprehension (vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, talking skills)
The foundations for this reading formula come from the oral language and speech skills that young children bring to school or the learning to read context. At Lindisfarne, we value and nurture these skills and experiences in the early years rather than moving into formal learning structures too soon.
Stage 3 Camp InformationThere is a buzz amongst the Stage 3 students as they prepare for their upcoming camps. Next week, Year 6 students are heading to Melbourne and Ballarat. They will see the sights of the city including the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Eureka Sky Deck, The Chinese Museum and the Melbourne Zoo. At Ballarat they will visit Sovereign Hill and hopefully strike gold!
The following week, Year 5 students are off to Lake Ainsworth for three days of outdoor education where they will participate in a range of activities including raft building, kayaking, the challenge of a high ropes course and a cook out.
Start Smart workshops make the learning experience accessible, motivating and inspiring. The Start Smart program changes the way young people learn about money by making money management interactive, engaging and fun through free workshops in the classroom. Mark Stanley, from the Commonwealth Bank, delivered this program to Years 2- 6. His main focus was to equip students with the confidence and competence to make smart decisions about money.
This is what some of the students said:
“Today Mark from the Commonwealth Bank came in to talk to us about money and finance. He nicknamed himself Coach Cash. He told us about key cards, pin numbers, eftpos machines and interest on money. He explained how an eftpos machine works and we did some role play, we even pretended to be a machine receiving money and we demonstrated how it goes to the bank.
It was awesome!”
Taylah - Year 4
“See It - see what you would like to get!
Earn It - remember you have to earn it! You could do some chores around the house, make a business (e.g. lemonade stall, wash cars, busk)
Save It - you could keep your money at home or you could put your money in the bank. If you picked the bank you won’t be tempted to spend it and you could get interest on your money! So you might even have money left over after you buy what you want!’”
Mia - Year 5
“After dealing with the Commonwealth Bank talk I have been encouraged to start a small business selling sweets with my friend Noah. We plan to save our money and use it for better items than what we could normally afford. We plan to start in the near future to maximise our savings.”
Mitchell - Year 6
“After the Commonwealth Bank talk I was inspired to start making and saving money. I liked how during the talk he showed us how to set a goal and calculate how much we needed to save each week.”
Oliver - Year 6
Brain Builder AwardsCongratulations to our winners:
Nicolas Leotta Uma Uprichard Rachel Robbie Polly Meehan Bronte Tuckwell Charlie Evesson Giselle Burke Hunter Wilson Pearl Baker Sienna Eddie
Michele Chandler
Year 2 Science ExperimentsThis term, Year 2 students have been participating in an integrated unit of work that focuses on force. We have been exploring push and pull through a variety of science experiments and predicting and observing the results. We did experiments with a range of balls to show that objects in motion are likely to stay in motion, while an object at rest will stay at rest. We explored the hypothesis that for every force or action there is an equal reaction. Later this term we will be designing and creating our own toys using what we have learnt about push and pull. We have also used our investigations to help us create some artworks expressing our understanding of how machines move.
Year 2 Machinery Artworks
Abbey Read, 2R Teacher
The official Book Week is next week but we like to be early at Lindisfarne as we celebrate the wonderful world of reading with visits from three authors. On Tuesday, Brian Falkner – www.brianfalkner.com came to our school and spoke to students from Years 3 to 6 about his books and how he develops his stories. On Wednesday, Jenni Cargil-Strong - http://www.storytree.com.au/ engaged the children with the art of storytelling. One of the many stories was about ‘Gowondo’ a Kombumerri Aboriginal creation story from Burleigh Heads, which explains how people used to work with dolphins to catch fish and inspires respect for wildlife and generosity.
On Thursday, we had a visit from Nette Hilton - http://nettehilton.com.au/ who demonstrated to Kindergarten to Year 2 students how to create a simple story. Nette also talked about her many books, which includes picture books through to adult novels.
I hope our Book Week celebrations will encourage the child to follow Dr Seuss’s advice:
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go!
Mr Ayers, Sunshine Avenue Librarian
Lindisfarne Celebrates Book Week
Overall the Lindisfarne’s Peer Support Program has been beneficial to all participating students and is a great way for students to build character and confidence as leader.
The Peer Support leaders brainstormed attributes and characteristics of positive Peer
Support groups. Their responses are represented in the word cloud.
Peer SupportThe Lindisfarne Peer Support program is enjoyed every Friday in Term 3. It is lead by small groups of Year 6 leaders who teach students from Kindergarten to Year 5 about friendship and teamwork as well as having the courage to speak up and put forward your opinion.
Peer Support was created to enhance mental, social and emotional wellbeing in younger years and throughout adolescence. It is used to teach young people to support each other which contributes to positive outcomes in social and academic pursuits. The first week mainly focused on learning the names of the people in each group as well as learning a bit about them.
Lindisfarne is only one of thousands of schools who have participated in the Australia wide program. The main goal of the program is for all students to have a healthy outlook on life and also a positive and safe feeling in a community which they are not only involved in, but supported by as well. “I think that it is a great way to make friends of all ages,” said Fletcher Koppel, one of the Year 6 leaders. “It helps kids to feel confident for themselves.”
“It’s really fun to help the children and to be around the little kids, it helps them to be confident and helps them get through what they might need to face in the world,” explained Tori Aston.
Primary Athletics Carnival
Early Learning CentreKindergartenPower Up Your Plate!This term, Kindergarten students are working through a unit called “Power Up Your Plate!” Each week during Kindergarten rotations, the students have been cooking and consolidating their knowledge about making healthy choices and are learning literacy skills as they read and create procedural text. They are also developing mathematics skills on how to use units of measurement. The students are making a variety of healthy food and last week they made ‘Ants on a Log.’ They are making gluten free scones next, I don’t think there will be anything left to take home once they are done.
Melissa Rogers, Kindergarten Frogs Teacher
PreschoolThe Wonky DonkeyEach week in the Preschool Possums room we have a focus story and this week we are reading ‘Wonky Donkey’ by Craig Smith. As part of our morning group activities, the students have been sculpting their own ‘Wonkey Donkey’ using potatoes, nails, hammers, pegs, plasticine and other materials. By experimenting with different tools and manipulating materials to create their design, the students strengthen fine motor muscles, transfer knowledge from one context to another, investigate, invent and problem solve. The students have created a farm to display their designs.
Melissa McCabe, Preschool Possums Teacher
Less than half of kids eat 5 serves of veg each day
Most kids eat 2 serves of fruit
each day
Our aim is to set a record for the most children eating vegetables at one time… 9.30am on the 27 August
2015
When: 27 August 2015 Where: Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School Time: 9.30am How to get involved: to register your school’s interest, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7XJJKQ7
For more information contact Northern NSW Health Promotion Officer Kate Collins on [email protected]
Join our record attempt and get your school involved in the Big Vegie Crunch 2015!
Parents & FriendsAssociation
CoffeeSunshine AvenueThe Lindisfarne Parents and Friends Association and Parent Representatives have arranged for a coffee van to visit the Sunshine Avenue campus for morning drop off.
This is a wonderful opportunity to have a coffee, relax and chat with other parents in the Lindisfarne community.
Friday From 8:15am
(Beginning of drop off time)
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Community Notices
South Tweed Heads Colts Junior Cricket Club
Sign on held Ron Wilkinson Field Cnr Leisure Dr & Fraser Dr Banora Point
Dates: Sunday 23rd & 30th August 2015 Time: 10am to 12noon
Enquiries and/or registrations to Jackie Whitney 0409 190 468
Email: [email protected]
or Monica Brooks 0438 741 701 Email: [email protected]
SIGN-ON DAY 2015 SUNDAY 30th AUGUST
10am—12pm SALT PARK, Bells Bvld, Salt Village
JUNIOR PROGRAM If you have any questions please email us.
We are happy to answer any questions that you have. Email: [email protected]
Details available on our Web and Facebook pages
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