Helpful Apps
Autism
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Wait4it  Cost:$2.99 Wait4it is designed for use in any setting to help teach the concept of "wait" and encourage learners to wait successfully! It provides a digital sand timer and space to input a visual representation of the item your learner is waiting for.
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See.Touch.Learn  Cost: Free A great App that provides visual instructions for students with Autism and special needs.
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Autism ihelp  Cost: Free Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary. |
Sequences for Autism
 Cost: $4.99 Teach your children everyday kids activities through a fun drag and drop sequence game designed for children with autism and developed by specialised therapists. |
Dyslexia
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What is Dyslexia?
 Cost: Free A free app to help you understand Dyslexia. Watch a video comic and follow the story of a typical dyslexic. Take a quiz to see if you show signs of dyslexia. |
Dyseggxia
 Cost: Free A mobile game that helps children with dyslexia overcome their reading and writing concerns by the means of fun word games. All exercises have been scientifically designed to target reading and writing errors specific for dyslexic children. |
DD's Dictionary
 Cost: Free DD's Dictionary, a Dyslexic's dictionary allows independent discovery of an unknown spelling or a quick check of an uncertain word. |
Dyslexia Quest
 Cost: $9.99 Climb the moutain and play the yeti games. Each game will test memory and learning skills. The Yeti Master will explain signs of Dyslexia. |
Speech and Language
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Speech with Milo  Cost: $2.99
This app was created by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, and has been downloaded over 100,000 times. Milo is for speech therapists working with children, or parents who want to teach language skills to their children. The app offers an enjoyable tool used in therapy at a cheap price. |
Literacy
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Sight words for Reading  Cost: Free Assist students learning their sight words. Some words are fromDolch & Fry's lists. |
Sound Literacy  Cost: $9.99 Sound Literacy is an instructional tool for tutors and teachers. |
Phonics with Phonograms  Cost: $2.99 A fun, effective phonics recognition game that eliminates exceptions and provides a complete picture of the phonograms needed to read and spell. |
Sight Words  Cost: $0.99 Help your child to learn to read by using Sight Words by Teach Speech Apps. This simple flash card app makes it easy to practice sight words anywhere. Based on the Dolch Word List that is broken down into 6 groups. |
Numeracy
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Maths Rockx - Times Tables  Cost: Free This is the Rock Star Teacher that everyone wants! Your children will learn their Times Tables by singing them to the coolest tracks, from some of the world's best artists! One Direction, P!NK, Lady Gaga, Will-i-am and Pharrell Williams - to name a few. They will love bopping away to the new Times Table lyrics while they learn. |
Happy Maths - Multiplication Rhymes  Cost: Free The only tool specifically designed to support cognitive memorization of the Multiplication Facts. HappyMath Multiplication Facts is unlike any standard Math Basics application in its approach. |
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Confirmed case of Parvovirus B19 (Slap Cheek)
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Notice of Hazard Reduction Burn
15 Sep 2020
Notice of Hazard Reduction Burn
Issued in accordance with the Rural Fires Act 1997 & Regulations
A hazard reduction burn is planned to take place at:
Avondale Golf Club, Avon Rd, Pymble NSW 2073
Date: Primary Date: Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th SEPT 2020
Back-up Dates: (Delays due to weather etc) Any days between 16th and 23rd SEPT 2020, and 23rd to 30th SEPT 2020
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Location: Avondale Golf Club, Avon Rd, Pymble NSW 2073
Purpose: Reduction of Bushfire Fuels to Protect Life and Property.
Method: Bush fire hazard reduction, controlled burning.
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