Dear Franklin Primary School Community,

It’s been another busy term for teaching and learning at school.

I’d like to start by thanking all of our hard-working teachers and TAs for all of their efforts in providing such rich learning opportunities for all students. Secondly, thanks to the families for your support and hard work in ensuring that your child’s learning doesn’t end at 3pm each weekday. Education is based on a strong partnership between schools and families, and I strongly believe that we have that here at Franklin Primary School. Lastly, I’d like to congratulate every one of our students for coming to school each day and trying your best. We have again seen much growth across a number of key learning areas, and I’m sure that I can speak for all the staff when I say it’s an absolute pleasure to play a part in your educational journey.

This term, we have continued to implement with fidelity a number of key strategies designed to drive further student achievement in reading. Our explicit reading programs (UFLI for P – 3 and Word Origins for 4 – 6) have become imbedded into every classroom, and we continue to track student progress using the DIBELs suite of reading assessments. Importantly,  our intervention programs (MiniLit: Years 1 – 2 and Macqlit: Years 3 – 6) are ensuring that all students receive the support they need as well.

In Term 3, we will be working hard to implement a consistent program across each grade to ensure that students develop the skills they need to read a variety of texts with fluency. This will form the basis of our Professional Learning Teams (PLT) inquiry for next term as well.

I hope all students and families have a relaxing break, and I look forward to seeing all of the amazing teaching and learning at our school continue next term.

Warm Regards,

Nick de Tarczynski