Prep/1 Classroom News

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Handa's Surprise

Over the next few weeks our reading focus is linked to the popular children's book 'Handa's Surprise'. We have started to learn about life in rural Africa. In Eileen Browne's book "Handa's Surprise," Handa, a young girl from the Luo tribe in Kenya, prepares a basket of seven fruits for her friend Akeyo, but along the way, mischievous animals steal the fruit, leaving only tangerines when she reaches Akeyo's village. Activities will include weaving with our Buddies, collecting data about our favourite fruits, drawing story maps, sequencing the story, writing our own 'Surprise' story, and singing and dancing to African music.

Weaving with our Year 5/6 Buddies

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Over the past two weeks students completed learning tasks linked to the popular picture story book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We learnt to sequence the days of the week, talked about time intervals and made connections between the days of the week to familiar events in maths lessons. We sequenced and illustrated the story, followed directed drawing instructions and made a mini book with our Year 5/6 Buddies.

Year 1 students also wrote their own 'The Very Hungry.....' stories. They are very proud of their books!

Here are a few of their stories:

The Very Hungry Dinosaur Adapted by Ollie

In the wild there was a hungry dinosaur. On Monday he ate one tomato. On Tuesday he ate two biscuits. On Wednesday he ate three lollipops. On Thursday he ate four Maccas nuggets. On Friday he ate five pieces of honey chicken. Then he played with some other dinosaurs.

The Very Hungry Koala Adapted by Eleanor

In the gum tree there was a hungy koala. On Monday he ate through one gumnut. On Tuesday he ate through two tacos. On Wednesday he ate through three lollipops. On Thursday he ate through four slices of pizza. On Friday he ate through five apples. Then he got a stomach ache.

The Very Hungry Shark Adapted by Deon

Deep in the water there lived a hungry shark. On Monday he ate one marshmallow. On Tuesday he ate two watermelons. On Wednesday he ate three grapes. On Thursday he ate four apples. On Friday he ate five bananas. Then he had a stomach ache.

Here are the front cover designs of their books!

Sounds Write

Prep students have been learning the sounds for the letters 'a i m s t n o p'. They have been building words from these letters and are learning how to correctly form the letters to write them. We have also been learning to write and read simples sentences.

Letter formation