Stage One 2019Parent Information Evening

S1Avalon – Miss Allen

S1Lighthouse – Miss Armstrong

S1Palm – Mrs Popova

K1Torquay – Mrs Tully

Support teachers – Mrs Choon and Mrs Hall

Organisation Stage One teachers work collaboratively across the stage.

Formal meetings are held once a week to plan and

review.

Term planners and teaching/learning programs are

followed by each teacher to ensure the same content is

taught across the stage.

Students complete Common Assessment Tasks in

Semester 1 and 2.

2019 School Wide Focus

This year Kenthurst Public School’s overarching theme is:

Sustainability

Key concepts:

Students learn to be responsible for their actions and

belongings.

Students take responsibility for their classroom.

Students start taking a greater responsibility for

environmental tasks around their school.

Students can progressively develop into community leaders

and when they leave school have a wide range of skills and self

confidence in creating positive changes around them.

English

Reading

Writing

Handwriting

Grammar

Talking and Listening – News

Spelling – Words Their Way

Students are assessed and then grouped according

to their spelling needs.

Students have a new set of words each fortnight. Teacher explicitly teaches the focus for that set of words

Word Sorts include Speed sort, Blind sort and Word Hunt.

Students form generalisations and spelling rules, also noting exceptions or ‘oddballs’.

WORDS THEIR WAY …….

Mathematics Students are placed into one of the four groups:

Yellow – Mrs Tully

Green – Mrs Popova

Red – Miss Allen

Blue – Miss Armstrong

Each group is differentiated to meet the needs of individual students.

All concepts studied will be the same across the stage just at

different levels.

History and Geography In term 1 stage 1 will be learning about the weather as part of

the Geography unit.

In term 2 stage 1 will study History.

Science

Taught by Ms Shaw during RFF

Stage One Science will be on Wednesdays for Term 1

Science Technology Engineering Art and

Mathematics

Stage 1 students will be participating in an 8 week STEAM workshop

working with Spheros and coding.

The workshops are delivered by Sammut Education and classroom

teachers.

Personal Development, Health and

Physical Education PDH

Drug Education

Positive Behaviour for Learning

PE

Sport – Wednesday and Friday

Dance –Group Dancing

Be Skilled Be Fit will cover Athletics (Term Two) and Gymnastics

(Term Three)

Library S1P - Monday

S1L - Tuesday

K1T - Tuesday

S1A - Wednesday

Library bags are required

Students may borrow two books and return them weekly or

fortnightly

Homework Grid outlining activities to complete. Grey boxes are must do

activities. White boxes are optional.

Home Reading – please log the books your child reads.

Sent home on Monday and returned on Friday.

Include notes to teachers in these books where needed,

especially if there is an issue.

Positive Behaviour for Learning!

“In the Kenthurst Public School community, we teach behaviour as

vigorously as academics. This means everyone, everywhere, every

time.”

Positive Behaviour! Positive behaviour in the classroom and playground is highly

encouraged at Kenthurst Public School. Students can earn:

Key to Success tokens (KTS keys)

Merit Certificates

KTS keys are Free and Frequent rewards – students place their earnt keys into a class lucky dip. Canteen vouchers are drawn each week at Friday recess assembly.

Merit certificates are intermittent rewards – two merit certificates are awarded each week by classroom teachers, science and library, at Monday morning assembly. These focus on our three school values: Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best.

Students collect four merits to entitle the student to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Certificate. This is awarded at our formal assemblies on Thursday.

Free and Frequent

Intermittent

Long and Strong

Positive Behaviour for Learning in

Stage One!

If your child earns 4 merit awards, please send them back

to school. We will then sign the back of each award and

return to your child.

School Wide PBL Posters:

Respect Responsibility Personal

Best

All settings

Kind and considerate Good manners 5Ls

Rubbish in the bin Own it

See something, say something

Have a go Be your best Get involved

Minor, Major and Critical Behaviour

Teachers follow classroom and playground behaviour

management flowcharts for any negative behaviour.

The type of behaviour exhibited by the student, justifies if it is

a minor, major or critical incident. Teachers record the incident

on a paper referral slip and a consequence is put in place

(following the management flowchart).

Playground Behaviour Management

Flowchart

Notifying Parents of Minor, Major and

Critical Behaviour

Minor incident -green slip – parents are

not notified and the teacher will manage

Major incident -orange slip – teacher -

executive- parent contacted

Critical incident - Red slip – Teacher-

Principal – parent contacted

Housekeeping

Crunch and Sip

Recess and Lunch

Note Folders

Belongings

Equipment

Toys

Birthday Buckets

Morning Bell

Website http://www.kenthurst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Contacting your Child’s Teacher You can always contact us with questions, concerns or positive

feedback. Should you wish to contact, please follow these steps:

The first step is to contact your child’s teacher. You could:

Send a letter in with your child or

Leave a message with the school office or

Send an email to make an appointment

In person- after school is best.

2. K-2 Assistant Principal: (relieving)– Mrs Eurell

3. School Principal: – Ms. Dodd

School Phone Number: (02) 9654 1173

Thank you for attending this session