Prep/1 News

English/Science:

Our Reading and Writing learning has been full of creativity and adventure as we explored the popular picture book character, Old Tom! We read Old Tom, Old Tom Goes to Mars and Old Tom’s Holiday, focusing on important narrative features such as characters, settings, problems and solutions. This learning also linked with our Science space topic. Students then became authors themselves, creating their own exciting Old Tom adventures, including Old Tom Goes to the Beach, Old Tom Goes to the Mountains and Old Tom’s Underwater Adventure. They did a fantastic job writing their own narratives, illustrating each page and turning their work into typed up books. Our classroom Author’s Chair gave students the opportunity to proudly read their stories aloud and share their creativity with their classmates. It has been wonderful to see how inspired the students have been, with several already creating even more Old Tom adventures during their free-choice writing sessions!

Our Directed drawings of 'Old Tom' the mischevious cat!

We sat on our 'Author's Chair' to read our stories aloud to our class. We are super proud of our stories. We love being authors and illustrators!

Mathematics - Exploring Capacity

Our Maths learning has been hands-on and full of fun as students explored the topic of Capacity! Using a cup and a variety of classroom materials, including blocks, marbles, beads, pom poms and pencils, students investigated how much different items could hold. They enjoyed filling, emptying and comparing their cups while developing their understanding of capacity. Students also practised using important mathematical vocabulary such as full, half full, nearly full, empty and nearly empty to describe what they observed. It was wonderful to see everyone actively involved, making predictions, experimenting and building their mathematical understanding through practical learning!

Outside enjoying the sun!