Student Support - Mrs Marshall

Learning Plans were reviewed at the end of Term 3 and new learning plans for Term 4 (2022) and Term 1 (2023) were drafted.  Both of these were sent home in the second last week of Term 3 with the request to either:

• Sign the ‘School Copy’ for the review and the new learning plan.

or

• Make a time to meet with your child’s teacher to further discuss the learning plans.

If you haven’t completed this yet, you will receive another copy (in case they have been lost over the holidays) of the learning plans this week.  Thank you to all parents who have completed one of these options.  Could any outstanding learning plans, or contact with teachers, please be completed by the end of this week.

Speech Screening - Kinder, Prep and Year 1

During Term 1 and Term 4, we routinely screen students who may have difficulty with the production of speech sounds.  We screen all Kinder students, any Prep or Year 1 students who are currently on/or have been on a speech program as well as any students who the teachers have indicated may have some trouble with pronouncing some sounds in their speech.  This process is a system wide (Tasmanian Catholic Education Office) initiative and allows us to identify and possibly provide intervention for students who may need support in this area.  

This screening process will identify students who may have errors in producing the sounds that are not considered to be age-appropriate.  Speech pathologists will then examine these screeners to identify students for possible further assessment in Term 1, 2023 and this may lead to support with our speech therapy teacher assistant.  We will let parents know if their child has been identified for further follow-up as soon as we have this information.  Based on past history, this will probably not be forwarded to us until December.