Hanlon Crescent, Fadden, ACT 2904
Tel: 6205 6011
Fax: 6205 6010
Email: [email protected]
www.faddenps.act.edu.au
Thursday 18 May 2017
Week 4 Term 2
Dates to Remember
Friday 19 May
Healthy Harold Life Education
Tuesday 23 May
ICAS – Digital Technologies
Tuggeranong Cross Country
Wednesday 24 May
Senior Athletics Carnival
Tuesday 30 May
ICAS – Science
Wednesday 31 May
Junior Athletics Carnival
For more dates: http://www.faddenps.act.edu.au/our_school/calendar
Preschool News
Literacy development is a vital part of each child’s overall development. Before children learn to read and write,
they need to develop the building blocks for literacy – the ability to speak, listen, understand, watch and draw. As
they get older, children also need to learn about the connection between letters on a page and spoken sounds. For
this to happen, they need plenty of experience with:
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pictures and objects – how you can use words to talk about them
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letters and words – their shapes, sounds and names
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sounds – how words can rhyme, begin and end with the same letters, be broken up into parts like
syllables, be formed by blending different sounds and so on.
Every day at Preschool is filled with a range of early literacy development. Talk is promoted through
communicating with your child in daily discussions, peer play, circle times, dramatic play opportunities and a range
of oral language games such as ‘What’s in the box?’ Sound skills are developed through playing with rhymes,
clapping syllables, singing and word games. Children are immersed in books; ones they are read, ones they listen
to on cd’s and follow along with a book, as well as independent book times after lunch and morning tea every day,
where children select their own book to look through.
The preschoolers have also been identifying their name each day as they arrive at preschool, writing their own
name to label their drawings and work, investigating symbolic mark making in Aboriginal art, writing notes in the
café play area and having a go at writing ‘mum’ on their card for Mother’s Day.
Susan, Sandi and the Preschool Team
Kindergarten News
The kinder students have loved reading possum magic. This wonderful Australian folktale shares delicious
vocabulary that allows students to interact with context clues and text-evidence throughout the story. Students
have been charmed by participating in multi-tiered activities.
Students have created a range of artistic pictures to represent their understandings of the text as well as their
favourite pages and characters from the texts. Students have been given the opportunity to discuss what they think
of the text and how it relates to their own feelings and emotions about familiar experiences and memories.
As a class we have investigated the map of Australia, including the different states and territories. We have
revisited the journey taken by Hush and Grandma Poss. We discussed the icons that were present during the
Journey. The students have loved reading about the quest of Grandma and Hush cross the Australian countryside
in search of specific Aussie food that will make Hush visible again. Next week the students will have an opportunity
to sample a variety of these classic 'Australian' foods that have become endearing parts of Aussie culture.
Anita Peraic, Karen Barling & Sarah Synott
Year 1 News
This term we are looking at non-fiction text and working towards writing our own information reports. We walked
through the school looking for labels and discovering how they differ from signs. Hopefully you are seeing us
borrowing more non-fiction books from the library. This is one of our research tools to prepare us for writing facts.
It has been so exciting to see how confident year 1s are getting when they are sharing their weekly news. More
and more students are coming with little notes, showing us they are preparing at home. We are trying to remember
to keep eye contact on our audience and to speak with a loud and clear voice to enhance engagement.
A special thanks to Mark, Will Gregory’s dad, for coming into 1L to showing us how to keep safe on escalators and
elevators. We showed beautiful listening bodies during the presentation and had interesting questions and
answers.
We now have interest based readers available for students to take home in their home reading pouches. These
books are a great opportunity to prompt discussions about our favourite books, authors and illustrators.
As always, feel free to come and see us with any successes or concerns you may have.
Natalie Lautier & Alex George
The following notes and emails have been sent out this fortnight:
~ Senior Athletics Carnival
~ Tuggeranong Cross Country – Selected Students
~ Kindergarten Overview
~ Year 1 Overview
~ Year 2 Overview
~ Year 3/4 Overview
~ Year 5/6 Overview
LOST PROPERTY
There is a large amount of unnamed lost property on the table
outside the front foyer. Please have a look and take what is yours.
Any uncollected items will be disposed of next week.
Year 2 News
Year 2 have jumped straight into our new writing text form for the term ‘Writing to Inform’. Students have been
exploring the structure and language features of an Information report through Modelled reading time by exploring
a range of non-fiction texts such as Diary Of a Caterpillar and Diary of a Tadpole. Students have reconstructed
information reports into the following sequence- Title, Opening Statement, Description, Concluding Statement and
Annotated Diagram. We have also explored conjunctions and technical vocabulary. In the coming weeks Year 2
will write a class Information report about Fadden Primary School. By the end of the term students will write an
information report independently of an animal of their choice.
This term in Reading we are focusing on the reading strategies of questioning, summarising and paraphrasing,
skimming, consulting a reference, inferring, connecting and determining importance. These are all important
reading strategies needed when researching topics; a skill students will need to write their own information
reports. These strategies will be explored during modelled, shared and guided reading time.
Students are continuing to explore spelling strategies through modelled reading and during writing activities.
Students also work on weekly individualised spelling sorts.
Beth Morgan & Jillian Gaille
Year 3 & 4 News
We have had a productive and busy start to the term and would like to congratulate all the year 3 students who
participated in NAPLAN last week.
This term the students have continued to participate in Guided Reading and have been focussing on determining
importance. This strategy helps students to identify keywords, phrases and sentences that are the most important,
particularly when reading information texts. It has been fantastic to see the students engage in small group
discussions to determine and highlight the most important pieces of information within the text that they are
reading. Next week the students will be introduced to skimming and scanning.
Determining importance will also benefit the students writing as we will be exploring and creating information texts.
As part of our writing program we will discuss the difference between a narrative and informative text, introduce the
purpose and types and identify and explore the structure of an information text. Students will also have the
opportunity to research websites on the chromebooks to write an information text on a given topic.
We would also like to congratulate all the year 3/4 students for writing and presenting a fantastic speech for
Rostrum. It was fantastic to see every student stand up and have a go, which demonstrates our school value of
confidence. We would also like to wish all our students proceeding to the school final the very best of luck.
Julie Spencer, Sandra Stemmet, Annette Raats & Heleyna Ives
Fri 19 May
Fri 26 May
Fri 2 June
LAUNDRY ROSTER
Mel Bowler
Louise Perez
Melinda Mitchell
Year 5/6 News
In 5/6 students have recently written Rostrum speeches and have presented their 3 minute speech to their
supportive class audience. A number of talented speakers advanced to the next stage and delivered their
speeches at the school finals on Thursday afternoon. We have so many confident and articulate public speakers –
well done everyone!
Our current writing focus is on developing description in narrative using a range of adjectives, adverbs and
figurative language devices. Using our five senses and imagining what a character sees, feels, hears, smells and
tastes is a great tool for developing vivid description and effectively ‘showing’ the reader our narrative through
careful word choice. Looking at examples from great literature, we are able to see effective characterisation.
Using the STEAL acronym helps remind us how we can build a clear understanding of our character: Speech,
Thoughts, Effects, Actions & Looks.
We have learnt the 4 key roles in our Reciprocal Reading program, including predicting, clarifying, questioning &
summarising. In the program, we read short texts and apply the 4 roles individually. We then meet with our
discussion group to share our analysis of the text. Many students have commented that they prefer the structure
of this reading program and like the critical discussions.
We have learnt the 4 key roles in our Reciprocal Reading program, including predicting, clarifying, questioning &
summarising. In the program, we read short texts and apply the 4 roles individually. We then meet with our
discussion group to share our analysis of the text. Many students have commented that they prefer the structure
of this reading program and like the critical discussions.
Rebecca Flux, Suzy Francis, Trish Bond & Natalie Hodge
Student Awards
KS Harrison Hall & Riley McDonald
1LElsie Bowler, Ethan Zagar & Rhian Morris
2G Novak Zeljkovic & Sharlize Hatch
3ST Abbigail Cottrell & Maggie Grant
3/4I Zoe Giannis & Jaxson Gomez-Daniel
5/6FL Ebony Moss & Oskar Das
5/6FR Eliza Perez & Mitchell Marin
K6L Jeffrey Friday
KP Havanna Magro & Charlie Thomas
1G Simone Thongsrinoon & Eniko Cattle
2M Isobel Gardner & Leo Dylewski
3SP Ivy Morris & Zack Travers
4R Zani Stemmet & Balin Neave
5/6B Aditi Das & Olivia Radulovich
5/6H Jess Glover & Milly McCabe
Performing Arts Dylan DeJong & Maryanne
Hanna
Your Family is invited to take home a big brother or big sister!
Give your children a wonderful opportunity to have a warm and amusing
"big brother or sister" live as part of your family for a few months.
Especially selected exchange students from Europe and Scandinavia are arriving in July and
August to live with our local families, learn and share cultures for a limited period of time.
A great opportunity to bring some European/Scandinavian culture into your home.
Southern Cross Cultural Exchange (registered with the Dept. of Education)
Please call Dine Simpson on 0419 633 340 or 1800 500 501 (toll free) or visit our website,
www.scce.com.au
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Good Afternoon,
The intersection of Sternberg Cres and Ashley Drive will be closed for construction works from 7am,
Saturday 13 May 2017 to Sunday 28 May 2017.
During this 2 week period school services and regular ACTION bus services travelling this way will be
diverted via Erindale Bus Station and surrounding roads.
Maps of the diversion for the below dedicated school services are now available on the Transport
Canberra website.
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Morning routes:
433,585,650,851,852,855,859
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Afternoon Routes:
407,417,508,536,558,646,673,677,679,689,695,697
Regular route service 67 and 66 will also be diverted.
We appreciate your assistance in this matter. For more information please call 13 17 10.
Regards,
Transport Canberra
Corporate Communications, Media and Public Relations | Transport Canberra and City Services| ACT
Government
496 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson | GPO Box 158 Canberra ACT 2601 | www.act.gov.au
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EXPERIENCE A NEW CULTURE, MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND
LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE AT HOME
In January 2017 students from over 25 countries around the world, will be arriving in Australia to
study at local high schools for 3-10 months.
Opportunities exist for families to act as a host family, in a volunteer capacity. Hosting can be on a
temporary, short or long term basis.
Host families help provide international students with the chance to study and experience life in
Australia.
This is a great way to learn about another country and culture, establish a lifelong link to a family in
another country and contribute to international goodwill.
If your family can offer a friendly, supportive and caring home environment, contact us today.
To hear more about this wonderful opportunity or
our student exchange programs out of Australia
Call Student Exchange Australia New Zealand on 1300 135 331 or
visit www.studentexchange.org.au/host-a-student
Term 2 – Beyond You
This term students are encouraged to wonder about some of the more puzzling
parts of the Christian faith and creatively present some of their thoughts and ideas.
Only students with permission will attend.
This term’s date: ________________________
Christian Education In Schools (CEIS) occurs because parents request it for their children, under ACT legislation.
Sessions are coordinated by the CEIS project, using approved resources and volunteers. If you would like to add
your child to the existing attendance list print off the section below and return it to the school or go to
www.ceis.org.au/yes
PLEASE RETURN THIS SECTION TO THE SCHOOL TO ADD YOUR CHILD TO THE EXISTING LIST
YES, I request that my child/ren listed below participate in the CEIS sessions offered at
school.
Child: ___________________________________ Parent name: ____________________________________
Child: ___________________________________ Parent signature: _________________________________
Child: ___________________________________ Date: ________________