Year One and Year Two Intervention and MiniLit

Next week, we will be starting Sounds~Write and reading intervention, and MiniLit intervention with a number of Year One and Year Two students.

The Sounds~Write and reading intervention has been redesigned by Rebecca Neiberding (Inclusion Teacher). This intervention takes research, evidence and strategies from both the Sounds~Write program and MiniLit program. This intervention is designed to support students to master the skills of letter/sound knowledge and skills for decoding CVC (consonant/vowel/consonant) words. A number of our Inclusion Assistants will work with students in small groups for 4 days a week. 

MiniLit Intervention is an evidence-based, explicit and effective early literacy intervention program for teaching reading skills to children. Rebecca Neiberding (Inclusion Teacher) is trained in this program and will deliver to a group of students in Year One and Two. 

Year 6 e-safety presentation

On Thursday 5th May, we organised for a Child Protection Officer from Catholic Education to come and talk to Year Six students about staying safe online. The Child Protection Officer will discuss some of the following areas with the Year Six students:

• How to stay safe online
• Cyberbullying
• Dealing with unwanted contact
• Sharing personal content
• Inappropriate and unsafe content
• Online footprint
• Safer online gaming
• Being safe on social media platforms

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns about this discussion or would prefer your child not to attend.

International Dance Day

Those families who have been at St John's over the past 8 years would probably know how important dance is to me and how much I love to share dancing with the students at St John's. Today is International Dance Day.

The International Dance Day was created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute ITI, the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO in 1982.

It was chosen on April 29th because it was the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, innovator, and scholar of this art, teacher, and creator of modern ballet.

This celebration strives to encourage the participation and education of dance through events and festivals held during this date around the world.

Enjoy a little bit of dancing today!

Rebekah Brown

Assistant Principal and Inclusion Coordinator