Prep Team News

Hello Prep families,

It has been a lovely fortnight in Prep with many things to celebrate, including the 100 days of school and 150th year of Williamstown Primary. The Preps have taken all the new activities and events in their stride, being brave and trying many new things. We are sure there will be many tired students this weekend!

Term Three Specialists

Specialist classes this term include Visual Art, Music, Library, French and Physical Education. Please see the weekly timetable below.

Parents, could you please support your child to return their library books on their given day. 

100 Days of School

This Tuesday the Preps celebrated their 100th day of school. It was so wonderful to see all the creative costumes on the day. Students participated in many exciting activities including a parade, counting to 100 activities and a challenge to finish an icy pole in exactly 100 bites! Please enjoy some photos from our big day. 

Jar Collection

The Prep Team is collecting jars in preparation for our Seaside Fair on Sunday 26th November. We are looking for jars around the size of a jam jar or approximately 350g. Can we please ask that these jars have their lid with them and are clean, with labels removed. These jars can be provided to your child’s classroom teacher. Thank you very much in advance for your support!

Curriculum Focus: Weeks 3 - 4

Reading - Students will explore the features of narrative texts including the characters, setting, problem and solution in stories. As part of our Little Learner’s program, students are now beginning to learn other common sounds including digraphs and trigraphs. Our current focus is ccvc and cvcc words. 

Writing - Students are continuing to learn to correctly form letters and use their sound knowledge to write sentences. We are reading and discussing narrative texts and writing written responses about these. Students are also beginning to have a go at creating their own narratives. 

Numeracy - Students are exploring estimation and counting. We are learning to estimate the number of objects in containers before we count them. Students are also exploring effective counting methods including skip counting and bundles. 

Inquiry - This term, our inquiry topic is What’s my story? What’s your story? Our big topics will include: stories can be communicated in different ways, stories from the past can show us how things have changed over time and different cultures share stories in different ways. 

Prep: Key Dates Term Three

Enjoy your weekend. 

Warm regards,

The Prep Team–Caitlin Sullivan (Prep S), Hayley Thibou (Prep T) & Andrea Duxson (Prep D)