Scarborough's Reading Rope

On Tuesday, the Executive Team met to plan for Teaching and Learning in our school. We spent a large proportion of our time discussing Scarborough's Reading Rope and how we can continue to effectively implement all of the strands of the Reading Rope across our school. 

Dr. Hollis Scarborough invented the concept of the Reading Rope in the early 1990s. She used it to help parents understand the various skills their children needed to master to become proficient readers. Teachers immediately saw how useful the Rope was, and it has become an essential model when teaching reading.

Scarborough’s Rope contains two main sections: Word Recognition and Language Comprehension. Each of these comprises several smaller strands. Woven together, these strands become the rope that represents complete skilled reading. All the components are interconnected and interdependent. If just one strand is weak, it affects the rope (and the reader) as a whole.

The following video describes each of the strands of the reading rope and gives great examples of how parents can support their children at home in each of the strands. 

Transition Survey 2022-2023

Thank you so much to the parents and carers who have already completed the Transition Survey. We would love as many parents as possible to complete this survey before the end of the year.

Included in the survey are three questions to get to know your child's strengths, interests and learning habits and one question for you to express your wishes for your child's education next year. 

Please find the transition survey as a Google Form at the following link:

Christmas Raffle

We have already had 25 raffle ticket booklets returned and many families who have requested more booklets to sell. Thank you so much for your support so far. 

Each ticket for the Christmas Raffle costs $2. Tickets can be paid with either cash or on the QKR app. If the raffle tickets are purchased on QKR, please ensure that you enter the child's name and the numbers on the raffle ticket booklet. At the end of the year all raffle tickets must be returned to the school so we can account for them. The prizes are below:

1st Prize: $1,000

2nd Prize: $500

3rd Prize: $250 

All funds that we raise will go directly to the upgrade of our outdoor learning space. 

The raffle will be drawn at our end of year Christmas Carols and Picnic on Tuesday 6th December. 

All raffle ticket booklets (sold or not) need to be returned to the Front Office by Friday 2nd December (Week 8). 

If at any time you would like more raffle tickets to sell, please either email me or come to the front office to collect more. 

Thank you in advance for your continued support. 

2023 Fete - Donations

As our Fete is in Week 2 of Term 1 2023, we need to start collecting some donations now. The Community Council would appreciate your support in donating the following:

• Blocks of chocolate for the Chocolate Toss
• Bottles of wine or beer
• Clean plastic or glass jars for the Tombola Store
• Old keys 
• Second hand books for the book store

The above are the only donations that we will ask of our school community for the 2023 Fete. If you are happy to donate any of the above, please feel free to drop them into the Front Office at any time.