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JANUARY 2021
SOUTH WEST ROCKS PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT!
The Coastline Community Foundation has pledged its support to South West Rocks Public School and its students’ literacy development with a grant for $12,000. The $12,000 grant will allow the school to purchase, cover and store 1000 new Price Milburn (PM) readers. PM readers are levelled with a gradual increase in difficulty and there are over 1000 titles including fiction and non-fiction texts. Teachers use these texts as part of their guided reading sessions, developing students’ reading and comprehension skills. The staff at South West Rocks Public School appreciates the value of high-quality guided
readers to assist their student’s the students in Year 1 and 2 progress in literacy. The school were very excited about the new community is looking forward range of books they will soon to the arrival of the have to read in class. new books to further Helping their students The staff extend the number develop fully as and and variety of books individuals and students are available. live satisfying and extremely grateful to rewarding lives is a South West Rocks Coastline for critical component Public School this generous of the South West teacher Angela donation. Rocks Public School’s Mainey said the strategic plan. inclusion of more PM readers helps ‘If a child has difficulty teachers provide their students reading, their ability to complete with consistent practice of new tasks independently in all subject concepts whilst exposing them areas will be affected,’ said Mrs to numerous topics and allowing Mainey. opportunities to use and develop The new PM readers will be their knowledge of the world. ready for the beginning of the When hearing about the grant, 2021 school year.
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