Prep Team News

Hello Prep families,

What a wonderful fortnight in Prep we have had. We have been busy with our book week parade, incursion, mailing letters to families and our Special Person’s Afternoon Tea. We are looking forward to more exciting events throughout the last two weeks of Term Three. 

Our Willy Kid theme this fortnight is ‘Willy Kids Persevere’. We read ‘The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water’ by Gemma Marino. We discussed how the main character in the story demonstrated perseverance and how we can show this at school. 

Book Week Parade

It was wonderful to see the Prep students participate in their first book week parade. We loved seeing the creativity and effort that was put into costumes. It was a fun filled day parading, reading books and writing about our book week characters. 

Father’s Day / Special Person’s Afternoon

Last Friday, in honour of the special people in our lives, we hosted an exciting afternoon just for them! The Preps had been busy in the lead up making cards for their special person.

During the afternoon, the Preps drew portraits of their visitors to keep as a special memory of the day. There were lots of big smiles and happy faces on the day. Thank you very much to those visitors that were able to attend. 

Inquiry Incursion

This term, the Preps have been learning about the different ways we can tell stories, including written word, song and dance. For our incursion, we explored telling stories through acting. Students were able to work together, dress up and act out the dreamtime story, Tiddalick the Frog. What a wonderful experience it was! 

Prep Breakfast

On Wednesday 18th September the Prep students are invited to have breakfast at school. This is a great first step towards preparing our Willy Kids for the camps they will participate in throughout their formal education.

On this day, the Prep students will arrive at school at 8:50am in their pyjamas. We will then sit together to eat a breakfast of cereal, toast and juice. During class time in the weeks prior to this date, the students will choose the items they would like to have for breakfast. If your child has any dietary requirements that staff should be aware of, please let your child's teacher know ASAP. After breakfast, the students will be responsible for washing and drying their own dishes. They will then get themselves changed into their school uniform. As the students will be getting changed in a communal area, please ensure that your child has a fresh pair of underwear on before they come to school. Over the next few weeks, children should practise independently dressing themselves each morning at home, to prepare themselves for our breakfast. 

The students will be required to bring their own bowl, plate, spoon, knife and tea towel to the Prep Breakfast. Please ensure that these items are as 'child friendly' as possible. The knife will only be used for spreading toppings on toast, so a blunt butter knife is suitable. We also recommend plastic plates and bowls (no glass). Your child will need to bring these items to school in a bag clearly labelled with their name.

If you have any questions, please speak to your child's classroom teacher. We are looking forward to a fun morning!

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 7 - 8

Reading - Students will continue learning about appropriate reading behaviours, including pointing to the words as we read and taking a breath at full stops. They will also discuss text features such as full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks and question marks. As part of our Little Learner’s program, students are now beginning to explore digraphs. Our current focus is on the /sh/ and /ch/ sounds.

Writing - Students are continuing to develop their letter formation and sound knowledge to write sentences. In particular this term, students will be reading narrative texts as a class. Students will then summarise these stories by writing a few sentences about the characters, setting, problem and solution from each text. 

Numeracy - Students are exploring the concepts of measurement including mass, length and capacity. Students are ordering items based on their mass, length and capacity. We are also applying our knowledge and skills to problem solving activities. 

Inquiry - This term, our inquiry topic is What's My Story? What's Your Story'. The Prep students are learning about the different ways stories can be told.

Homework - Each Monday, students will be given an activity to complete at home that relates to our weekly sound or maths focus. The activity in their ‘Home Learning Book’ will be collected each Friday. Homework in Prep should take no longer than 15 minutes.  

Respectful Relationships - This term, our Respectful Relationships topic is gender and identity. Activities will assist students to reflect on their gendered identity, develop an awareness of positive and negative gender norms, challenge negative gender norms and develop an appreciation of difference.

Prep: Key Dates Term Three

Wednesday 18th September - Prep Breakfast

Have a great weekend. 

Warm regards,

The Prep Team–Caitlin Sullivan (Prep S), Hayley Thibou (Prep T) & Andrea Duxson (Prep D)