7 March 2024

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers, 

At our school we teach synthetic phonics using our whole school program 'Promoting Literacy Development'. There are many advantages for our students who engage in our whole school phonics program. These include: 

Learning Phonics Helps Children Decipher Words

One of the main benefits of learning phonics is that it teaches children to decipher words on their own, which means they ultimately need less help with reading. When children learn the sounds that letters and groups of letters make, they can decode words they have not encountered before in their reading. This allows children to learn new words independently and read more confidently.

Learning Phonics Expands a Child’s Vocabulary

Another advantage of learning phonics is that it gives children a foundation for learning new words, adding to the words they already know. Through phonics, children learn parts of words, which they can remember when they encounter new words they have never seen before. This makes learning to read much easier in the long run. Additionally, phonics can lead to whole-word recognition, which helps children read faster as they practice. As children begin to recognise whole sections of words without sounding out individual phonemes to decipher each word, reading is much faster and more fluid.

Learning Phonics Encourages Children to Recognise Text Fluently

When children learn phonics, they also learn critical language rules that help with fluency down the road. Learning phonics involves an introduction to specific language rules related both to the pronunciation of the words and also how they are represented in written form. Through the phonics system, children develop the ability to be able to recognise patterns both within words and between words, while developing essential language skills that will be drawn upon again and again.

Learning Phonics Enables Stronger Reading Comprehension

Empowered with phonics knowledge, children become more fluent more quickly, they are able to stop focusing on the individual letters of each word (as this becomes automatic) and are free to focus on the meaning of what they are reading. This, in turn, supports a stronger development of reading comprehension skills overall, as well as a superior understanding of the language as a whole.

Learning Phonics Boosts Writing Ability

Another benefit of learning phonics is that it ultimately helps children learn to write by using written lessons and activities to help children master both reading and writing skills. Children also tend to develop their spelling skills much more quickly, as they are learning which letters or combinations of letters create sounds in words that they write.

Learning Phonics Helps Kids Develop Strong Thinking Skills

Over the many decades in which phonics systems have been used to teach young children to read, research has found that phonics-trained students demonstrated superior performance in the area of critical thinking over the long term. Since the English language doesn’t always follow predictable rules, with the help of the tools provided by the phonics system, young readers are able to develop logic, reasoning, and analysis skills, which translates to stronger thinking skills overall.

Learning phonics provides an excellent way for children to read both quickly and effectively, giving them a systematic approach to reading upon which they can build and expand their skills.

Kindest regards,
Ms Kerryn Woodhouse

School Calendar

Student Birthdays

We would like to wish the following students a very Happy Birthday.

Roadwise Information

Chaplain’s Chat

Sports News …. with Mr Baggio & Mr Brown

Congratulations to our cricket teams on their tremendous results at the Kingsway Cricket Carnival! Our Boys A team went undefeated all day and only narrowly came 2nd to Spring Hill on average runs. Our Girls team won 3 of their 4 games, only losing to eventual winners Spring Hill by a very close 10 runs.

We were very proud of the level of skill and sportsmanship on display by our cricketers and are already looking forward to the 2025 Carnival.

P&C News

Hello Everyone,

Become a member of the Landsdale Primary School P&C and help improve our school.

The P&C have funded numerous projects for the school community over the years and 2024 is going to be just as big. Join other hard-working Mums and Dads and be a part of something that will last for years to come.
  
Wednesday 20th March. AGM and general meeting.

• 6pm in the staff room.
• Vote for the 2024 committee.
• General meeting to follow.

Many thanks,
P&C Landsdale

Canteen Information – Sue Uyen, Manager

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Manager: Sue Uyen
Tel: 0410 894 457

The canteen will be celebrating Harmony day in week 8 with orange themed recess goodies. Items will cost between 50c to $2.50 and only available to purchase for cash at the canteen window during recess. 

Make sure you are following our Bush Blues Cafe Facebook page so you don’t miss out on all that is happening including our weekly student special. 

We kindly ask you to remind your child to collect frozen treats or slushies from the canteen if you order them on QKR! as we do not deliver these items to classrooms.

Emergency lunches happen from time to time and we will never let a child go hungry. If your child comes home with a lunch receipt this can be paid via the QKR! app or with cash at the canteen.

Thank you for your ongoing support.
The Bush Blues Cafe Team

Uniform Shop News

For all uniform requirements, please contact Tudor Uniforms on Tel. 9408 2666 or www.tudorschooluniforms.com.au.  Their address is: Unit 1/75 Excellence Dr, Wangara.

Leap – Parent Information

A Message from the School Health Nurse (For Kindy & PP Children)

School Entry Health Assessment

School Entry Health Assessment forms have been distributed for parents to complete. Please complete and sign the back page of the form before you return it.

Please return the form to the class teacher as soon as possible.

Kindy assessments start in Feb and will continue until December.

If you have a concern about your child’s health, development or wellbeing please contact me on Ph:0404 823 686 Email: joanne.duncan@health.wa.gov.au

Joanne Duncan
Registered Nurse

Shooters Netball Club