Welcome to 2020 EAL/D Learning

Welcome back to our EAL/D blog everyone!

2020 started off to a shaky start with the effects of the covid-19 virus but we are now back on track with our learning and a strong swing into the year.

Our English as an Additional Language or Dialect, (EAL/D) students, have been making very good progress in learning their new words. These words are taken from their reading, spelling and phonics. In EAL/D classes we review these words by sounding them out, focussing on ‘tricky’ spellings, practise saying what the words mean and practise creating sentences using the words.

To really understand a word, the students need to be able to use it properly in a variety of sentences. The older students need to know some other meanings a word may have, or know other situations the word is used in.

Please take the time to look through and practise the words from your child’s year level by clicking on their year level tab.

 Mrs Lynn Pillay will be taking the EAL/D classes while I am on Long Service Leave from Monday 15/06/2020. I know I leave the students in Mrs Pillay’s very capable hands. I love working with your children and will miss their enthusiasm and talks about their knowledge of words. I return in September at the start of Term 4.

Keep safe and have fun learning! 

Ms Thomson