An Engaged Learning Community
Learning in Prep
Watch us thrive in 2025!
Watch us thrive in 2025!
Meet the busy bees of Prep!
Name - Charlie C
Position in my family - Eldest
Number of family members- 4
Favourite colour - Blue
Favourite thing to do – Swim in my pool
My Year 6 buddies are - Zara & Harriet
Favourite part about being at school – Learning the sounds
Name - Eleanna
Position in my family - Youngest
Number of family members - 6
Favourite colour - Blue
Favourite thing to do – Paint
My Year 6 buddies are - Summer & Olivia
Favourite part about being at school - Playing
Name Sidney
Position in my family - Middle
Number of family members- 5
Favourite colour - Gold
Favourite thing to do – Play soccer
My Year 6 buddy is - Hamish
Favourite part about being at school - Doing all the math games
Name - Audrey
Position in my family - Youngest
Number of family members - 6
Favourite colour -
Favourite thing to do – Playing with my friends when I have a play date
My Year 6 buddy is - Indie
Favourite part about being at school - Is learning all the characters for the sounds
Name - Niamh
Position in my family - Youngest
Number of family members- 4
Favourite colour - Pink
Favourite thing to do – Play with Kevin my dog
My Year 6 buddies are - Oliva & Summer
Favourite part about being at school - Reading books on the Ipad
Name – Ava J
Position in my family - Eldest
Number of family members- 4 (soon 5!)
Favourite colour - Red
Favourite thing to do – Playing with my dolls
My Year 6 buddies are - Evie & Evie
Favourite part about being at school - Using my left and right side of my brain in our writing positive primers
Name – Charlie K
Position in my family - Eldest
Number of family members- 5
Favourite colour - Gold
Favourite thing to do –Watch t.v at home
My Year 6 buddy is - Clarke
Favourite part about being at school - Playing all the math games
Name - Saia
Position in my family - Youngest
Number of family members- 8
Favourite colour - Silver
Favourite thing to do – Play soccer
My Year 6 buddies are - Jack & Jeremy
Favourite part about being at school - Completing my work on SeeSaw
Name - Gus
Position in my family Youngest
Number of family members- 5
Favourite colour - Black
Favourite thing to do – Boxing lessons
My Year 6 buddy is - Charlie
Favourite part about being at school - Learning and using the Ipads
Name - Giuliana
Position in my family- Eldest
Number of family members- 5
Favourite colour - Silver and Gold
Favourite thing to do – play on my gymnastics bar
My Year 6 buddies are - Maisy & Mabel
Favourite part about being at school - Learning on the Ipads
Name – Ava S
Position in my family - Youngest
Number of family members- 4
Favourite colour - Pink, purple and white
Favourite thing to do – Ballet
My Year 6 buddies are - Bella & Edith
Favourite part about being at school - Learning on the Ipads
Name - Emerson
Position in my family - Middle
Number of family members- 5
Favourite colour - Black
Favourite thing to do – Play footy
My Year 6 buddies are - Alfred and Flynn
Favourite part about being at school - Learning on the Ipads
We have been at school 33 days!
During this time we have already learnt SO much! Read about some of what we have learnt in 33 days!
Learning about ...
- our self-awareness
- our emotions
- our regulation to be ready to learn
- our social awareness and how to get along with others
- what makes a good friend
- that we belong to the St. Joseph’s school community
- our school 3bs and values
- being calm and still and taking notice of the sounds around us
- how to be a learner and what it looks like
- how to track the speaker and listen respectfully
- we belong to our church community
- we belong to Prep LI!
- we belong to our families
- we need to keep our minds and bodies healthy
- we need to respect ourselves
- who God is to me
- Who St Joseph is
- Who Jesus is and what is Lent
- syllables
- rhyming
- the difference between pictures, letters, words and sentences
- that letters together make words and words together make sentences!
- tricky words – the, a, I
- letters m, s, t, a
- sounds /m/ /s/ /t/ /a/
- what a capital letter is
- that our names only have a capital letter at the beginning
- how to write the letters for the sounds /m/ /s/ /t/ /a/
- how to orally blend two sounds and beginning to blend sounds of words we hear
- making and identifying patterns both repeating and growing patterns
- counting and matching collections to numerals
- how to count forwards and backwards to and from 10
- to count a collect 1:1 to make sure our counting is accurate
- to subitise numbers
- collecting and representing data
- answering yes or no questions to collect data
- to ask questions about collected data
- time – morning, afternoon, night and what we do in each part of the day
- the days of the week and the weekend days – 7 days in total and they repeat!
- investigating and playing in the camping area, our Prep beach, boating in our boat, exploring the home corner or building and creating in our construction and collage areas.
- And so much more in Italian, Science, P.E, Performing Arts and Visual Arts!