NEWSLETTER DATE Gundaroo Public School Week 7, Term 1, 2017 Dear Parents, THANK YOU! A very big thank you to Gin Dixon and all other parent volunteers over the weekend for the Canberra Vintage Motorcycle morning tea and lunch. Once again, we impressed with our wonderful Gundaroo hospitality and the riders are wanting to come back again next year! After a huge effort by our parent group, over $2400 was raised, which will go to much-needed readers for the School. If you baked, served, help set-up, pack up or assisted in any other way, we are truly grateful! While we are on the topic of ‘readers’ (tenuous segue, I know!), I came across yet another article (here), this time espousing the benefits of reading real books, rather than e-readers. For a range of reasons, there has been a steady uptake in the use of e-books in schools, and I imagine, also at home. Pages don’t get torn and tatty, e-books are often cheaper, easily updated, easier to store and transport, and of course there is our perception that kids ’enjoy’ using tablets, so therefore, would rather read on a tablet than from a book. While I didn’t find the article ground breaking in its claims, a few important points come to mind when making the decision of whether or not to go down the e-book route: Students’ preference may be for real books. Reducing/limiting this access may also reduce/limit the likelihood they would read for pleasure Tablets open up easy opportunity for distraction, which can impact reading comprehension Students can become over-reliant on support features, to the detriment of inferential comprehension skills Having access to devices, such as tablets, mobile phones etc. can reduce the likelihood of children reading for enjoyment We live in an increasingly digital world, and will continue to face similar questions and challenges. Articles and debates, such as this one, will continue to pop up. What we must remember is, regular reading for enjoyment is undoubtedly one of the best things one can do to improve literacy achievement. Our job as educators, and parents, is to continually encourage students to participate in reading quality texts, for pleasure, and to develop a love of learning, whether this be with the aid of tablets, or traditional methods, such as books. Have a great week, Nigel Trethowan. 02 62368115 [email protected]www.gundaroo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Trixie for being kind in the playground EVERY TUESDAY Tennis Lessons 9-11:30am Running Shoes please! 16.3.17 Tin Shed Bread Lunch $5 - Cash only 16.3.17 School Speak Off - Rotary Speeches. 9am, 5/6 Classroom 21.3.17 Harmony Day Lunch and Cultural Dress 24.3.17 Whole School Assembly (2/3) 2:20pm Shout Outs! Austin for helping when someone fell over. Verity for being friendly to new students. Matthew for being fair in handball.
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N E W S L E T T E R D A T E
Gundaroo Public School
Week 7, Term 1, 2017
Dear Parents,
THANK YOU!
A very big thank you to Gin Dixon and all other parent volunteers over the weekend
for the Canberra Vintage Motorcycle morning tea and lunch. Once again, we
impressed with our wonderful Gundaroo hospitality and the riders are wanting to
come back again next year! After a huge effort by our parent group, over $2400
was raised, which will go to much-needed readers for the School. If you baked,
served, help set-up, pack up or assisted in any other way, we are truly grateful!
While we are on the topic of ‘readers’ (tenuous segue, I know!), I came across yet
another article (here), this time espousing the benefits of reading real books, rather
than e-readers.
For a range of reasons, there has been a steady uptake in the use of e-books in
schools, and I imagine, also at home. Pages don’t get torn and tatty, e-books are
often cheaper, easily updated, easier to store and transport, and of course there is
our perception that kids ’enjoy’ using tablets, so therefore, would rather read on a
tablet than from a book.
While I didn’t find the article ground breaking in its claims, a few important points
come to mind when making the decision of whether or not to go down the e-book
route:
Students’ preference may be for real books. Reducing/limiting this access
may also reduce/limit the likelihood they would read for pleasure
Tablets open up easy opportunity for distraction, which can impact reading
comprehension
Students can become over-reliant on support features, to the detriment of
inferential comprehension skills
Having access to devices, such as tablets, mobile phones etc. can reduce
the likelihood of children reading for enjoyment
We live in an increasingly digital world, and will continue to face similar questions
and challenges. Articles and debates, such as this one, will continue to pop up.
What we must remember is, regular reading for enjoyment is undoubtedly one of
the best things one can do to improve literacy achievement. Our job as educators,
and parents, is to continually encourage students to participate in reading quality
texts, for pleasure, and to develop a love of learning, whether this be with the aid of