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“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Saviour!”
2 Samuel 22:47
FROM THE HEAD OF THE JUNIOR SCHOOL
Welcome to Broughton Anglican College. We know that you will love being part of our
College Community. The Broughton families are such lovely people and are a very
important aspect of our College. Many opportunities exist for parents to be involved in the
schooling of their children, including assisting with excursions, classroom activities and
fundraising events. We also have various opportunities throughout the year in which you
are welcome to come into the College and get a taste of what happens in a classroom in
2020. Events such as; Grandparents’ Day and Spanish Day as well as special open days in
some grades.
We strongly encourage parents to come and join us for our weekly Chapels. Infants (K - 2)
is held each Thursday at 2.00 pm and Primary (3 - 6) is held each Friday at 2.00 pm. Our
Chapels include a celebration of learning through class items and the presentation of
awards.
The best way to keep informed with what is happening in our College is to read our weekly
e-newsletter. This is emailed out to all families each Friday afternoon.
Thank you for choosing Broughton Anglican College for your child’s education.
We look forward to working in partnership with you.
Mrs Cath Halloran
Head of the Junior School
CONTENTS
Welcome from the Head of the Junior School
______________________ 3
The First Day of Pre Kinder and Kindergarten
______________________ 6
Nut Aware School ______________________ 6
What to Bring ______________________ 7
The School Day ______________________ 8
Attendance ______________________ 8
Outside School Hours Care
Program
______________________ 8
Transport ______________________ 9
Homework ______________________ 9
Educational Psychologist ______________________ 9
Assessments and Reporting ______________________ 10
Student Handbook ______________________ 10
Banned Items ______________________ 10
Discipline ______________________ 11
Care of Property ______________________ 11
Uniform ______________________ 11
Technology in the Junior School ______________________ 14
Representative Sport - Years 3-6 ______________________ 14
Physical Education Program K-6 ______________________ 15
Stages of Development ______________________ 15
Thinking and Problem Solving ______________________ 15
Literacy, Numeracy and Social Skills
______________________ 16
Patterns and Styles of Learning ______________________ 17
Social and Spiritual Development ______________________ 18
CONTENTS
Catering for Different Needs ______________________ 18
Tracking Learning, Assessments and Reporting
______________________ 19
Partnership ______________________ 19
Communication ______________________ 20
Truth, Belongings, Winning and Losing
______________________ 20
College Chaplain ______________________ 21
Christian Groups ______________________ 21
Cocurricular Activities ______________________ 21
Healthy Eating ______________________ 22
Weekly Newsletter ______________________ 22
Canteen ______________________ 22
Mobile Phones ______________________ 22
Parent Committee ______________________ 22
Grandparents’ Day ______________________ 23
Camps & Excursions ______________________ 23
Helpful Websites ______________________ 23
Junior School Map - Northern
Campus
______________________ 24
College Map - Southern Campus ______________________ 24
Notes ______________________ 25
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THE FIRST DAY OF
PRE KINDER AND
KINDERGARTEN
The first day of starting Pre Kinder or
Kindergarten is a big day. There will be
much excitement, perhaps some tears as
well. We suggest that bags, uniforms and
belongings are ready the night before to
allow the morning to run smoothly. Please
be punctual as that last-minute rush can
cause great anxiety.
Pre Kinder: Please go directly to the
classroom. At approximately 8.25 am the
teachers will open the classrooms, allowing
you to put your child’s bag in the bag area
and sign your child in as having arrived on
that day. Your child then goes into the
classroom, sits on the mat and awaits the
teachers’ instruction. The Pre Kinder day
concludes at 2.40 pm.
Children are to be collected from the
classroom. Any children attending Before
and After School Care will be brought to
and from the Pre Kinder classroom by the
teachers aides.
Children catching buses home will be
escorted to the teacher on duty who will
take them to the correct bus. Permission
notes (included in your pack) are required
to be signed for any student attending
Before and After School Care or catching
a bus, before the student is permitted to
leave the Pre Kinder premises.
Kindergarten: On the first day only
Kindergarten will commence at 9.30 am.
Please refer to the information provided
in the letter you will receive in January
2020. For the first week of the year,
parents of students in Kindergarten are
permitted to walk their child to their
classroom to hang up their bag before
they go to the playground. After this time,
parents are to ‘Kiss and Drop’ their
children and allow them to walk to the
COLA by themselves. The school day
concludes at 2.45 pm. The students will be
escorted to the parent collection point
near the carpark. Students can either be
collected from this point or from the pick-
up zone for collection by car. Please make
sure that your child knows where they are
to meet you at the end of the day so that
they do not worry.
NUT AWARE SCHOOL
Broughton is a nut aware school. Some
children attending Broughton have
serious allergies to various foods
including nuts, which can be life
threatening. The College requests that
items with nuts included should NOT
be brought to school. The sharing of
food is also discouraged to avoid
instances of allergic reactions. Students
are encouraged to wash their hands
before and after eating.
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WHAT TO BRING
A balanced, healthy lunchbox of food
for recess and lunch, and fruit or
vegetable sticks for the morning fruit
break. Some helpful resources about
what you can pack in your child’s
lunchbox can be found in the ‘helpful
websites’ section of this booklet. To
ensure the safety of all students,
items with nuts should not be
brought to school.
Items can be ordered from the Canteen
by placing an order in a paper bag with
money enclosed. This order is either
placed in the Student Handbook for Pre
Kinder students, or in the lunch order
box at the canteen before school.
Students in Pre Kinder and
Kindergarten can only get food from
the canteen through the lunch order
system.
Online ordering for the Canteen
The College has setup an online
ordering system for purchasing food at
the canteen. Online ordering is done
through the Flexischools website at
www.flexischools.com.au. Parents can
order and pay online for students’
recess and lunch.
Please include a spare change of
underwear for your child. Your child
may have been toilet-trained for years,
however an accident may occur when
your child gets busy at school.
Please also ensure your child has a
raincoat and a jumper for unseasonal
weather.
It is helpful if your Pre Kinder child has
a hand towel or tea towel to use as a
placemat at eating times. Full uniform
details can be found in the Student
Handbook.
Labelling of your child’s belongings is
essential - even their shoes if possible.
Your child will be invited to share a
news item on a roster basis. Your
teacher may request that news be
about a particular topic. Students are
allowed to bring an item from home to
share for news, however, it is
recommended that it is not an item of
value. The College will attempt to care
for the item but cannot guarantee that
it will not be broken or stolen.
The College enjoys celebrating special
occasions such as birthdays. You are
welcome to bring something special to
share with your child’s class, though we
ask that you first check with your child’s
teacher about any allergies in the class.
It is requested that cupcakes or donuts
be considered rather than one cake as it
is difficult and time-consuming to share
this with the class.
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THE SCHOOL DAY
The school day commences at 8.25 am for
all students in the College. Supervision of
students is available from 7.40 am outside
the IRC and from 8.00 am at the Junior
School COLA. The Junior School concludes
each day at 2.45 pm.
ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance at school is essential for
sequential learning for your child and to
build learning success. It also assists socially
in development and maintenance of good
friendships. Going to school each day and
arriving on time, will encourage your child
to view school as important and an
experience not to be missed.
After any absence, a note or email is
required from parents. Email the reason
for absence, for Junior School students to [email protected] Notes explaining absences should be
addressed to the Class Teacher in the Junior
School and sent the first day of returning to
school. All absences, even partial absences
are recorded and noted on formal reports.
Broughton encourages you to take your
family holidays during the allotted holiday
time, but we also recognise that sometimes
this is not possible. Parents who wish to
take their children on holidays during term
are required, under the Act, to apply to the
College for an Exemption of Attendance on
behalf of their child/children. After approval
of this application, the College is required
to issue a Certificate of Exemption for the
period of absence.
Applications for Exemption (Attendance)
can be found on the College intranet
http://learning.broughton.nsw.edu.au.
Select Application for Exemption
(Attendance) from the Quick Links on the
right hand side.
Any students who become sick during the
day will be cared for by the College until
parents can be contacted to arrange for the
student to be collected. Urgent or serious
cases may be taken to hospital, where this is
deemed necessary, and parents advised
accordingly.
OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS
CARE PROGRAM
Broughton Anglican College provides an
Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) Program
incorporating Before and After School Care
and Vacation Care for students in
Pre Kinder to Year 7. The OSHC programs
are held in the OSHC Centre situated near
the Junior School office. The programs are
managed and supervised by a Coordinator
with help from a team of assistants and
provides a safe, interesting and relaxed
environment for Broughton students.
Breakfast is provided for students in the
Before School Care Program and afternoon
tea in the After School Care Program.
Students attending the Out of School Hours
Care Centre in Pre Kinder are taken to and
picked up from the OSHC Centre by the
Pre Kinder Teachers Aides and the OSHC
staff.
The College is an approved provider under
the NSW Department of Education and
Communities and a registered Child Care
provider with the Department of Human
Services with approved Child Care Benefit
for the OSHC program for students in K-6.
The OSHC booklet provides information on
registering with Hubworks! booking, days,
times and fees.
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The OSHC Medical and Collection of
Student Authorisation forms are included
in the OSHC Orientation package and must
be completed for all students attending
OSHC programs.
TRANSPORT
Public Transport
Students can travel to school by bus or car.
Walking to the College is not permitted due
to the amount of traffic on Menangle Road
and no designated walkways. Students who
are Australian Residents and attending
Kindergarten to Year 6 are eligible for the
Schools Student Transport Scheme (SSTS).
A School Opal card brochure has been
included in the Orientation Package.
Applications for 2019 are now open at
transportnsw.info/school-students.
To enable School Opal Cards to be ready
for the commencement of 2019, School
Opal Card Applications must be completed
and handed in to the Student Services
Centre by the end of Term 4.
Parents must contact the bus company
directly if they need to know on which bus
they should travel, times of departure and
arrival, and lost property on the bus.
Private Vehicle Conveyance Subsidy
(PVC)
Transport for NSW administers the Private
Vehicle Conveyance (PVC) subsidy. The
subsidy is available to NSW residents where
there is no public transport (government or
private operators) available to transport an
eligible student for all or part of the journey
to school. The PVC subsidy is only intended
to offset the cost of using a private vehicle
to drive the eligible student and is not
intended to cover all costs. For more
information go to www.transport.nsw.gov/
pvc
Broughton Buses The College runs four private bus services
covering the following areas:
Macarthur Heights, Currans Hill, Mount
Annan, Narellan Vale, Narellan, Harrington
Park, Spring Farm, Elderslie, Camden,
Camden Park and Kentlyn areas. The cost of
the service is $2.00 per trip for the first child
and $1.50 per trip for every child thereafter.
Information regarding application and
bookings has been included in the
Orientation Package.
HOMEWORK
Homework bridges the gap between learning
at school and learning at home. It reinforces
work done in class. It helps develop skills
such as research and time management and
assists students to establish the habits of
study, concentration and self discipline.
Expectations for homework will be given to
each grade at the start of the year.
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGIST
As part of the College's extensive pastoral
care program, an Educational Psychologist is
employed to provide counselling and advice
to students and parents.
Referrals to the Educational Psychologist are
usually made by the classroom teacher to
the Junior School Management Team.
Students are only assessed or counselled
with parental permission.
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ASSESSMENTS and
REPORTING
Broughton uses ongoing classroom
assessments to measure the progress of
students. Reporting to parents is based on
student performance in these assessments.
At the end of Term 2, parents receive a Half
Yearly Report, and also a Yearly Report in
Term 4.
During the year, parents are given the
opportunity to discuss their child's progress
with individual teachers at formal Parent/
Teacher Interviews. Any parent concerned
about their child's progress at other times
during the year should not hesitate to make
an appointment, through the Junior School,
to see the appropriate class teacher.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
All students will receive a Student
Handbook on the first day. This Student
Handbook is not for personal use and
should be used for College matters only.
Students will be instructed as to how to use
the Student Handbook correctly during the
first few weeks of Term 1. Below is a guide
as to the College’s expectations for Student
Handbook use.
The Student Handbook is to be used as
a tool of communication between
students, teachers and parents. It is not
a personal diary.
The Student Handbook must be kept
clean and tidy. Students are not
permitted to decorate the inside or the
cover with writing, stickers or other
adornments.
Students should clearly record
homework, assignment details and
other school requirements on the
Student page. Students may not write
on the Parent / Teacher Comment
page.
Class teachers will also check each
Student Handbook regularly and sign
the Handbook weekly.
Parents are also asked to check and
sign the Student Handbook weekly.
No pages are to be removed from the
Student Handbook, no information is to
be covered up or liquid papered out.
Pages are not to be folded over.
No student may write in the Student
Handbook of another student.
Any student who is not using the
Student Handbook correctly will be
required to purchase a new one.
BANNED ITEMS
For the safety and comfort of all students at
Broughton and the protection of College
property, the following items must not be
brought to school:
Umbrella
Fluid liquid paper - brush or pen type.
Thick texta or permanent marker
Chalk
Metal Rulers
Chewing gum or bubble gum
Spray deodorant. Roll on deodorant is
permitted.
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DISCIPLINE
In order to assist the smooth running of the
College and to maintain a safe, nurturing
learning environment; the College rules are
built upon the following principles:
Mutual respect for staff and fellow
students.
Respect for property.
Respect for study and academic
excellence.
Respect for the College community and
reputation.
Students have the right to expect a safe
learning environment in which their
opportunity to learn is maximised.
Students have the responsibility to
behave in a manner which contributes
to this environment.
We promote Biblical values which are called
the Broughton Best. Students are
acknowledged for displaying these values at
Chapel: Excellence, Service, Integrity,
Diversity, Justice.
At times, teachers may be required to use
discipline strategies in order to modify the
behaviour of students who are disrupting
the learning environment or are involved in
inappropriate or unsafe behaviour in the
classroom, playground or whilst travelling
to and from school.
CARE OF PROPERTY
Students are encouraged to accept personal
responsibility for their own property and to
respect the property of fellow students.
Large sums of money and other valuables
should not be brought to school.
Enquiries regarding lost property should be
directed to the IRC (Library).
Students are expected to look after College
property, including all the buildings,
furniture, sporting equipment and other
facilities provided at Broughton.
UNIFORM
The College Uniform rules apply to all
students. Parents are asked to assist their
children and the College by assessing their
child’s uniform before they leave for the day
and ensuring that it is correct. At
Broughton, we consider the uniform reflects
the spirit of the College and we expect our
students to wear it well.
Full correct school uniform is to be worn at
all times and all uniform items are to be
clean and in good repair.
All items of the College uniform (except for
shoes) can be purchased at the Uniform
Shop located within the College. The
Uniform Shop also has a selection of quality
second-hand items for sale.
Fittings for blazers occur in Term 1 each
year.
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SPECIFIC UNIFORM ITEMS
PRE KINDER
College black track pants or shorts
College black sports jacket
College polo shirt
Red College ‘sloppy joe’
Red legionnaires hat.
White lace-up or Velcro joggers are
to also be worn.
FORMAL UNIFORM K - 6
The school blazer is part of the College
formal uniform. In Winter, the blazer is the
only outer garment to be worn outside the
school. Cardigans and jumpers may not be
worn off campus without the blazer.
YEARS K-6 GIRLS
Summer Uniform – Terms One and Four
Summer dress with the hem reaching the
knee
White socks folded at the ankle.
Winter Uniform – Terms Two and Three
College tunic with them hem reaching the
knee
College white blouse with tartan tie
College blazer
Grey opaque tights or grey knee high
socks. Girls must not wear tights and socks
together.
Optional
College cardigan
Grey gloves and scarf may be worn when
outdoors. Fingerless gloves are not
permitted.
YEARS K-6 BOYS
Summer Uniform – Terms One and Four
College khaki shorts worn at the waist
College khaki shirt with the crest is to be
tucked in
College grey socks with bands.
Winter Uniform – Terms Two and Three
Grey College Blazer
Grey College trousers worn at the waist with
a plain black belt if trousers have loops.
‘Logo’ belt buckles are not permitted.
White shirt tucked in, sleeves rolled down
and buttoned at cuff.
College tartan tie tied over closed top
button
Grey College socks.
Optional
College jumper
Grey gloves and scarf may be worn when
outdoors. Fingerless gloves are not
permitted.
SPORTS UNIFORM
The Sports Uniform is to be worn when
travelling to and from the College on sports
days and carnivals.
Summer Uniform – Terms One and Four
The Sports Summer Uniform consists of
College black sports shorts and the College
polo shirt.
Winter Uniform– Terms Two and Three
The Sports Winter Uniform consists of
College black sports track pants, zipped at
ankle, College black sports jacket, and the
College polo shirt.
A mixture of sport and other uniform is not
permitted.
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HATS
All students are required to wear their
school hat upon arriving to school, when
outside at recess, lunch and whilst waiting
to depart the College campus in the
afternoon for sun protection. The following
hats are required at each stage of the
school:
Pre Kinder: Red Legionnaire hat.
Years K - 6: Black broad brimmed cloth
hat with crest.
Year 6 in Term 4 may purchase the grey
broad brimmed hat worn in Years 7 - 10.
HAIR
All students are required to have natural
looking hair that reflects the formal nature
of their uniform and does not attract undue
attention. Extreme streaks, colours and re-
growth are not permitted.
Girls
Shoulder length hair must be tied back with
red or white ribbon. Coloured hair clips and
slides are not permitted. Girls may wear a
plain red or white fabric headband of no
more than 3cm in width which must not be
worn over the forehead.
Boys
A boy’s hair must be tidy and groomed, not
touching the collar, eyebrows or earlobes.
Hair may not be shorter than a “No.2”
clipper. The use of gel, extreme teasing and
styling is not permitted. A student who
refuses to comply with a request to amend
their hair may be excluded from class until
uniform requirements are met.
JEWELLERY
Jewellery is not permitted to be worn with
the College uniform. Students may wear a
simple watch and College badges as
awarded. No other jewellery, visible body/
tongue piercings or tattoos are permitted.
Girls may wear only one pair of plain gold
or silver studs or sleepers (no larger than
10mm) in the lobe of each ear. Clear plastic
keepers or band aids over new piercings are
not permitted and students will be required
to remove them.
MAKE UP
Make up, or coloured and/or decorated
nails are not permitted. Nails should be
kept clean and short for safety in Physical
Education and Sport. Exaggerated “French
polish” false nails are not permitted.
SCHOOL BAG
All students are required to carry the black
College backpack. The backpack is to be
kept in good repair, without graffiti and
defacement. Students may carry the
additional Broughton Enviro bag or
excursion bag if required. Students should
not bring other bags to school.
SHOES
Formal, Summer and Winter Uniform
All students are required to wear black,
leather, polished school shoes. Students in
K - 2 are allowed velcro shoes. Students in 3
- 6 must have lace up shoes
Sports Uniform
All students must wear (predominantly)
white lace up joggers or sports shoes.
Students are not permitted to wear thongs or
open shoes at any time.
A student with a sustained foot injury or
ailment may apply for permission to wear
plain black joggers for a period of time.
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In the second case, the device would be
reset and then be available for use of other
students in the College.
Stage 3 (Year 5 and Year 6) Bring Your
Own Device (BYOD) Platform
Students in Stage 3 (Year 5 and Year 6) are
on a BYOD Program.
The Personal Technology Device
requirements to enable compatibility with
the Broughton network, include and are
limited to, any Windows laptop computer
(Windows XP or later) that is WiFi enabled,
any MacBook (OSX or later) and any Android
or Apple tablet (7” or bigger) that is WiFi
capable. New devices are not required. The
College provides only limited support for
Chromebooks.
The College will only allow students to use
devices that are 3G and 4G capable when
the SIM card is removed from the device
while at the College.
Parents are required to read and discuss the
BYOD Policy and Protocols with their child
and sign the BYOD Student Agreement
Form before the student is able to access to
the College BYOD resources. The BYOD
platform enables students to register for
free student Microsoft Software titles such
as Windows 10 and Microsoft Office.
REPRESENTATIVE SPORT:
YEARS 3 - 6 (PRIMARY)
Broughton joins with other independent
schools in the area to play sport one
afternoon each week. For the Primary School
this is on Wednesdays. Full sports uniform
must be worn to all sporting activities.
Details of the sports available will be
detailed at the beginning of each Term. The
College is not involved in any Saturday
morning sporting activities.
TECHNOLOGY IN THE
JUNIOR SCHOOL
The College is aware of the benefits that
come from the embedding of technology in
teaching and learning across all key
learning areas and the positive impact this
has on student engagement and
achievement.
Stage 2 (Year 3 and Year 4) IT
Students in Stage 2 are on an iPad purchase
program implemented through the
College’s Service Fee. This program will
ensure all students in Stage 2 have the
same device allowing for the purchase of
the same programs and apps for all
students. This enhances teaching and
learning by accessing technology and
allowing teachers to differentiate and
individualise learning. The iPads remain at
school to ensure they are available for use
in class and to minimise the risk of the
device being damaged whilst the students
are travelling to and from school.
At the end of Year 4, the students will own
their device and would therefore be in the
position to use it as the BYOD device in
Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6).
Should a student withdraw from the College
at any time during the iPad program, there
would still be an amount owing on the full
cost of the device. In this case, parents will
be given the option to either pay the
remaining amount due on the device, prior
to the student’s final day and therefore own
the device or the iPad component of the
Service Fees already paid will become a
loan fee and the device will remain the
property of Broughton Anglican College.
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Students are organised into Houses for
sporting activities and each year the Houses
compete against each other in Swimming,
and Athletics Carnivals.
The College runs its own Swimming,
Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals for
students in Years 2 - 6. Students who
perform well in these may progress to
higher levels of sporting competition e.g.
State level.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM
All students in K - 6 are involved in our
unique sporting program which allows them
to be trained each term by specialised
coaches in the areas of tennis, football
(soccer), dance, swimming (K - 2) and
gymnastics (3 - 6).
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
It is important to understand that every
child has very different patterns and rates of
learning.
Understanding how young children acquire
new skills and knowledge helps keep
expectations realistic and may avoid a child
being hurried ahead of their natural pace of
learning. A student with a developmental
delay or learning difficulty will need support
to maintain their self-esteem as they witness
other students doing things that they are
unsure of and so may be unable to
complete.
THINKING & PROBLEM
SOLVING
The nature of a child may not be a clear
indication of the thinking skills they possess.
The environment that a child has grown up
in may affect how much and how quickly
they learn. Most children grow up in families
where talking and laughing are valued.
These experiences provide a foundation for
thinking skills, along with confidence to
explore and enquire. This will then lead to
successful learning through life. Play is
regularly used for educational purposes. It is
more than a ‘free time’ activity. Children use
play to experiment, rehearse, practice and
explore. It allows young children to
negotiate roles, solve problems and model
what they witness happening in the world
around them. Play allows teachers to capture
children’s interests, expose children to
different materials and options, and make
connections between teaching programs
and children’s interests. Manipulating
materials creatively through The Arts fosters
children’s imagination and intellect. Through
creative experiences a child will plan,
corroborate and experiment with ideas,
media and techniques. They learn about
themselves, their experiences and how they
feel and think about the world.
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LITERACY, NUMERACY and
SOCIAL SKILLS
The development of literacy, numeracy and
social skills in the early years of schooling
underpins future learning and success.
Hence, the development of these
foundational skills becomes the focus of
learning in Pre Kinder and Kindergarten.
The Australian Government has defined
literacy as: ‘the ability to read, write, speak
and listen to language in a way that allows
us to communicate with others and make
sense of the world.’ (http://
www.hansard.act.gov.au/Hansard/2004/
week10/4117.htm)
Literacy learning is more than simply
reading. Connor & Linke (2007) say that
students will learn three basic skills in these
early years:
1. Oral Language – learning to listen
with understanding and building a
strong vocabulary.
2. Alphabetic Code – learning to
discriminate the different sounds in
words and to recognise letters.
3. Print Knowledge – learning to read
signs in the environment, learning
how letters make words and how
words make stories and give
information.
There are many ways that parents can assist
their child’s development of literacy skills.
Activities can include:
Singing songs, playing with rhymes,
noticing words that sound similar,
substituting new words that rhyme.
Talking with your child, extending their
vocabulary with more complex words
used in context.
Encouraging your child to ask questions
and investigate how and why things
happen.
Alerting your child to signs and print
that is around them in the community.
Reading to your child, including books
that are read over and over again.
Modelling reading in your life for adult
purposes.
Creating words with plastic letters as a
game.
Scribbling and other uses of symbols are
precursors to writing.
Allowing your child to take photos on
holidays and at celebrations and assist in
the development of albums.
Encouraging your child to think in
sequences - what happened first,
second, last.
Remembering that writing starts from
top to bottom, left to right and
modelling this to your child.
Using lower case letters when writing
and only using capitals at the beginning
of appropriate words.
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‘Numeracy helps us to use Mathematics
effectively to meet the general demands of
everyday life at home, at work and in
society.’ (http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/
Hansard/2004/week10/4117.htm)
Numeracy skills are used when we read a
timetable, weigh out ingredients for
cooking, pay for goods at the supermarket
or even set the table for dinner. Children
learn numeracy from very early in their lives
as they watch and listen, learn to count,
sort, compare, measure and estimate. These
skills are developed in day-to-day
experiences. Young children need to
manipulate real objects when learning
numeracy skills as their abstract thinking
skills will not yet be developed.
Connor and Linke (2007) state that to
develop skills in numeracy, students will
focus on the following skills:
Number – learning to count and order
items (first, second, last); to recognise and
use number patterns and to solve number
problems.
Measurement – learning to use everyday
terms for length, mass and capacity; to
estimate distance and to tell time.
Space – learning to use ideas about space
and shape, to give and follow directions and
to classify objects according to their visual
attributes (colour, size).
Data – learning to predict on the basis of
patterns, collecting, organising and
displaying information.
Parents can assist the development of
numeracy skills by:
Listening and talking about size, shape
and the numbers of things.
Pointing out numbers in the
environment.
Encouraging children to understand that
numbers around them are providing
knowledge about locations and how
many and how much things may be.
Using everyday terms for practical
purposes in their daily lives, explaining
the use of numeracy skills in the task
they are completing.
Encouraging your child to recognise that
each item needs to have a separate
name or number and needs to be
counted individually.
Compare and sort objects according to
size and colour.
Use words that describe an attribute or
position of objects.
PATTERNS and STYLES OF
LEARNING
As previously mentioned, children will learn
at varying rates. They will also have varying
patterns of learning. They may master skills
in a physical area before skills in the
thinking domain. This is normal and to be
expected. A child may ‘know’ a task one day
but forget it the next. This also is normal
and prompts teachers to revisit most skills
to enable students to truly master them.
Often a child’s approach to learning is
established in these first years of school. If a
child is encouraged and supported to
attempt to learn tasks, they will view
themselves as competent learners and
approach other tasks with similar
confidence. Comparing children to others
may instill a possible attitude of not feeling
as good as others.
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Children respond well to regular positive
feedback that is specific. Tell the child
exactly what you appreciate about what
they have attempted – ‘I like the way you
added different colours for each part of the
picture’.
There are many ways to learn and develop
skills, for both adults and children. Three
common learning styles are:
Visual – learners often have a good
sense of direction and create images to
retain information; they may be skilled at
puzzles, painting and drawing; visual
tools such as pictures, diagrams and
maps will assist the visual learner to
learn and apply knowledge.
Auditory – learners use words and
language well and gather information
through listening activities, talking things
through and analyzing the meaning of
what they hear.
Tactile / Kinesthetic - learners have the
ability to control their bodies and handle
objects skillfully and learn best through
the manipulation and exploration of
objects.
Children will have a dominate style of
learning and will learn best when using
these strengths. It is very helpful for your
teacher to have information about your
child’s strengths and interests so that the
programs in the classroom can build upon
their strengths. However, we must also
develop students’ abilities to learn in other
ways to reach their full potential.
SOCIAL and SPIRITUAL
DEVELOPMENT
The College Motto is ‘Life through Christ’.
Hence, the College aims to not only provide
quality education but also to share with our
students and families, the saving grace
found only in Jesus Christ.
All students in the College participate in
Chapels and Biblical Studies, and the
teaching programs are presented within a
Christian worldview. Similar to other areas
of development, children walk through
stages of spiritual development and the
College programs reflect this.
When children start school, they enter into
new social networks. A key focus of schools
in these early years is the development of
social skills, particularly in relation to the
school community, but also the wider
community.
The College has established a social skills
program which has been developed on a
Biblical basis of respect, care, compassion
and fairness. These skills are taught from
the first day of school and are enforced
through behaviour and encouragement
programs.
Please find more details in your Student
Handbook.
CATERING FOR DIFFERENT
NEEDS
All students are unique and have individual
strengths and needs. However, some
students struggle in developing the
foundational skills mentioned above.
Parents are asked to inform the College
upon enrolment if their child has been
diagnosed, or is perceived to potentially
have any learning difficulties. This is to
enable the College to prepare the best
environment and learning opportunities for
your child to succeed at school.
The school culture acknowledges and
celebrates many facets of student
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performance and achievement. Students learn
best when a diverse and differentiated
curriculum, catering for a wide range of
abilities, preferred learning styles and varying
social capabilities is utilised. The school’s
responsibility is to try to identify, nurture, and
develop students' gifts so that they may
individually benefit and in so doing creates a
more positive environment for all. The school
uses many different measures to develop the
potential in gifted students. These measures
may include early entry, subject acceleration,
grade acceleration, group clusters and
extension classes depending on the needs of
the gifted individual.
TRACKING LEARNING,
ASSESSMENTS and
REPORTING
Naturally as a parent, you will be keen to know
how your child is performing at school and
whether they are achieving to their
appropriate level, beyond it, or requiring
assistance. All children will have their individual
strengths and also areas in which they may
struggle.
The NSW Education Standards Authority
(NESA) have divided the schooling years into
stages, each stage has its own set of outcomes
that are taught and are expected to be met.
These outcomes can be found on their
website: www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au;
the stages are:
Kindergarten: Early Stage One
Years 1 and 2: Stage One
Years 3 and 4: Stage Two
Years 5 and 6: Stage Three
Years 7 and 8: Stage Four
Years 9 and 10: Stage Five
Years 11 and 12: Stage Six
Teachers regularly assess your child to track
their development. These assessments may
be either formal or informal. Assessments
can identify skills and knowledge the child
already knows, providing information for
the development of teaching programs.
Assessments also assist teachers in gaining
an understanding of what the child has
learned through the teaching program.
Reports are distributed in July and
December to inform you of the progress
your child is making, or has made
throughout the year. The NSW Education
Standards Authority requires the College to
grade each student according to a
particular set of criteria.
Various testing can be conducted to identify
your child’s specific needs and
recommendations will be made according
to the results, to assist your child’s future
development. This may include assistance
via programs within the College, or
recommendations for assistance externally.
The College arranges for a representative
from the STEPS program (Statewide
Eyesight Preschooler Screening), which is an
initiative of NSW Health, to visit the College
and conduct free of charge sight tests for
our Pre Kinder students to eliminate any
possible obstacles to learning.
PARTNERSHIP
A strong partnership between home and
school is essential in supporting a child’s
learning and development. A partnership
involves respect, trust and an understanding
of the different roles both home and school
play in each child’s life. A child enters school
with a host of experiences, knowledge,
values and beliefs, all gained from their first
years of life.
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It is helpful for the College to know
information about your child to provide
continuity of experiences. Therefore, the
College may ask you to complete surveys
and offer information about your child.
For some families, this is the first time that
the child and parent are separated for a
significant length of time during the week
and possibly where a parent does not have
the same amount of control as before
entering school. It is natural for parents and
children to feel somewhat anxious, and take
time to trust a new body of people to care
for their child. For the development of the
partnership with the College, that may last
fourteen years, it is encouraged that you
take the time to become involved and get to
know and understand the new experiences
that you as a family will face.
School will offer your child a range of new
experiences that will be different to home. It
is to be expected that children will perform
differently within the two environments,
hence an open partnership between the
home and school will only assist your child’s
learning and development.
COMMUNICATION
Clear and open communication is
paramount for the development of a
successful partnership.
There are a variety of avenues of
communication that you can utilise.
The Student Handbook – each student will
be given a handbook. In this handbook are
details about uniform, behaviour
management programs, positive
reinforcement initiatives and dates. There
is a section each day for both the College
staff and yourselves to communicate. The
teachers read this regularly and it is
encouraged that parents also check
regularly for new information. Please use
this handbook to inform staff about the
need for different collection arrangements,
a new piece of information about an event
or occasion that has occurred at home or
to share a concern.
Interview with the teacher – there are
opportunities each year for ‘parent /
teacher interviews’ that are on set days.
You may request other mutually suitable
times to discuss issues with your child or
the school. Please speak to your child’s
teacher first about concerns as they will
possess the most information about your
child.
Informal chat – this is often a quick way to
get a quick response or answer. However,
please respect that your child’s teacher’s
priority is the duty of care for all their class,
so we request that parents do not disturb
them when they have that responsibility.
TRUTH, BELONGINGS,
WINNING and LOSING
In the first years at school, children are not
always clear about what is real and what is
fantasy. They often believe in magical powers
or people. This may cause confusion for the
child in determining reality and fantasy. As a
result, children may make assertions with
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may fear telling the truth due to known
consequences or desire to impress or not hurt
others. Learning what it means to tell the truth,
particularly in social relations takes time. Help
your child understand the need to tell the
truth and the confusion caused by not telling
the truth.
When children come to school, they become
aware of others having belongings that are
different to theirs. With this will come great
temptation to ‘have a go’. Young children are
still learning the concepts of right and wrong,
truth and what appropriate behaviour is, in
regards to other people’s belongings. As your
child grows and develops social
understandings, they will learn to ask for turns
and not take something that belongs to
others.
As children develop friendships and skills, they
will participate in more competitive games and
activities. This will introduce the concepts of
winning, losing and fairness. Some children are
quite strict in regards to what is fair, and losing
can be a hard lesson to handle. Learning to
lose takes a lot longer than learning to win.
Children will need help to understand that
losing is a part of life and that they need to
develop resilience. Learning about rules takes
time, patience and gentle understanding.
COLLEGE CHAPLAIN
The College Chaplain, Rev Schroder, oversees
the Christian activities from P - 12. Miss
Philpott is the Assistant Chaplain. They both
coordinate the Chapel services for Infants and
Primary students each week.
Rev Schroder and Miss Philpott are also
available to assist students who are struggling
or have questions about the Christian faith.
They are also keen to support parents in their
personal walk of faith.
CHRISTIAN GROUPS
At Broughton, we encourage students to
know more about the God who made them
and the Saviour Jesus, who has given them
life. Students can do this through daily
devotions in their classrooms or weekly
Chapels, as well as, student groups held at
lunch times.
KBF Club is for Infants students, while CRU
Club is designed for students in Years 3 and 4.
Rev Schroder runs the Years 5 and 6 weekly
bible group known as ‘The Hub’. These lunch
time groups are voluntary.
Details on times and locations can be
obtained from the classroom teacher.
COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
In the Junior School we run a variety of
cocurricular activities. These can include,
public speaking, debating, STEM club, dance
club, choir, band and SLATE (Students
Learning About The Environment). These clubs
are promoted in the school newsletter.
Students are informed via our Daily Notices.
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HEALTHY EATING
Children are often busy and active, so they
require nutritious lunches and snacks while
at school. The College is a ‘Nut Aware
School’. Some children have serious
allergies to various foods, which for some
can be life threatening. The College requests
that items with nuts included should NOT
be brought to school. The sharing of food
is also discouraged to avoid instances of
allergic reactions.
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
A College Newsletter is published each
week. The e-newsletter is emailed to
parents. Parents are encouraged to read the
Newsletter carefully, as it contains current
information about activities being held, and
updates on information and policies
contained in this Information Booklet.
CANTEEN
Pre Kinder students are to place their lunch
orders in the basket outside their classroom.
Years K-6 have boxes at the
Canteen for lunch orders. By ordering the
food, students are assured of their
preference for food and drinks.
Online ordering for the Canteen
The College has setup an online ordering
system for purchasing food at the canteen.
Online ordering is done through the
Flexischools website at
www.flexischools.com.au. Parents can order
and pay online for students recess and
lunch.
Students in Years 1-6 are permitted to go to
the Canteen at the beginning of lunch and
recess to purchase other items.
MOBILE PHONES
Students are not to use their mobile phones
during the day to make calls of any nature.
Students who need to contact home for any
reason must use the phone in the Student
Services Centre.
Mobile phones are to be turned off
immediately when a student arrives on the
College site and may only be turned on
again at the completion of the school day.
Students found to have their phone on
during the day will be required to hand the
telephone into the Student Services Centre.
Parents may be asked to pick up the
telephone.
PARENT COMMITTEE
The College strongly encourages the
involvement of parents in the education of
their children and views the link between
parents and the school as a genuine
partnership.
The Parent Committee is the formal
mechanism that provides the opportunity
for much of the parental activity that takes
place at the College.
The Parent Committee at Broughton
provides parents, grandparents and carers
of students with an opportunity to be an
active participant in the College community.
It is our community at Broughton that is
one of the factors that sets us apart from
other schools. The focus of the Parent
Committee is to increase the strength of
our community through focused
fundraising activities.
Parents often have a particular skill or
interest area that is able to be shared with
the College. You are welcome to share this
with the Broughton Community.
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Any person having direct contact with
students of the College is required to read
Parent / Grandparent Helpers Induction
Package on expectations of volunteers within
the College. All volunteers are required to
complete a Working with Children Check via
the Office of Children’s Guardian website
www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-
working-children-check.
GRANDPARENTS’ DAY
Each year we invite all the grandparents’ of
students in the Junior School to join us for a
day of fun and learning.
The Junior School is able to display the fine
work of the students and their teachers
through Assemblies and visits to their
grandchildren’s classrooms.
CAMPS and EXCURSIONS
As part of the educational and social
programs of the Junior School, all year
groups participate in excursions, a camping
programs and visitors to the College, who
share their expertise with the students.
Excursions and camps are key events in each
school year, and events the students greatly
enjoy.
We look forward to working in partnership
with you in the education of your children.
HELPFUL WEBSITES
Starting School
http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/families/
starting-school
“A healthy lunch box”
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/
https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/
collection/lunch-box-snacks
Information about resilience:
www.cyh.com
Michael Grose:
http://www.parentingideas.com.au/Home
Early Childhood Australia and the Australian
Primary Principals Association have compiled
a booklet for parents of students entering
Kindergarten entitled Your child’s first year at
school: A book for parents. Some information
from that publication has been referred to in
this booklet.
Connor, J & Linke, P, 2007, Your child’s first
year at school: a book for parents. Watson,
ACT: Early Childhood Australia.
Junior School Map - Northern Campus
College Map - Southern Campus
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