Prep Report

End of Term Newsletter- Term 1 

Well done to all the Prep students for completing their first term at school! Everyone has worked very hard and are settling into their new classroom routines. We would like to give a special thank you to all the parents and carers who have supported their children with their learning and made the transition to school enjoyable. 

Literacy 

Throughout the term in Reading: 

• Students have continued making connections between letters and sounds 
• They have participated in reading books, poems and chants daily as well as developing their independent reading stamina 
• Students have continued to revise the concepts about print – front and back cover, spine, where to begin reading and the direction in which we read.  

Throughout the term in Writing: 

• Students have been writing daily and learning to draw a picture as a plan for their writing  
• Students have been focusing on recording the sounds they hear in words and attempting to write the beginning sounds in words.  

Throughout the term in Handwriting: 

• Students will continue to improve their fine motor skills, pencil grip and posture.  

Numeracy 

Throughout the term in Numeracy student have: 

• Consolidated their understanding of counting forwards and backwards to 20 using hands on materials, playing games, singing counting songs and taking part in daily fluency activities  
• Practiced writing numbers with the correct formation and counting using one-to-one correspondence.  
• Learnt how to copy, continue and create patterns using different objects. 
• Learnt how to identify 2D shapes in their environment and how to sort and group shapes based on common features.  
• Learnt about events that occur in the daytime and night time and how to sequence events in their day in time order.  
• Learnt the days of the week, practiced naming the days that come before and after certain days and how to sequence the days in the correct order.  

Social & Emotional Learning 

In Social and Emotional Learning: 

• Students learnt about emotions (joy, fear, sadness, disgust, anger and surprise) from the Mindful Aus program.  
• Students were able to discuss how to identify these emotions, what they look like and feel like and developed strategies they could use when dealing with these emotions.  

Term 2 Reminders 

• School starts at 8:50am and ends at 3:10pm 
• We will be sending hats home on the last day of Term 1 as they are not required in Term 2 & 3 
• The weather will be cooler in Term 2, so please remember to bring jackets and jumpers which are clearly labelled with your child's name 
• Oxford words will be sent home in the red folders for reading and spelling practise on the first day of Term 2 
• Please bring a water bottle clearly labelled with your child's name 
• Term 2 will commence on Monday the 15th of April. 

We wish you a safe and happy break and can’t wait to see you in Term 2! 

The Prep Team 

Diana Polazzon, Chiara Mackay & Katherine Richardson