Prep News
Term 4, Week 4
What we've been up to in Prep!
Diwali Day
On Friday 17th of October, we celebrated Diwali Day in our classroom. We learned about Diwali and how it is an important celebration for some of our students and their families. Together, we explored the meaning of Diyas—small lamps that represent light overcoming darkness and the spreading of joy and kindness. Students painted their own Diyas to take home as a reminder of what we learned and to celebrate the spirit of Diwali. We loved learning about this special tradition and the importance of sharing and respecting different cultures within our classroom community.
Grandparents & Special Friends Day
Thank you to our special family members who were able to join us for Grandparents and Special Friends Day. We loved showing you our classroom and spending time together completing activities.
Fire Safety Visits
Over the last fortnight we have had both of our Fire Safety visits. We learnt about good fire and bad fire, to crawl low in smoke, what a safe meeting place is, what an emergency is and when to call 000 (Triple Zero). We were even lucky enough to see a firetruck and spray the hose!
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Sandpit toys
Thank you to Parent Club who have kindly purchased some new sandpit toys for us to use in the Junior Playground. The students are loving playing with these new additions!
Swimming forms
A reminder to return your child's swimming form to their classroom teacher if you haven't already.
Be Awesome Day
Be Awesome Day is tomorrow! We would love to see as many families as possible. If you are around and are able to volunteer your time to support the Prep stalls please come and see us. This will include supervising/running the stall during your time slot. Your help and your time is greatly appreciated, as the teachers will be required to support the students on the day.
Thank you to all families for your donations to support our three activities.
Upcoming Dates
Be Awesome Day & Colour Run- Friday 31st of October
Spring Gully Vet Visit- Thursday 6th of November
Pevan and Sarah Concert- Monday 10th of November
Upcoming Learning: Term 4
Literacy
During week 5, we will begin learning about long vowel sounds in Stage 7.1, 'igh' and 'ie'. Our book of the week is 'The Highway Rat'. In week 6, we will learn the sound '-y' makes. Our book of the week is 'Monkey Puzzle'.
Our new heart word will be 'like' and then we will focus on revising all of the heart words we have learnt.
Mathematics
In week 5 and 6, we will continue our learning on subtraction.
Topic
In week 5 and 6, we will continue the topic of 'Our Community' and begin our learning on 'Our Sustainable world, farm to table'.
In Respectful Relationships, we will continue our unit on Positive Gender Relations.
Maths Challenge
Congratulations to 1/2 Edwards for winning our first Maths Challenge of Term 4!
Please find our new Maths Challenge below:
