Learning and Innovation Centre News

Introducing Ms. Stander

Good afternoon, Aspley State School families! Naomi has already introduced me in the last newsletter. My name is Asha Stander and I will be your friendly face in the L&IC for the rest of Term 1. I am loving getting to know your children and I look forward to working with them over the next few weeks.

I have recently put in a book order to Scholastic to grow our Graphic Novel section of the library, which is looking quite sparse, may I add. I look forward to seeing students dive into new series such as “I Survived”, “Wings of Fire”, and “Avatar: The Last Airbender”.

During our first week together, I have been getting to know your kids and they have been getting to know me. We made nametags and watched a Ms. Stander slideshow.

During our second week we got down to work and continued exploring literature as it relates to what they are learning in class.

Year 1: We read CHIP and discussed adjectives.

Year 2: We read The 3 Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig and discussed noun groups.

Year 3: We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late and discussed persuasion and modalities.

Year 4: We have started to look at different sentence styles through WTB (Writer’s Toolbox).

Year 5: We reviewed TEEL then read I Wanna Iguana while we discussed modalities.

Year 6: We reviewed TEEL and then started to dive deep into TOPIC. We learned different sentence starters while using the example, “Students should not be driven to school.”

The Learning and Innovation Centre is open during second break (1:40-2:00) every day. All children from year 1-6 can come into the LIC to silent read and take out books. On Fridays they are also welcome to play quiet board games. Our year 6 student leaders come in to support the other children and to help reshelve books.

Borrowing News

Your child has weekly borrowing time at the LIC. (Please see timetable below. Their classroom teacher will bring them each week to borrow but they MUST have a library bag.

How many books can my child borrow?

Prep – 2 books

Years 1-6 – 4 books

Responsible Reader Awards

Congratulations to these classes over the last two weeks who have NO overdue books. You have worked as a team to support each other!

Outstanding Fees

Miss Harvey has now emailed all the parents of children who have overdue books from last year. Our Business Manager has now emailed you an invoice to pay these overdue book fees. If you have any outstanding fees for lost books from last year, can you please pay these as soon as possible! Our rule here in the L&IC is that children with overdue books are unable to borrow until they have returned or paid for any overdue items. Thank you very much for your cooperation!

Thank you 

Miss Asha Stander