Week 10 Term 2 2019 (04.07.19)

Catholic Education South Australia
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From the Principal

Adrian comments on our very active semester, the Voice recital last night, our Cybersafe sessions this week and the Catholic Schools Athletics Carnival last week.  All our families are wished a happy & safe term break ..... 

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From the APRIM

Cynthia updates us on the Water Awareness Day organised by the Just Leadership Team earlier this term, more about the Sacramental Programme and the Green & Gold Day tomorrow ..... 

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Finance News

Janet alerts you of Payment Reminders for Netball, Soccer and Canberra .....

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St Joseph's School Tranmere Instagram Page

Please like our Instragram Page

 
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P & F News

The P & F announce the Quiz Night Profit and thank everyone for their support.  The Business Register on the website will be updated next month, if you have a business you would like on the register .....

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OSHC News

Melanie reminds us that all outstanding OSHC fees are now due and a reminder to update bookings for next term.  She also announces the whole school competition winner  .....

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Playgroup

Playgroup is an exciting program for your child run by qualified staff.  Come along and join us every Tuesday morning from 8.45am to 10.45am throughout the school term.

 

Weekend Sport Results

 

Winter Netball games for the weekend 22nd & 23rd and 29th & 30th June 2019 .........

 

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Walking the path of daily holiness: A way of being in the world

St Joseph’s Catholic Church Tranmere invites participants to a morning faith formation session exploring the Beatitudes within Pope Francis’ letter on the Universal Call to Holiness.

Saturday 17 August 2019 - 9.30am – 12pm

Morning Tea provided - St Joseph Parish Hall

 
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Community Noticeboard

Local Community Notices:

For more information on the above items .....

 

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Diary Dates

Term Two

Thu 4 Jul                 Catholic Schools Netball Carnival ( Yrs 5-7) 

Fri 5 Jul                   Green & Gold Day – Term Ends 3pm

Term Three

Mon 22 Jul             Term Three (Welcome Morning Tea)

Mon 29 Jul              First Eucharist Workshop 2. - 4.30pm & 5.45pm 

Fri 2 Aug                 9am Assembly

                                Year 7 unit STEM day out - Science Alive Excursion    

Tue 6 Aug               School Photos

Wed 7 Aug             Catholic Schools Cross Country Carnival

Thu 8 Aug               Feast of St. Mary of the Cross – Liturgy

Mon 12 Aug            First Eucharist Workshop 2. - 4.30pm  &  5.45pm 

Thu 15 Aug           Feast of the Assumption – 9.15 Whole School Mass

Fri 16 Aug             9am Assembly

Sun 18 Aug           First Eucharist and Confirmation Rehearsals

19 -23 Aug            Book Week

Wed 21 Aug          Book Week Parade 

Sat 24 Aug           Confirmation 10am & 2pm 

Sun 25 Aug          First Eucharist 9.30am 

Fri 30 Aug             9am Assembly

Sat 31 Aug           First Eucharist 6.30pm

Sun 1 Sept           First Eucharist 9.30am

3-6 Sep                Water Safety (Rec – Yr. 4’s)

Fri 6 Sep              Catholic Schools Touch Carnival

Sun 8 Sept           First Eucharist 9.30am

Fri 13 Sep            9am Assembly

23-26 Sep            Catholic Schools Music Festival (date tbc)

Thu 26 Sep          9am Assembly

                             Term Ends - 3pm 

Fri 27 Sep            Staff Formation Day (Pupil Free)

 

Information for Volunteering

Important update for Volunteering in our School Community  .......

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Foundations for Reading 1: Phonemic awareness

Did you know there are five key skills that help children learn to read? The first is ‘phonemic awareness’. Read on for seven great tips on how to help your little one lay the foundations for this important skill.

What is ‘phonemic awareness’?

‘Phonemic awareness’ is the ability to hear and manipulate the different sounds in spoken language. Before children learn to read, they need to be able to recognise that words are made up of speech sounds, or ‘phonemes’. There are 44 sounds in the English language, some represented by individual letters (like m, a or k) and some by combinations of letters (like sh, th or ou).

Phonemic awareness includes:

  • recognising words that begin with the same sound (e.g. ‘ball’, ‘big’ and ‘bag’ all start with the sound /b/)
  • identifying the first or last sound in a word (e.g. the first sound of ‘dog’ is /d/ and the last sound is /g/)
  • combining separate sounds to make a word (e.g. /b/ plus /u/ plus /s/ makes ‘bus’)
  • breaking up a word into its separate sounds (e.g. ‘sit’ breaks into /s/ plus /i/ plus /t/).

Research has shown that phonemic awareness is the most important predictor of later reading ability in beginning readers.

What can you do to help?

You don’t need to teach your little one phonemic awareness – they will learn this when they get to school. But with the seven tips below, you can help your little one lay the foundations for developing strong phonemic awareness skills.

Read, read, read!

The most important thing to do is to read with your little one, read to them and let them see you reading. As you read picture books, you can point out objects that start with particular sounds – eg ‘Caterpillar starts with /k/, that’s the same as your name. Caitlin. Caterpillar – they’re the same!’ Picture books with pages of things that start with the same letter are great, but remember that letters and sounds don’t always match. For example, if the ‘g’ page has a picture of a ‘gate’ and a ‘giraffe’, you could point out that the starting sound is different.

Point out sounds in words

Talking to your little one about sounds in words also develops phonemic awareness. For example, you could say ‘The word ‘mat’ starts with the sound /m/. Can you hear the sound at the end of the word? m-a-t – ‘mat’ ends with the sound /t/!’ Don’t worry if your little one can’t identify the sounds just yet – simply by talking to them about the sounds in words, you will be developing their phonemic awareness.

Play word and sound games

Games based on recognising sounds are fun and help to develop your little one’s phonemic awareness. The traditional game of ‘I Spy’ is a great example. So is taking turns thinking of words that begin with a particular sound. Remember to focus on sounds rather than letters – for example, if you’re thinking of words that start with the sound /k/, both ‘kitchen’ and ‘cup’ are great answers.

Use songs, nursery rhymes and tongue twisters

Many songs, nursery rhymes and tongue twisters are built around matching initial or final sounds – like ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill’, or ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’. Most children love learning them, and they’re a great way to develop phonemic awareness.

Praise

Children learn by making ‘mistakes’, and praising your little one’s efforts as well as their successes helps to make them a more resilient learner. So if your little one makes a mistake, take the same approach as when they were learning to walk – praise their effort, then encourage them to try again, or give them a bit of help, or move on to something else.

Let your child be the guide

Children develop at their own pace, and your little one may not be interested in words and sounds right now. That’s ok! Be patient and don’t push it – it’s important to keep learning fun. Just providing exposure to books, language, words and sounds will lay the foundations for their phonemic awareness skills, and set them up for success at reading.

Use your home language

If your home language is not English, you can also apply the same ideas in your own language. This will help lay the foundations for your little one to learn to read English (and your own language).