Preps

The final term is flying by, and the finish line is looming upon us. The halfway point of the term has gone by. 

In English we have been working on reading with fluency and expression. The rooms have been filled with plenty of funny reading voices (even the teachers have been giving it a go). In writing the kids have loved writing similes and a highlight was the LPS teacher similes. A favourite was ‘Wiley is as funny as a monkey’.

Maths has been all about number skills and knowledge. We have been looking at counting, with a focus on starting at random two-digit numbers. The students have also been looking at the place value in a two-digit number. 

The students have loved learning about -est words and we have looked at the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. The Preps read about how foundations are used to increase the strength of a skyscraper. The kids were amazed how one wooden skewer pushed into the ground allowed a tower of blocks to become so much taller and stable.