Prep News

Prep Reminders: 

• On Friday the 12th of August, the Prep's will have a visit from the Responsible Pet Program. We will be learning about responsible pet ownership and how to live safely with dogs. Please keep provide consent via Compass Event where for this free event. 
• Repeat reminder: In Term 4, we are taking up an additional opportunity with an extra excursion to the Capital Theatre to see Pevan and Sarah Live. We use Pevan and Sarah videos to supplement our learning and we can't wait to see them in person! We decided to take up this opportunity of the additional excursion, hoping that the extra notice will be enough to make this possible. The other planned excursions and incursions that will incur a cost for the rest of the year are: Ballarat Wildlife Park at the end of Term 3 ($51), The Blurbs at the end of Term 3 ($7) and our Swimming Program at the end of Term 4 (between $10-$60, depending on government funding and grants; in the past our swimming program has been heavily funded with government grants). We are expecting the Pevan and Sarah excursion to cost around $25, depending on the cost of the bus. 

What we have been up to...

100 Days of School 

We had a very exciting day on Tuesday, celebrating our 100th day of school! We had some lovely oldies join us for the day, luckily their ageing only lasted one day! 

The day was full of fun and excitement.  We had a parade to show our buddies our wonderful outfits, made hats, went on a number hunt to find 100 numbers, popped balloons on a quest to make 100 movements, thought of 100 words and found 100 words that rhymed. 

Upcoming Fortnight

Week 5

Literacy: In Week 5, we will be learning about the sound that 'ck' makes. We will learn a new heart word and continue to put our knowledge of 'ss', 'll', 'ff', into practise when reading and writing. 

Mathematics: In Maths, we will be learning about the numbers from 10 to 15. We will continue to work on learning the 'number facts' about these numbers, as well as revising the 'number facts' to 10 (6 and 4, 5 and 5).

RRRR: Circle Time; where we participate in whole class discussions and games to enable us to build positive relationships with our peers.

Topic: Our topic focus this week is Pets.

Week 6

Literacy: In Week 6, we will be learning about the sound that 'sh' makes. We will be reading and writing words that include 'sh' and reading Pete the Sheep by Jackie French. 

Mathematics: In Maths, we will be continuing the same focus as last week- learning about the numbers from 10 to 15. We will continue to work on learning the 'number facts' about these numbers, as well as revising the 'number facts' to 10 (6 and 4, 5 and 5).

RRRR: We will be continuing to work in the topic of Help Seeking. This week, we will be learning about who can help us when we have questions or problems at school. 

Topic: In Topic this week, we will be participating in all things Science, as it is Science Week!