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Ardtornish NewsletterTerm 2 Week 7 - 14th June 2024
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No 10
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In this issue
Diary Dates
June 17th- Zones of Regulation Parent Session 6pm, Governing Council 7pm 25th- 28th JP Swimming 28th- SAPSASA Girls Football Carnival July 4th – Jump Rope for Heart 5th – Last Day of Term 2, 2pm Dismissal 7th – Dance Showcase 22nd – First Day of Term 3 24th – Grounds Meeting 3.15pm 29th – Yr 3-5 Swimming (all week) 3.15pm Finance Meeting Road Crossing
Monitors Wed 12th June – Tue 18th June Cooper B, Myles M, Elijah W Wed 19th June – Tue 25th June Tania S, Layla E, Willow K Wed 26th June – Tue 2nd July Kai W, Nathaniel B, Lisa R Please arrive by 8.25am |
Reading Mentors: Effective Cross Age Learning Support
Pictured here is - Audrey, Lia, Oliver, Donovan, Rin and Adelyn
At Ardtornish we foster a community where members encourage and support each other, and the Reading Mentor program is a perfect example of how all students in Years 5 & 6 have an opportunity to contribute to building cross year level relationships, while helping younger students to develop their confidence and skills as readers.
Before taking on the role of a reading tutor, the year 5 and 6 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. During each session 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. Since last year students reading fluency levels have been monitored using the 'ORF (Oral Reading Fluency) assessment,' a brief one-minute process used to regularly detect risk and monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills from R-7. By examining word reading fluency, the ORF assessment helps identify students with deficiencies in decoding, accuracy and fluency. Reading mentors provide students with additional reading support. The older mentors encourage the students they are paired with to improve their reading pace and expression, abilities that build the student's skill. The mentors encourage students to use effective reading strategies, expand their vocabularies, enhance their understanding of various text types, and improve their comprehension skills. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Read Write Inc. Independent GroupThis group of Year 1 and 2 students meet in the library, during the daily Read Write Inc. time. Having successfully completed the basic elements of the program, they are now ready to apply their extensive phonics skills to become independent readers and writers.
In lessons with Mrs. Moore and Mr. Hansen they learn the skills necessary to effectively select their own books to read and write different genres. In their sessions they use additional technologies and software, such as iPads and the ‘Canva’ digital publishing program to produce and publish their own stories. Pictured here is Juno and Noah who are learning to outline a narrative story, by doing multiple drafts of their text to improve its clarity. 
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Canteen ROSTERTuesday 18th Clare/Harveen
Wednesday 19th Nicole T Thursday 20th Kristen V Friday 21st Chris G, Lucy M Tuesday 25th Fletcher/Lucas Wednesday 26th Deborah M Thursday 27th Deneice P, Tui M Friday 28th Deneice P, Tui M Thankyou to everyone who has expressed interest in volunteering in the canteen, please remember to complete your working with children check and RRHAN-EC training. If you need any help please come to the front office. 
Students who were in a group photo should have received a letter like the one below in their school photo pack. If you would like to place an order you can go online to the MSP website via this link https://orders.msp.com.au/ordering/access and enter the shootkey it will then list all the group photos that the child is in. Please note: each student has an individual shootkey (even if there are 2 children in a family who had group photos, they both have a separate shootkey).
Last day to order is Monday 15th July. 
Recently, there have been instances of vehicles obstructing the driveway during drop-off and pick-up times. We kindly request your cooperation in ensuring smooth traffic flow and safety at the staff car park
Please refrain from:
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated in maintaining a safe and efficient environment for all. |
RRHAN-EC Update is required for all volunteers before 31/12/24.
https://www.plink.sa.edu.au/ilp/pages/external-dashboard.jsf?menuId=1104&locale=en-GB#/?dashboardId= 
School Fees are now overdue. If you have outstanding fees contact Cathy in the finance office 8264 8099, to organise a payment plan. Any fees still outstanding by the end of term will be sent to the debt collector.
Absences and Exemptions
If your child is going to be away for longer than three days whether it be holiday/illness/family reasons an exemption form needs to be completed (available from the front office). Remember: If your child is away unexpectedly e.g. sick please ring 8264 8099 and press 1 to leave an absence message or text 0447 467 152 to let the office know. Also remember to say your child’s name, class and reason. 
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