Supporting your child

Building a solid foundation for our children is vital to enable them to grow and

develop their skills and knowledge in becoming proficient readers and writers.

There are many ways we can support our children’s learning in Literacy.  Below are useful links to information, ideas and activities to help support

your child’s learning.

www.parents.education.govt.nz  (supporting learning at home)

Take a look at the expectations of what your child should be able to do in each

year at school, (National Standards)

http://parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/learning-at-school/what-reading-writing-and-maths-skills-is-my-child-learning/

Handwriting

At Cockle Bay School the children begin learning handwriting using ‘Casey the Caterpillar’.  This is a fun and engaging story about a little caterpillar and  is the bases for developing our children’s understanding of how letters are formed.