Prep Community News

Welcome to Prep!

We are so excited to begin the 2024 school year! 

Learning to Learn

The beginning of this term will focus on learning to learn. We will be learning about our school values, classroom expectations, and our daily routines. 

Sip and Crunch

Sip and Crunch is a great way for your child to refuel on fresh fruit or vegetables during learning time. For Sip and Crunch, we ask that you add a small container of cut fruit or vegetables that is separate from your child’s lunchbox so that they can have it on their table to crunch on while learning. In addition, we also ask that you pack a bottle of water so that they can sip on this at their table during learning time.

Bravehearts Incursion

On Thursday 7th March, the prep students will be attending the Bravehearts incursion. The Bravehearts Education team will provide a personal safety incursion for all Prep students. The focus of the preventative education program is to protect children from sexual harm. This includes a simple, fun, non-threatening incursion for the students with Ditto, the brave Lion Cub mascot who will lead the songs and actions that reinforce the important personal safety messages. 

Please provide consent through Compass. If you have any difficulties, please contact the office and they will be happy to help you.

Take Home Reading

At Tarneit Rise we have a take-home reading program. Each child will be given a day where they will change the books in their reading satchel or red prep bag with their teacher's assistance. The teacher will also be checking the journal so we can monitor how many nights of reading they have completed. 

If you have any questions about this process, please speak to your child’s classroom teacher. They will be happy to help you.

A bag of goodies for every Prep student

Each Prep student attending a Victorian government school will receive a Prep bag to celebrate this milestone in their education journey.

The bags are filled with engaging learning items and information for parents and carers to help families have a great start to the year.

This year’s theme, ‘Explore. Learn. Enjoy.’ aims to generate excitement about all the wonderful discoveries our youngest students will make as they start primary school.

Reminders

In term 1 and term 4, the UV gets very high. Please ensure that your child is bringing their Tarneit Rise hat to school so that they can play safely outside.

In term 1, parents/carers can walk into the pod to take their child to their classroom. At the end of the day, children need to be collected from their classrooms by their parents/carers.

Please ensure all items of clothing are labelled. This helps us to get them back to you if they are misplaced.

This year our prep teachers are:

The Assistant Principal for Prep is Gemma Skeen and our Leading Teacher is Taleisha McCalman.

We look forward to a wonderful year of growth with all the children. 

PLC Prep