Ardtornish Newsletter

Term 2 Week 5 - 28th May 2021
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No 9

In this issue

​In this Issue
  • Reading Mentors - Effective Cross Age Learning Support, Understanding the Importance of Reconciliation
  • Excursion/Incursion Update
  • Canteen Roster
  • Dodgers - Baseball 
  • MSP Photography
  • School Uniform
  • Camp Quality
  • Instrumental Music
  • Absences
  • ACC News
  • Parliament House Excursion - By Room 1B
Diary Dates

May
31/5- Soccer Trials, JP Sausage       Sizzle, State Netball Carnival
  (all week)
June
3/6 – School Photos – Gym
4/6 – Group Photos - Hall
22/6 – 25/6 JP Swimming Week
            (except room 3 / 4)
7/6 – Sausage Sizzle – Primary
10/6 – Cross Country State
            Championships
11/6 – Assembly 10am
14/6 – Queen’s Birthday
Road Crossing
Monitors
 
Wed 9th June – Tue 15th June
Gemma R, Avara E, Lara B
 
Wed 16th June – Tue 22nd June
Cody S, Dantae C, Sam K
 
Wed 23rd June – Tue 29th June
Jade O, Kaylee R, Tilly-Rose P
 
Please arrive by 8.25am


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Reading Mentors: Effective Cross Age Learning Support

Learning to read is a complex task and being a member of a community where everyone values reading positively enhances student’s reading development.
At Ardtornish we foster a community that values members encouraging and supporting each other, and the Reading mentor program is perfect example of how all students in Years 6 and 7 have an opportunity to contribute to building cross year level relationships in a manner that helps younger students develop confidence and learning skills.
Before taking on the role of a reading tutor the year six and seven students were taught how to support and encourage beginning readers to be successful by: talking about the book before they start to read, encouraging them to sound out any unknown words they may encounter and asking them questions, to clarify their comprehension, when the story is completed.
Each day the Reading Mentors use their Chromebooks to record the feedback they give to the students along with the title and genre of the books they read. These notes are completed in a Google Forms document and are immediately available to the student’s classroom teacher.
Through this process, younger students build not only their confidence as ‘readers’ but also their confidence mixing with older students who they come to see as supportive and friendly.

Understanding the Importance of Reconciliation
This year’s theme, “More than a Word”.

​During National Reconciliation Week 27th May – 3rd June, all Australians are invited to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, to share that knowledge and help us grow as a nation.
We are celebrating Reconciliation Week during this week and next and many classes are undertaking activities to assist students to reflect on the meaning of reconciliation and acknowledge the way that we need to continue reconciliation processes and come together in friendship.
Thank you to the SRC Executive members for holding some fun and educational activities in the library, with students colouring in posters and making chatterboxes. Mr Ryall is also playing some Indigenous games in PE lessons. The activities highlight the message of the week “More than a Word”.

Canteen Roster

​Tuesday 1st                      Michele S
Wednesday 2nd               Mary-Anne R
Thursday 3rd                    Ling C, Chris G
Friday 4th                         Natasha H, Sonoko F, Weiwei R, Jenni F
                                                                                         
Tuesday 8th                     Michele S
Wednesday 9th                Mary-Anne R
Thursday 10th                  Tui M, Deneice P
Friday 11th                       Rhonda P, Stacey C, Emma J
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