Prep News
Welcome to our Prep newsletter!
📅 Important Dates & Reminders
Reminders -
- Please read with your child each night, children are given the opportunity to swap readers daily.
- Sun hats are required for play, plese send your child with their school har daily.
18th September - Footy Dress Up Day and last day of Term 3 (2:30pm dismissal)
5th October - Term 4 Starts
Thank you all for a wonderful term 3, and we look forward to more learning and excitement in term 4!
We hope all of the Father's and special people enjoyed our Father's day morning! The students loved building, crafting and playing games with you!
Literacy
In Literacy, we have been enjoying the text Wombat Stew. Students have been learning to retell a narrative using a narrative hill, identifying the beginning, characters, setting, middle, problem, feelings and ending/solution. We have also been expanding our understanding of adverbs and practising how to include them in our own writing.
We have enjoyed singing the Wombat Stew chant and identifying what each Australian animal brought to add to the billy can. Students also had fun creating their own unique pot of stew!
Knowledge Rich
This fortnight, students have been learning about informative texts through our focus on wombats. We have explored a range of facts about wombats, including their physical features, habitats, behaviours and how these features help them survive in the wild. Students have enjoyed building their knowledge and using new vocabulary like ‘burrows’ to talk about what they have learned.
We have also been exploring the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts. Students are learning that fiction texts are made-up stories, while non-fiction texts provide real facts and information. During our reading and discussion sessions, students have been identifying features of informative texts and thinking about how these texts help us learn more about the world around us.
Maths
In Maths, we have been learning about sharing and grouping. Through hands-on activities, students have been exploring how to share objects fairly and make equal groups, using counting strategies to work out how many are in each group. We have also been learning about remainders and discovering what happens when objects cannot be shared equally and there are some left over. Students have enjoyed using concrete materials and everyday examples to develop their understanding of sharing, grouping and remainders.
To make our learning even more fun, next week students will take part in a Cookie Monster sharing and grouping activity! Students will help Cookie Monster share his cookies into equal groups, practising counting and checking each group is equal.
Student Awards
We would like to congratulate the following award winners on their achievements!
Please note, you will be notified before your child receives their first award.
PA - William M & Hudson
PB - Rory & Christian
PS - Dimple & Saskia
On TUESDAY the 15th after recess, Prep students will be having a vist from the Camp Quality Puppet Show! Please see the flyer below for details.
The Prep Team
Mrs Sandeman, Miss Bouloukis and Miss Sweetten