Prep News

It has been a busy and exciting couple of weeks in Prep, with lots of wonderful learning happening across our classroom!

📚 Literacy

Students have been enjoying reading some different books by author Joy Cowley. These books feature lots of rhyme and repetition to support early reading skills. The books that we rotated this week were Mrs Wishy-Washy, The Farm Concert and The Meanies. Students then used some creative ways to retell the stories.

🔤 Phonics

We have met two more of Milo’s friends…

Peter Penguin – /p/

Tim Turtle – /t/. 

Students are beginning to use the sounds that they have learnt to sound out simple words when reading and writing. We have also introduced our first “heart words”. These are words that students learn “by heart” because we have not yet learned all the sounds in the word, or the sounds are uncommon. Our first heart words are I, the and my.

⏰ Numeracy

Students have been practising their counting skills using one-to-one correspondence. This means touching or moving each object as they count so that each number is matched with one item. This helps children understand that the last number they say tells them how many there are altogether.

✝️ Religion

Students have begun learning about Lent. They have been exploring the symbols and colours associated with this special time in the Church calendar.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inquiry

Students have enjoyed sharing special memories with their families and exploring how they have grown and changed over time; from when they were babies to the big Grade Prep students they are today!

👥 Buddies

This week we also had our first Buddy session with our Grade 5 partners. Students ate lunch together and then the Grade 5 students read a story with their Prep buddy. It was lovely to see new friendships beginning to form. Buddy sessions will take place every second Tuesday afternoon.

👋 Goodbye Amelia

We also said a sad goodbye to Amelia, who has been working in our learning space as an LSO this year. Amelia has spent time getting to know all of the children and supporting their learning. We will miss her and wish her all the very best as she moves to Queensland.

📌 Reminders for Families

From next week, following the Labour Day public holiday on Monday, Prep students will begin attending school full time. We are very proud of how well the children have settled into school routines and are excited for all the learning ahead!

Thank you for your continued support.

Prep Team: Amelia, Dasanthi, Emma, Gillian, Jamie, Natasha, Rachael, Teagan and Tina (Prep Team)