Kindergarten 2016 Parent Workshop #1How to help your child,
Learning And Support, Best Start Assessment Welcome to Sherwood
Ridge Public School
The schools motto From Each their Best underpins all that we do. At
Sherwood Ridge Public School our inclusive environment will support
staff and parents to work together as a learning community in order
to give our students the knowledge, skills and experiences to
achieve their personal goals and lead successful lives in the 21st
Century. It is a partnership between home and school. Our Core
values of Learning, Community and Respect along with our schools
expectations of Be safe, Be respectful and Be a learner are
embedded in all that we do. How can you help your child?
Practise and apply new skills and knowledge Play games; card games,
I spy, board games Home reading; read every night, can read to
different people Embrace Technology; creative and educational apps
Integrate their learning into your home activities: shopping,
cooking, newspaper, road signs, bus timetables, menu, letters,
invitations Show that you value education Engage in learning
Let your child see you reading Show interest in their school life
Engage in school events Give books as presents and show your child
how to care for them. Encourage your child to make use of the local
and school libraries. Provide experiences as a base for
learning
Read to your child Audiobooks Provide experiences to relate new
learning to; places, people, events Provide various opportunities
for talking; meal times, shared activities, phone Celebrate
learning Encourage curiosity and a love of learning
Let your child teach you provide an audience; watch performance,
read their work, publish put it on fridge, have them show
family/friends Best Start: Kindergarten Assessment
To provide information that supports teachers in meeting students
individual learning needs; To provide parents and caregivers with
feedback on what their child can do, and how they can best support
their childs learning; and To assist the monitoring of student
learning throughout the school years. Providing feedback to parents
Best Start written reports will be sent home to parents on
Friday12th February 2016. Interviews will be held for parents on
Thursday 25th & Friday 26th February 2016 to discuss the
report. Best Start Assessment The Best Start Assessment will assess
a students school entry skills and understandings in literacy and
numeracy. Literacy Reading text Writing Speaking Comprehension
Concepts about print Phonics Phonemic Awareness Numeracy Counting
(numeral recognition and forward number word sequences) Counting as
a problem solving process Pattern recognition Best Start Assessment
Classroom teachers will observe and record student responses. Most
tasks will be completed individually, though some may take place
within small groups. Teachers will ask a series of questions to
gather information about childrens early literacy & numeracy
knowledge. For example: To assess a childs understanding of a text
read to them, the teacher may ask the student to retell what
happened in the story in their own wordand in numeracy, to see how
far a child can correctly count, the teacher may ask them to start
counting. The child will be asked to stop when the teacher gets a
sense of how well they can count. The students will be involved in
four assessments throughout the year
Assessment Schedule The students will be involved in four
assessments throughout the year Term 1 Thursday 28th, Friday 29th
February and Monday 1st February Initial assessment Kindergarten
students start school Wednesday 3rd February (week 2) Report
distributed week 3 Term 2 week 1 Teacher observations Term 3 week 1
Formal assessment. Report distributed week 3 Term 4 week 1 When
will the Assessment take place?
Students will be provided with assessment times over three days.
Thursday 28th, Friday 29th February and Monday 1st February 2016.
Appointment letters will be sent home via mailDecember 4th. ALL
Kindergarten students will then start school on Wednesday 3rd
February 2016 For more information please contact the school on or
visit the Best Start website: .