Prep News

Prep Reminders: 

Please return school nurse forms, Swimming and movie permission notes ASAP.

Important Information:

School uniform

Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct school uniform. School shorts need to be plain coloured, with no branding. Hair scrunchies and headbands need to be black or green, and socks need to be white or black. We appreciate your assistance with this.

Reader bags

Now that we are sending home reader bags every day, please make sure they are returned to school the next morning so that we can add to them. 

• You might like to ask your student about the sounds in their sound bag. Some questions you might ask could be:
  • What is the sound that each letter makes?
  • What is the action?
  • What is the chant?
  • As we get more letters in our sound bags, your child might be able to start making words with the letters.

No more rest days

We had our last Prep Rest Day this week. We are very excited about a full week of school next week!

Teddy Bear Picnic

To celebrate our first Wednesday at school, we are having a Teddy Bear Picnic. If you have a picnic rug that we could borrow on that day, please bring it in. Take note, that it may need a wash afterwards!

We ask that each child brings in one teddy bear to spend the day with us at school. 

School Photos

School photos are happening Wednesday too. Our photos are usually first up at the beginning of the day. 

Teacher Sound Bags 

We have made sound bags with objects that relate to each sound in the alphabet, to use in our teaching of each sound. If you come across any small objects (that would fit in your hand) in your home or on your adventures that begin with these sounds, we would love them! Thank you!

• I - igloo
• V- violin
• O- orange
• Qu- queen
• Z- zip
• Y- yo-yo
• X- x-ray
• U- umbrella

What we have been up to...

Start Up Performance

The Preps and the Grade 5s did an amazing job performing 'Agadoo' in front of the rest of the school and many parents. We did lots of practising and it sure paid off! 

Upcoming Fortnight- Term 1

Week 5 

Literacy: In Week 5, we will be beginning to learn the sounds that p, t, c and i make. We will be learning to blend and segment small words and learn to write words such as 'at' and 'cat’. We will be reading the story ‘The Very Cranky Bear’. We will also be looking at our first heart word ‘the’. We will discuss the tricky parts of the word and how it needs to be ‘learned by heart’.

Mathematics: In Maths, we will be learning about the numbers 4, 5 and 0. We will also continue working on 'trusting the count' - being able to count a small amount of objects and know that we have counted each one.

RRRR: Emotional Literacy- We will be talking about what our emotions sound like.  

Topic: We will be working on respecting others and looking after our belongings. We will also be sharing and talking about our expectations at school.  

Week 6 

Literacy: In Week 6, we will be revisit the sounds that m, s, f, a, p, t, c and i make. We will be learning to blend and segment small words and learn to write words such as 'map' and 'cap’. We will be reading the story ‘Who Sank the Boat?’. We will also be looking at the heart word ‘my’. We will discuss the tricky parts of the word and how it needs to be ‘learned by heart’.

Mathematics: In Maths, we will be learning about the numbers 6, 7 and 8. We will also continue working on 'trusting the count' - being able to count a small amount of objects and know that we have counted each one.

RRRR: Emotional Literacy- We will be talking about our emotions and drawing what our emotions look like. 

Topic: We will be looking at our classroom identity and talking about our favourite colours and pets within our class. We will also be looking at healthy foods and discussing ‘sometimes’ and ‘always’ foods.