Prep News

Thank you for your support in your little ones first term of school! We appreciate your help in making their first term a great one!

Prep Reminders: 

Holiday Pack

Today you will have received a pack of activities to do with your child over the holidays. Your little ones have been working so hard throughout this term, and we need to make sure that all of this new information is not forgotten over the holidays. All it takes is 10 minutes a day! Thank you for your support with this.  

Cued Articulation 

As part of our Literacy program we teach students a hand action that represents the way a sound leaves a persons mouth (cued articulation). As we are teaching sounds and not letters this is different to Auslan. Sounds are invisible, therefore hand gestures help form a connection between the sound and a child's brain. 

Please see below the link to the cued articulation video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPLnfNciLbA 

What we have been up to...

Anzac Day with Mrs Orr

Last week, the Preps looked at an ANZAC PowerPoint, talked about the meaning of ANZAC Day and what the date is. We talked about poppies and listened to The Last Post with a minute silence and an Anzac Spirit song. We discussed the uniforms of service men and women and what a wreath is. We then made a wreath. The Preps did an excellent job as we went through step by step to create it.

Cross Country

The Preps had a fabulous day at Cross Country! Well done to everyone who participated and congratulations to all who placed. 

Easter Hat Parade

What a fun end to Term 1! The Preps were so happy and excited about their amazing hats! Thank you for your work on their hats.

Upcoming Fortnight- Term 2

Week 1

Literacy: 

We will be learning about the sound that z, y and r make and use this knowledge to read and write small words and sentences. We will be reading the story Zog and the Flying Doctors and learning the Heart Word 'we'. 

You can help at home by asking your child what sound words make and getting them to tell you. You can also ask them to put the Heart Word 'we' into a sentence for you. 

Mathematics: 

We will be learning about sequencing numbers, pattern and ordinal number. 

You can help at home by counting aloud to 20, backwards and forwards, discussing when something is 1st, 2nd or 3rd and asking your child to make a pattern out of objects or continue a pattern made for them.

Topic: 

We will be beginning our Term 2 Topic of The Bridge and Beyond where we will be exploring the properties of materials and using materials to design various items. 

RRRR: 

Personal Strengths: What does being brave look like?

Week 2

Literacy: 

We will be learning about the sound that qu and e make and use this knowledge to read and write small words and sentences. We will be reading the story Little Red Riding Hood and learning the Heart Word 'to'. 

You can help at home by asking your child what sound words make and getting them to tell you. You can also ask them to put the Heart Word 'to' into a sentence for you. 

Mathematics: We will be continuing to learn about sequencing numbers and beginning to learn about the duration of time and the days of the week.

You can help at home by counting aloud to 20, backwards and forwards, discussing how long things take throughout our day, and where they are placed for example, do we go to school before or after breakfast, lunch or dinner? 

RRRR: 

Positive Coping- The I Think I Can game 

Topic: 

We will be beginning our Term 2 Topic of The Bridge and Beyond where we will be exploring the properties of materials and using materials to design various items.