Prep News

What we've been up to in Prep...

In Literacy, we have been busy learning our Stage 2 sounds and practising the letter formation of each sound. In Maths, we finished learning our numbers to 10, and started learning about 2D shapes. 

Reminders

Home reading  book

Students will have their diary checked once per week, and when readers begin, these will be changed on the same day their diary is checked. Please make sure you are using the log book to record any home practise, and checking for any communications from your classroom teacher. Please ensure the green reader bag comes to school each day, containing the sound bag and diary.

Cross Country

Prep children will participate in the Cross Country on Monday 30th March. Please provide consent via Compass and see the event details page for more information. A note will be sent home next week notifying families of their child's house colour. Your child is welcome to wear their house colour on the day of Cross Country. 

Prep students will run from approximatly 11:50am-12:00pm. Spectators are welcome to watch near the finish line, which will be located at the soccer fields. 

Home Reading

Now that we are well and truly into the term, we wanted to touch base about home reading.

By the end of this week, we will have learnt the first 16 sounds in our Literacy Program. Your child should be able to tell you the sound that each letter makes and be working on blending each of these sounds together to read a word. 

We practise these skills every day at school and we strongly encourage that your children are practising these skills at home too. Where possible, please spend 5-15 minutes (in total) each day doing the below things to help your child learn to read. 

1. Show your child the sound tiles (yellow and red cards) and get them to tell you the sound that each letter makes as well as the action. If you are not sure about the sound/action, please view the Cued Articulation YouTube video here.

2. Make words with the sound tiles and get your child to say each sound then blend them together to say the word as a whole. See inside your Reading Log Book for word ideas.

3. Read some words from the yellow/red word list (if your child has one). 

4. Read and write Heart Words (so far we have learnt 'the, my, I, he). 

5. If your child has a 'sound activity pack' or if your child has a 'blending activity pack' 

please complete this with them. 

6. Get your child to read their readers to you, if your child has them.

We write in your child's Reading Log Book every week to let you know how your child is going and what they are working on in their reading. It is also how we keep track of how many times your child has read each book, and when they are ready to move stages, when they have readers.

Please make sure to write which activities you have been doing at home, which stories your child has read, or what you are reading to them, in this book. When your child has readers, you will find the checklist of where to tick off each time they read their book/s.

Easter Hat Parade 

The Easter Hat Parade will take place on the morning of the last day of term, Thursday 2nd April. Easter hats are to be made at home and brought to school on this day. We look forward to seeing your creations!

Drop Off's

Students are to wait in their line up area until 8:45am. Some students are entering the classroom earlier due to prior arrangements made with their teacher. If raining, all students are to line up under cover. 

Upcoming Learning

Weeks 9 & 10

In Literacy, we have now learnt the sounds in Stage 1 and 2. There are lots of different 3 letter words we can now read, make, spell and write. We will spend time next week continuing to practise this skill. Then in Term 2, we will begin learning Stage 3 sounds.

To finish the term in Mathematics, we will practise number formation and learn about patterns. We will start next term by continuing to learn about patterns with objects and extend this learning to number patterns. 

In Topic, we will continue to focus on our School Values and knowing who to ask when  we need help. We will look at how doing challenging things helps our brain to grow. 

In Respectful Relationships, we will continue to look at personal and cultural strengths, and learn about sharing and caring from Aboriginal perspectives. 

Upcoming Dates

School Nurse Visits- Wednesday 4th-Friday 27th March.

Cross Country- Monday 30th March. 

Easter Hat Parade- Thursday 2nd April. 

Maths Challenge

Well done to our Week 6 Maths Challenge winners - 1/2 Edwards! Please find the new Maths Challenge below!