June 2017

Reading is the quest for meaning. The illustrations are very important. Before reading, examine the cover, the illustrations and the title. Discuss with your child what they think the book will be about. Look through the illustrations and attempt to predict the text. Parents can scan the text and direct discussion accordingly using the language

We have put a new sign up sheet for PMP this Friday (a little more notice than last week!) Pop your name down if you are interested – we would love to have you join in the fun! It is the last one for term 2. Many thanks!  

Monday Inquiry / Big book – shared reading and letter study Recount of weekend / Reading response / Counting books Tuesday  Inquiry workshops / Guided reading & Literacy games Specialist – Italian (Yellow and Red), Physical Education (Blue and Red), Art (Blue and Yellow) Neighbourhood inquiry discussion Wednesday (Chess club today) Inquiry/ Shared reading – Big book

Preppy parents… Planning is underway for the craft stall at this year’s Bazaar and we need your help. If you can use scissors and a glue stick… you’re in! Rustle up some friends and join us for a night of paper craft at 7.30pm on Tuesday 27th June in the school gym We’ll be making

Dear Parents, We are the Tech Girl Movement Team and we are working on an app to encourage children to choose healthy options in their lunch boxes and to help you with recipes for healthy lunch box foods. To make sure we have as much information about the user as possible we would like to

Thank you to all parents who have returned their child’s school nurse form. If you do not wish for your child to visit the school nurse next term, it is still a requirement that the form is returned. This will confirm to our visiting nurse that your child will not be attending. If you haven’t done

Literacy teaching at PHPS includes differentiate instruction according to student need the use a range of dynamic student groupings ensuring appropriate level of teacher support: whole class flexible small group independent activity PHPS uses a balanced approach to teaching literacy, drawing on a range of literacy theories, including: – Language Experience – illustrates the powerful