AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL
‘Art does not give rise to anything that is not already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be’. Kamand Kojouri Term 2, although a longer term has certainly been filled with lots of learning and exciting opportunities for our students and staff … Read more
Thank you to the P&C for funding the purchase of reading books and materials that will align to the Letters and Sounds program which we are now using as a key instructional tool for the explicit teaching of phonics at City Beach Primary School. Letters and Sounds is a phonics resource published by the UK … Read more
Our next fundraising event will be on Tuesday 15 June with a Superhero’s dress up day to support and promote awareness of Autism awareness in the school community. On June 15 for a gold coin donation student’s can dress as a Superhero. This does not mean a commercial Superhero but dressing as the Superhero inside … Read more
To celebrate literacy and reading we have two exciting events coming up. On Wednesday 19 May classes will be tuning in to hear the story ‘Give Me Some Space’ – about Una dreaming of a life in Space as life on Earth is just so so-so. But how will she get there? And will she … Read more
At City Beach Primary School reading is an important part of our literacy program. It is formally taught and then integrated across all learning areas. Over the last 20 years research has debunked some of the approaches previously used to teach reading. The current focus is a synthetic phonic based approach, moving away from the … Read more