PREP

FROM THE TEAM

This week in Prep, students have been busy and engaged in their learning. In Investigations, they shared how their families show care and kindness and talked about how their family values can be the same or different to others. These rich conversations helped build respect, empathy, and confidence when speaking in front of others.

In Phonics, we focused on the /c/ and /i/ sounds, practicing how to read, write, and find these sounds in words. In Maths, students worked on naming and representing numbers 1–6 and enjoyed making these numbers using different materials.

During Wellbeing, students explored emotions in the Yellow Zone and discussed how their bodies might feel when experiencing these emotions.

We were very proud of students as they completed their innovation of our Talk for Writing story, Old Mac’s Farm, where they changed the characters and used adjectives to describe them. It has been a wonderful week of learning!

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

INVESTIGATIONS

• I can explain my family values and how they help us care for each other. 

PHONICS

• I can read, write, and say the /b/ and /h/ sounds.
• I can identify the sounds /b/ and /h/ in words. 

MATHS

• I can name and represent numbers 7-9.
• I can make numbers 7-9.
• I can name and represent numbers 10 and 0.

WELLBEING

• I can name and describe the Red Zone.
• I can identify how my body feels in the Red Zone.

READING

• I can find the front cover, title, and author in a text.
• I can retell a story in my own words.

WRITING

• I can write initial sounds and CVC words.

REMINDERS

Reader Bags & Home Reading Journals

A reminder to make sure your child is bringing their reader bag to school each day. Inside should be a small reader book, take home journal, and M100 Word pouch. Students will be able to take a new reader book each day if the previous one has been returned. It has been exciting to see students already having books written in their journals, and we look forward to celebrating their nightly reading in the classroom!

Prep Wednesdays

The last Wednesday Preps have off is Wednesday 4th of March. Prep students will be at school the full week beginning the day after Labour Day Public Holiday, Tuesday 10th March.

Digital Technology Forms

Please ensure that each section is filled out with your child, and that the form is brought back to school as soon as possible. If you need a replacement form, please contact your child’s teacher.

Supporting Independence in Prep

A big thank you to parents for encouraging students to walk into the classroom independently each morning. It has been wonderful to see the smiles on their faces as they walk into the classroom independently and hold their own schoolbag! We thank you for your ongoing support with this. 

PREP SPECIALIST TIMETABLE