MR CRAIG NEWTON
year 3 coordinator
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ouse meetings, carnivals, NAPLAN and overnight camps – all pivotal turning points as our TSS boys reach Year 3 in the Preparatory School. Enormous congratulations must go to our young achievers on rising to the many new challenges they faced as they continued on their learning journeys throughout 2018. were eager to admire and talk about the photos.
ACADEMIC LEARNING
The Year 3 boys had opportunities to develop in all areas of the curriculum during the 2018 school year. This year in English, the boys continued to enhance their ability to communicate in many ways – through learning experiences aimed at developing reading, writing, speaking and listening. A main literacy focus in Term Three was on the promotion of a love of reading for our boys, and the real men read initiative was our way of using male role models to encourage reading for enjoyment.
NAPLAN in May enabled the boys to showcase their achievements in many areas of literacy and numeracy, with the boys’ hard work and success rewarded with a NAPLAN BBQ. This event was thoroughly enjoyed by all and was a memorable way to finish off what was most definitely a busy and tiring week.
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SOUTHPORTONIAN
The term began with the boys interviewing their dads, grandfathers, older brothers, and a few of the wonderful Prep School staff about their reading habits. Each boy brought in a photo of himself reading with a male role model, and these became an impressive display of a community of readers, young and old. The Rogers building was certainly a buzz of excitement, as the boys and parents
Then, Book Week in Week 6 saw an onslaught of MENtors visit our classes to share a book, with the boys having the opportunity to ask our guest readers about what they like to read, why reading is important, as well as their own journey in learning to read.
This really helped the boys begin to understand that it doesn’t matter if you are a builder, teacher, athlete, cleaner, property developer or doctor – reading is an important skill used and enjoyed by all. On behalf of our young readers, an enormous thank you to all of the fathers, uncles, granddads, teachers and
