Prep News 

Important Reminders!

 All important dates and events are on our Compass Calendar, please check the calendar regularly to stay up to date!

• Please return the completed ‘All About Me Placemat’ as it is DUE back by Friday the 8th of March. Students will present these to the grade the following week. 
• Please bring a shoebox into your child's classroom teacher for the upcoming 'Teddy Bear Picnic' Day. 
• Students are required to bring their take-home bags to school daily. This will be used to send home notices, student work and take-home books.
• We continue to have discussions with the children about picking up hats when they fall off and placing school jumpers back in bags.  If your child loses one of their items, please check lost property, which is located opposite the first aid room. 

Learning in Action

Literacy: 

Students have revised the ‘satpin’ letter sounds and applied their knowledge to read and write 2-3 letter words. In Reading, students were introduced to the nursery rhymes ‘Little Miss Piggy’ and ‘One, Two, Buckle my Shoe’. Students learnt the words with actions and drew pictures of the characters and events to show their understanding. In Writing, students looked at the Peggy Lego patterns, ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Over and Under the Gate’. Students were also introduced to ‘subjects’, which are people, places and things. Students collaborated with a partner to identify the subjects in a picture. 

Preview - Students will continue reading and writing words and will engage in phonics games to develop their phonological awareness. Students will learn what a verb is and use their knowledge of subjects and verbs to construct sentences orally. 

Maths: 

Over the past fortnight, students have learnt about the numbers 2 and 3. Students enjoyed representing the number in tally marks, on a die, tens frame, as a word and noticing where we see this number in the real world, for example we have 2 ears or a tricycle has 3 wheels. We also focused on making and representing numbers with unifix. 

We have continued learning about shapes and learnt about their features, including how many sides each shape has. Students used their creative learning superpower to ‘be creative’ and draw a shape monster including circles, triangles, squares and rectangles. 

Preview- Next fortnight we will continue to focus on the numbers 1-10 and continue to compare and order numbers. 

Inquiry: 

In Inquiry Students learnt about ‘Good Choices’ and ‘Bad Choices’. As a class we discussed what makes a good choice and what makes a bad choice. Students then used this knowledge to sort actions onto a ‘Good Choice’ and a ‘Bad Choice’ poster. In Inquiry we reflected on our own personal strengths and shared these with the class. 

Preview- We will be reading the Rainbow fish and exploring what makes a good friend. 

Wellbeing: 

In Wellbeing we have been learning how to recognise emotions. We had fun working with our classmates to play a game where we took turns guessing each other's emotions based on our body language and expressions. We have also had fun working with our ‘Buddies’. Together students listened to a story book and worked together to illustrate the beginning, middle and end of the story. 

Preview- 

Students will learn to recognise the kids of experiences that may trigger particular emotions. We will have our first whole school Circles session! 

Curious Corner: 

Prep students continue to love visiting our new ‘Curious Corner’ play based learning space. Students have focused on how to take turns, the importance of including others and sharing. 

Exciting times ahead in STEM!

We are thrilled to share some exciting updates about our STEM program! As we continue to inspire and empower our students to explore the wonders of these vital fields, we are reaching out to our wonderful community for support.

Your generosity has always been instrumental in helping us provide enriching educational experiences for our students, and we are once again asking for your support to ensure the success and sustainability of our STEM initiatives.

Your support makes a significant difference to our students' learning opportunities and the success of our STEM program. Here are a few ways you can contribute:

Opportunities to help: 

• Donations of Timber/Wood, appropriate for construction E.g. Billy Cart bases or other small vehicles.   
• If you own or are a part of a company or business who would be willing to sponsor our engineering program. 
• If you have connections with hardware stores/companies, helping us to make contact in order to obtain suitable engineering resources. 
• If you have any household STEM-related materials such as; plastic bottles, milk bottle lids, masking tape, balloons, wooden skewers, plastic or paper cups, unwanted CD’s or DVD’s, Aluminium Foil please drop them off outside the STEM room. 
• Construction Crew: If you're handy with tools and have some basic experience in woodwork or mechanics, we would be delighted to have your help in the upcoming terms to assist with our Grade 6 Science and Engineering program. Please email sophiechamberlain@lysterfieldps.com or melissaadams@lysterfieldps.com

Thank you for your continued support,

Melissa Adams & Sophie Chamberlain

STEM Leaders

Lysterfield Primary School 

Student Awards 

We would like to congratulate the following award winners on their achievements

Please note, you will be notified before your child receives their first award.

Prep B 

Rebecca M

Raavi K

Prep R 

Ellie C

Prep S

Lara R

Emmett E

Value Award - Acceptance 

Aurora Wood

Class Timetables

REMINDER: Research project in your child’s classroom – seeking your consent

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Our Prep - year 2 teachers will be engaged in professional learning over the next two years with Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and the La Trobe University’s Science of Language and Reading Lab (SOLAR Lab). The focus is on professional learning for our early years (Prep – Year 2) teachers. To assess the effectiveness of this professional learning, we will monitor student progress in literacy and would like to share this data for analysis with the research team. If you consent for us to share your child’s de-identified reading assessment data with AERO and the La Trobe University’s Science of Language and Reading Lab (SOLAR Lab), please complete the consent form link here: https://edresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_428DHXC2BpQAIGW. Please note, you can consent for multiple children on the same form. 

If you have already consented for your child/children and in the future you decide to withdraw, then complete the withdrawal form link here: https://edresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7aeUoRln50TuSKq

Kind regards

Kristine Roose

Meet The Teacher

Birthdays

We would like to wish the following students a very Happy Birthday! 

Prep B

Noah- March the 6th 

Prep R

Isabella K- February 28th 

Raffael- February 28th 

Prep S

Danielle Sandeman, Amanda Remington and Jess Bouloukis 

Prep Teachers