Curriculum News - Reading

Throughout 2020 will have a strong focus on improving reading outcomes for all students at our school. This exciting journey is going to involve all students, staff, families and also the wider community. We look forward to sharing tips & strategies to help make reading fun at home. These can be used when your child is reading to you but also when you are reading to your child.

Everyone here at BSS acknowledges that you:

• are your child’s first teacher
• want your child to succeed as a reader

Building strong parent partnerships

Parents play an integral role in the education of their children. Much of what children learn takes place through everyday experiences at home.

Children’s literacy development can be improved when parents encourage learning through everyday activities. Modelling reading behaviours helps children recognise the value of these skills.

• children watching and listening to parents read
• children reading and talking about stories with parents
• discussing ideas in books and magazines together
• encouraging children to think and ask questions

The process for supporting reading