Junior School

Prep News

It has been a very busy and exciting couple of weeks for the Preps.  We had our very special Buddy Bear assembly.  The Grade 5 students presented their Prep buddy with a special friendship bear. The Buddy Bear represents the values of the Better Buddies Alannah & Madeline Program; caring for others, friendliness, respect, valuing difference, including others and responsibility. Check out the very happy Preps with their new buddy bear!

Life Education

We also had the Life Education visit us and the Preps were introduced to Harold the Giraffe who taught us all about how to keep our bodies healthy and happy.  The Prep students loved Harold and they all got to have a special hug with him at the end of the session.

Term 2 Key Learning Areas

Writing:

- Handwriting (pencil grip and fine motor skills) 

- Jolly Phonics

- Recount writing

-Narrative writing

- Finger spelling

Reading and Viewing

CAFE Reading Strategies

Jabber the Reteller 

I can retell the text

I can talk about characters and setting

I can retell the beginning, middle and end

Visualising Raccoon

I can make pictures in my mind to visualise what is happening in the text

Spinner the Spider

I can make connections to what I already know

I can make text to self, text to text and text to world connections

Stretchy Snake

I can stretch the word out sound by sound

I can then put the sounds together and read the word

Predicting Panda

I can make predictions based on information from the text

I can revise the predictions I’ve made about the text

Rhyming Cat

I can expand my vocabulary with rhyming words eg. bat, cat, mat, sat

Speaking and Listening

- Weekly oral presentations focused around our Inquiry Investigations, 'Healthy Bodies' and 'What is Weather?'

Mathematics

- Subitising and number sense

- Measurement

Length, mass and capacity

- Data Representation and Interpretation

Using tally marks, tables and graphs

Wellbeing and Social Skill

- Mindfulness (self-regulating our emotions and behaviour)

- Resilience

- Working as a team

-Independence and self-help skills

- Growth Mindset