Parents Section - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Find everything you need to know about schools in Victoria. There is information about each stage of your child's education, from their first day at primary school to finishing secondary school and preparing for a career.
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Prep Transition Program Resources
Maths
What is Subitising?
We often recognise the number associated with a particular pattern immediately, even before we have had time to "count" one by one. The process to immediately recognising how many items are in a small group is called subitising. By "chunking" information, subitising contributes to early forms of grouping. The process of subitising can also be used with seeing parts in the whole. Interpreting number in terms of part-whole relationships makes it possible for children to think about a number as being made up of other numbers.
Subitising Cards - here are some start and you could also make you own....
Maths Resources Website - Website for teachers and parents. Some areas/actvities are free and for a small cost you can become a members and access more.
English
English Resources Website - Website for teachers and parents. Some areas/actvities are free and for a small cost you can become a members and access more. Provides worksheets for students to practice class concepts at home. Includes: alphabet, compound words, adjectives, adverbs, and phonics.
Reading Rockets Website - Is an website from developed in the USA it offers lots of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better.
ICT
Click on the link to be taken to our Cyber Safety and Digital Citizenship resources.
Welfare
Click on this link to be taken to our welfare page resources.
Science
Click on link to view an amazing size comparision of the Estimated size of the Universe.
Created by Cary and Michael Huang
EAL
Principal of Nossal High School - Students on EAL reporting continuum
Click here to read some frequently ask questions about the EAL program and EAL continuum.
Click here for a copy of - The ESL Companion to the Continuum
INSIGHTS - Archive
Articles written by Michael Grose
Some worthwhile articles by Michael Grose to read if you are a parent or work with children.
Articles:
10 ways to promote good mental health& well-being in kids
INSIGHTS Danger Screenager Ahead
INSIGHTS Free range parenting
Insights Mind their - -@! language
INSIGHTS Facebook Friend or Foe