Prep News

What we've been up to...

Easter Hat Parade

At the end of Term 1, we had our very first Easter Hat Parade! There were so many big smiles and excited Preps seeing the Easter Bunny. 

Play Areas

This Term the Preps are finally allowed to play all over the school! We had so much fun exploring the new parts we can play in including the bottom oval, basketball court, top oval, and basketball hoop! 

Where is the Green Sheep!

On Tuesday, we went on our very first school excurison! We got on a bus and drove to Ulumbarra theatre. We had so much fun looking for all the sheep in the story. Some of us even got to ask a question to the puppeteer's afterwards. 

Uniforms

As we are coming into colder weather, please make sure jumpers are named. Please also help your child practise taking on and off their jumper. 

So far in Maths, we have been playing partner games to practise our numbers to ten and turn taking! This week we started learning about the 'Friends of 10'!

Maths Challenge

Reminders 

Can you help? 

In a few weeks, we will be building a bridge for a troll to cross as part of our Fairy tale unit in Topic. We are on the lookout for materials that the students could use to build the bridge that they will design. 

If you have some of the items below, or anything else that you think could work, please send it in for the three Prep classrooms to share. Please make sure that they are clean. 

• paper rolls
• small boxes (cardboard needs to be thin enough for students to cut- think cereal boxes)
• icy pole sticks
• foil

Upcoming Learning

Literacy

In week 3, we will be revising the sounds 'y', 'r', 'e', 'qu' and 'z'. We will continue to practise writing words, lists and sentences using words that include these sounds. 

In week 4, we will be learning about the sounds j, u, k.

Over the next two weeks we will be reading Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. We will be learning the Heart Words 'to' and 'was'. 

Mathematics

In week 3, we will be learning to sequence everyday events, what the days of the week are, and things that we do on particular days. You can ask your child to recall what they do on particular days of the week (eg. basketball on Monday, soccer on Saturday, swimming on Wednesday). You can also help them to put events into time order (eg. first I brush my teeth, second I put my school shoes on, third I get in the car). 

In week 4, we will be learning about location. We will be practising giving and recieving directional language. 

Topic 

In Topic, we will be making Little Red Riding Hood a coat and making playdough. Then we will use our playdough to make a pig, before making a boat to see if we can get our pig to float.

To make our playdough we will be using plain flour, salt, oil, and food colouring. Please let your classroom teacher know if your child is unable to make playdough. 

Respectful Relationships 

We will be discussing how all families are different and learning about permission and consent.