Year PPT OLC

  Hi Parents and Carers, Week 2 is the start of our new gathering time routine. Each student has 2 days allocated to writing and 2 days allocated to reading. On writing days your child will sit at the table with the teacher or EA. They will draw a picture and then attempt to write about it. During this writing time the students will be drawing on the literacy skills and knowledge they have gained in our learning so far to construct words and create sentences. The teacher or EA will provide support or scaffolding as needs arise, but we are encouraging the students to be independent and 'have a go'.  If it is your child's writing day you are welcome to 'kiss and drop'. This will also be great practise for Year 1!!! On reading days your child will sit with a parent helper or their own parent and read a decodable text (either a physical decodable book or a decodable book on the iPad) or do their mastery folder. It is important that the student does not randomly guess or

  Welcome back PPT families!      I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing holiday and managed to enjoy some of the winter sunshine.   This term we welcome a new student to our class....Oscar van Herk. We are very excited to make you a part of the PPT family Oscar!!!   Th e next few weeks…   Please don’t forget to bring their hats back with them tomorrow!        Timetable   Please see below our updated timetable for this term/semester. Now we have included explicit digital literacy time as a result of our whole school professional development goals to ensure we are covering the ICT capabilities as per SCSA.      As the children begin to develop and progress in their writing capabilities, we have now included an explicit writing lesson to support the children in furthering their understanding in this space.      Gathering Time    As of Week 2, e ach student will be allocated two mornings a week where they will engage in a writing task and two mornings per week where they will en