Prep News
📅 Important Dates & Reminders
Students are required to bring their take-home bags to school daily.
📚 Readers are swapped every Monday.
- Please ensure your child has a spare change of clothes in their bag in case of wet weather or accidents.
Swimming continues every Thursday.
🏊 The last swimming lesson will be held on August 21st.
Upcoming Dates:
📅 August 1st – 100 Days of Prep! Students dress up as if they are 100 years old.
📅 August 27th – Father’s Day Stall
📅 August 29th – Prep Father’s Day/Special Person Morning
Classroom activities from 9:15am – 10:15am
Literacy
This term, our Prep students will continue their Word Work journey by exploring longer words and learning new digraphs such as ai, ay, ee, ea, and trigraphs like igh. These sounds will support the development of both reading and spelling skills.
In our Literature and Knowledge-Rich Units, students will learn all about farms. Through engaging with fiction and non-fiction texts, they’ll build an understanding of farm life and expand their vocabulary. Lessons will support comprehension and introduce key concepts through songs, stories, and discussions.
We will also continue to focus on sentence construction, including capital letters, punctuation, and sentence structure. Students will practise making their sentences more interesting and will begin using sentence stems (such as because) to organise their ideas and improve sentence fluency.
All Prep students will continue working towards their individual reading goals. As they progress through the Sparkle Program, they will focus on letter sounds, decoding, fluency, and comprehension.
Mathematics
This term, students will develop their understanding of addition and subtraction to 20 by modelling and solving problems using physical and virtual materials. They will also explore measurement by comparing and ordering objects based on length, and will be introduced to mass and capacity.
Later in the term, students will engage in activities involving equal sharing and grouping, supporting the development of early multiplicative thinking. These hands-on experiences are designed to build a strong mathematical foundation and encourage both conceptual understanding and practical application.
Wellbeing
This term’s Wellbeing focus is on friendship and social skills. Students will continue developing their understanding of what it means to be a good friend and will build upon the emotional and social skills they’ve already begun developing.
Through a variety of activities and discussions, students will explore the importance of empathy, kindness, and respect, and learn how to manage challenges such as disagreements, peer pressure, or feeling left out.
A key theme will be the "superpowers" of a good friend, traits such as being a good listener, showing compassion, including others, and being trustworthy. Using stories, role-play, group work, and reflection, students will identify these qualities in themselves and others, while building a safe, supportive, and inclusive classroom community.
Term 3 Curious Corner
Cultural Day
Birthdays
July Birthdays
Madison B 5th
Grace Y 7th
Leo C 24th
Meet the Teacher
Name: Mrs Pepper
Things I like: Playing fun games with my two boys, Louis (5 years old) and Archie (3 years old), going on big bushwalks and cooking!
Favourite Colour: I have two favourite colours – green & purple
Pets: Two cheeky dogs, their names are Frankie and Baru
Student Awards
We would like to congratulate the following award winners on their achievements!
Please note that you will be notified before your child receives their first award.
PA- Charlotte D
PB- Charlotte G
PC - Sienna K
PS- Archie M
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a meeting with your child’s teacher, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via Compass at any point during the year.
Have a wonderful weekend,
The Prep Team
Mrs Sandeman, Miss Bouloukis, Miss Anson, Miss Sweetten
Updates from around the school
Green Team News
Under the guidance of Mrs Stokol and Mrs Alexander, the Green Team met for the first time this week, and what a meeting it was! Across Years 3 to 5, we had nearly 50 excited and passionate students eager to do their part for the environment.
Whether it’s helping to keep the school free of rubbish, caring for and developing the gardens, or educating our community about sustainability, there was a real buzz in the air as students shared ideas and signed up for various roles.
A new initiative launched this term is the collection of 10c containers. Thanks to the special lunch day last term, we raised $21, a fantastic start! We’re now working to collect eligible containers daily to reduce landfill waste and turn recyclables into funds that will be reinvested into future Green Team projects.
Participation in the Green Team is inclusive and open to all. It’s not too late for your child to get involved; we’d love to have them on board!
Green Team Newsletter #2
The enthusiastic Green Team members from Years 3 to 6 continue to meet with Mrs Alexander and Mrs Stokol each Wednesday lunchtime. Meetings begin with a check-in on how the yard cleaning roster is going. Students report which areas are the cleanest, which need more attention, and share ideas for improvement.
Sustainability remains a key focus. Whether it’s managing waste, maintaining garden spaces, or spreading awareness, students have shown impressive initiative and creativity.
Our 10c container collection is going strong! We've raised over $30 in just a few weeks. Green Team members manage the collection bin outside the canteen on lunch order days, and also visit classrooms weekly to gather containers from specially labelled tubs. By collecting these items daily, we are preventing waste from going to landfill and turning it into cash to support our environmental efforts.
Be sure to check out the Sustainability Display in the gym over the coming weeks to see what we’ve been up to!
Did you know? You can support the Green Team by nominating Lysterfield Primary School (LPS) as your donation partner through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme.
Download the app or visit:🔗 Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme | Learn How To Donate
It’s planting season, and what’s better than free plants?
Help the Green Team — and Earn Free Plants!
Did you know that the Knox Environment Society (KES) offers free native plants as prizes through their Nature Discovery Passport program?
By playing an interactive game and collecting stamps at local reserves, participants can earn plant prizes, and what better way to use those plants than by donating them to our school for the Green Team to grow and maintain?
Explore one of the many beautiful reserves in Knox on the weekend, learn about your local ecology, collect stamps, and claim your prize. It’s a fun way to get outside, support the environment, and contribute to our school’s sustainability efforts.
And who says the fun is just for the kids? Families are welcome to join in too!
To learn more, visit:
🔗 Nature Discovery Passport – Knox Environment Society
🔗 Knox Environment Society Home Page
Thank you — every little bit helps!
Mrs Stokol and Mrs Alexander