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Ulladulla Public School Newsletter Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity, Success, Strong Values
Principal: Mrs Sandra Bradley Term 2 Week 6, 2017
Deputy Principal: Mr Trent Burns www.ulladulla-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Deputy Principal: Mr Justin Stanton Learn to Live, Live to Learn
Dear Parents and Carers,
Congratulations to our choir who performed last week at the
Eisteddfod, gaining second place. Special thanks to Miss
Sadler and Viliami for their hard work, and thank you to the
parents who were able to assist on the day. This week sees
our drumming group perform, led by Mr Johnson. Good luck
to them.
Many of our parents with students in Years 2 down to
Kindergarten will no doubt be hearing their children talk using
a range of words they may not be used to. This year the
school has introduced a program called ‘Synthetic Phonics’
and as part of the program students are taught the correct
metalanguage in relation to this.
Instead of using the words letter and sounds, students will talk
about phonemes and graphemes. They may also talk about
diagraphs or quadgraphs or even schwa.
A phoneme is the smallest sound that comes out of your
mouth when you say a word. Graphemes are the letters or
letter combinations that represent that sound. We all know
about vowels, a, e, i, o, u, and consonants, all the other letters
of the alphabet. A diagraph is just 2 letters together that
make a sound, such as bl. A quadgraph is four letters that
make a sound, for example ough in cough. A schwa relates to
the change in speech patterns and pronunciation over time,
such as the er at the end of mother. When we speak we say it
as an ‘a’ not an ‘er’.
So you may ask why we have changed our program. Research
evidence states that “explicit phonics instruction” is the
foundation of reading.
In the first 3 years of reading all children learn best with an
integrated approach to reading. Teachers need to teach:
Phonemic awareness: the ability to hear and
manipulate the sounds in the oral language
Phonics: the relationship between phonemes and
graphemes
Fluency: the ability to read quickly and naturally,
recognising words automatically, and grouping words
quickly
Vocabulary knowledge: new words and what they
mean
Text comprehension: understanding what is being read
and developing higher order thinking.
Some ways for parents to help with this progress in reading
are to teach children nursery rhymes or talk about words that
rhyme such as run, fun, sun. Allowing children to try and
write, finding words that start the same as their name and
other games.
Once a child has begun to read, listen to them read. Let them
practice the page and see if they can get quicker at reading
the text, making them more fluent.
Vocabulary is essential for students in all subject areas. Don’t
be afraid to challenge their understanding of words they use,
you use or they may hear. Many children think they know
what a word means but unless their understanding is checked
they may continue to use it in an inappropriate context.
Challenge the family and learn a word a day.
Comprehension is not just being able to retell the story. That
is the first step, but being able to discuss if the story is factual
or not, why did the author write the story? Predicating what
might happen on the next page and talking about character
development, how do you know that person is mean, scary,
kind. Discuss what the author means, but doesn’t say, what
are they inferring.
This may all sound daunting but can happen whilst you are
driving, cooking or eating dinner and will support your child’s
reading from Kindergarten to Year 12. Reading is the key to
the world as it allows you to take on new subjects and inter-
ests throughout your life. Praise your children's efforts. Read
to them, visit the library. We are all learners and like to know
we are growing.
Kind regards
Sandra
Sandra Bradley
Principal
Learn to Live, Live to Learn
Snack Shack News
CANTEEN ROSTER Term 2 Week 7 IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO CANTEEN, PLEASE CONTACT JENNY OR MEL ON 4455 1649.
THIS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATEDED. THANK YOU.
Monday 5th June
Tuesday 6th June
Wednesday 7th June
Thursday 8th June
Friday 9th June
Matt Upson
Victoria Simpson
Lauren Neven
Rebecca Clark
Debbie Phillips
Paulette McNamara
Karyn
Judy Carr
Jodie Heness
Cherie Fallshaw
Carrie Jansma-Smith
RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE – WEEK 6
Kindy Pippi S.—KO—For working hard to achieve excellence with
her writing.
Year 1 Ezekiel D.—1M—Excellent effort and improvement in reading.
Year 2 Avah L.—2S—Excellent effort in all areas.
Year 3 Brock S.—3T—Excellent effort and achievement in Speaking and
Listening.
Year 4 Tara L.—4M—Excellence in all aspects of school.
Year 5 Kiara T.—5C—Excellent behaviour and work practices.
Year 6 Bella B.—6C—Excellent attitude and behaviour at all times.
Beanies and /or Onesies for the Ocean DayBeanies and /or Onesies for the Ocean DayBeanies and /or Onesies for the Ocean Day
NEXT WEEK
Week 7, Thursday 8th June.
To recognise World Oceans Day and the importance of keeping our catchment clean, the Ulladulla Forest
Ferals will be running a gold coin donation fundraiser. We hope to raise funds and awareness to help
maintain our beautiful school environment including seeds, seedlings, trees, shrubs and mulch etc. We
will also be ordering stencils to mark our playground drains. This will help the children understand that
what goes down our drains at school ends up in Millards Creek and eventually the
ocean. We only want water down our drains not litter.
Class prizes will be awarded for the ‘Best Beanie and/or Onesie’ as voted by each
class
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available
Friday 2nd
June Group A Assembly –3/4J
Monday 5th
June
Talent Expo Lunch Heats
Yrs 2 & 3
Tuesday 6th
June Talent Expo Lunch Heats Yr 4
Wednesday 7th
June Talent Expo Lunch Heats Yr 5
Thursday 8th
June
Talent Expo Lunch Heats Yr 6
Beanies & Onesies for World
Ocean Day
Friday 9th
June Group B Assembly—3T
Monday 12th
June Public Holiday
Friday 16th
June Primary Athletics Carnival
Thursday 22nd
June Talent Expo Concert
Friday 23rd
June
Group B Assembly—3S
Primary Athletics Carnival back
up date
Monday 26th
June
NAIDOC Week—Stage 3
Activities
Tuesday 27th
June
NAIDOC Week—Stage 2
Activities
Wednesday
28th June
NAIDOC Week—Stage 1
Activities
Thursday 29th
June
NAIDOC Week—Early Stage 1
Activities
Friday 30th
June
NAIDOC Assembly
Last day of term
Dough Raiser with Bakers Delight Ulladulla
A friendly reminder to Parents, Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles that if you
purchase your bread from Bakers Delight please mention Ulladulla Public
School.
Bakers Delight will donate 5% of your purchase directly back to the
school, and is another way the school receives their fundraising.
Last year the school received $370, and we would love to push it up to
$400 this year.
Mollymook Golf Club
Thank you to Mollymook Golf Club for the Free Fruit Club Grant. The stu-
dents receive free fruit every Tuesday and Thursday morning, and there
are a lot of responsible students that deliver trays of fruit around the
school.
Learn to Live, Live to Learn
Choir — Shoalhaven Eisteddfod
Congratulations to our Infants Choir on being awarded 2nd place
at the Shoalhaven Eisteddfod last Thursday. The choir performed
beautifully on stage at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, led
by Miss Sadler and accompanied by Viliami on the piano. It was
such a wonderful experience for all the students and their
behaviour was exceptional. Thank you to all the parents for your
transport and support on the day.
Bec’s Tupperware will be hosting a
party on 11th June at 1pm. If you
would like more details, or to host
your own party contact her via the
facebook page for details.