Dear Parents and Carers

At St Patrick's we are dedicated to achieving our Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn system bold goals.

To achieve Bold Goal 1, 'Every child a competent reader,' we implement the following programs in our 2 hour daily English block

* InitiaLit program in our Kinder - Year 2 classrooms

* MiniLit and MacqLit small group intervention programs when needed

* Reading Mastery in Year 3- Year 6

* Spelling Mastery in Year 3- Year 6

* The Writing Revolution program in K-6

Students are placed in their English and Maths classes according to their learning data. Your child may tell you that they have 3 teachers each day as they have their class teacher, their English teacher and their Maths teacher. For some students they are with their class teacher for everything. 

During the first full week of school all programs have started with students demonstrating great energy and enthusiasm.

HOMEWORK 

The answer to 'Does my child have homework?' is 'YES!'

Every student is to read every night. 

As we continue with our Mathematics assessments and teaching we will also be adding a new element soon.

Every student is to practice basic facts every night. 

You will be getting more information soon about the number facts your child needs to practice eg times tables or 'friends of 10'.