shelly park school

Shelly Park SchoolPod 1 & 2 Cluster Share Session

Pod 1 & 2 TeamPod 1 Team• Associate Principal – Wendy Dove• Class Teachers – Tanya Glengarry, Jo Lynn, Ruth

Thomas, Victoria Fair, Cathy Gray, Brittany Birdling

Pod 2 Team• Senior Teacher – Debbie Reid• Class Teachers – Edwina Mills, Megan Battersby, Coram

Bradbury

Overview• Sounds Great program• KnowledgeNET – managing

learning links for literacy, numeracy and topic

• Dinolite – digital microscope

Sounds Great• Strong focus on developing

Phonemic Awareness• 2 Levels of difficulty• Printable support materials• Excellent support for students and

teachers• Easy incorporation of e-Learning

into Weekly Reading Planning

Sounds Great 1 Volumes 1 & 2Sounds Great 1

Volume 1Sounds Great 1 Volume 2

Sounds Great ActivitiesExample Activity

Overview

KnowledgeNET• Pod Pages – learning links to

websites contributed by the Team• Class Pages – learning links to

specific games and activities within websites

• Class logons for Juniors

Dinolite• Digital microscope – easily

connected to laptop• Allows you to view objects and

also take pictures • Science Topics – Fabrics & Fibres

and In the Garden

Carpet

Cotton

DinoliteDigital microscope

Fabrics & Fibres Unit

Denim

Nylon

Fabrics & Fibres Unit

Rubber ball

Straw hat

In the Garden Unit: Integrated with Science Focus

Hello Mr Fly, what big eyes you have.

Monarch Butterfly Art• Digital photography of Monarch• Projections of images – discussion,

motivation• Observing butterfly lifecycle in classroom• Projection of sketch image –

enlargement, size, shape• Digital microscope of Monarch butterfly • Examining wings, patterning

Links to other ICT tools• Digital photography• Notebook: magnifier, spotlight• Paint• Powerpoint• Photostory