Prep News
Term 1, Week 8
Prep Reminders:
Please return the Teddy (school dog) form, swimming and movie permission notes ASAP.
Tomorrow is Harmony Day! Students are encouraged to wear orange tomorrow- if you already have something at home!
Cross Country is on the Monday of the last week of term. In the coming week, we will be sending home a note that states which house your child is in and what colour it is. On the day of Cross Country, your child is encouraged to wear their house colour.
Please ensure your child brings their library books to school every Wednesday to be returned. When they are returned they are able to borrow new books.
Important Information:
Reader bags
Prep children use their reader bag each day at school. After completing your reading at home routine, please pack reader bags back into school bags. Each day we practice the sounds that are in the sound bags and add a new sound. We also are reading the list of yellow words with our reading partners.
Teacher Sound Bags
We are still on the hunt for some objects to add to our teacher sound bags. We use these when are are teaching to have conversations about different things that begin with the letter. 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.
- O- orange
- Qu- queen
- Z- zip
- Y- yo-yo
- X- x-ray
- U- umbrella
Thank you to those who have already sent in items!
Cued Articulation
As part of our Literacy program we teach students a hand action that represents the way a sound leaves a persons mouth (cued articulation). As we are teaching sounds and not letters this is different to Auslan. Sounds are invisible, therefore hand gestures help form a connection between the sound and a child's brain.
Please see below the link to the cued articulation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPLnfNciLbA
What we have been up to...
Over the last two weeks our Prep superstars have been learning about shapes. We have made shape pizzas and houses. We also used water colour paints to create a picture of the sky- our challenge was to not use blue!
Upcoming Fortnight- Term 1
Week 9
Literacy: In Week 9, we will revise the sounds that m, s, f, a, p, c, t , i, b, h, n, o, d, g, l and v make. We will be learning to blend and segment words with these sounds and practice writing them too. We will be reading the story ‘The Gruffalo’. We will also be learning a new heart word ‘she'.
Mathematics: We will be learning about the numbers number fact families 0-10 and patterns. 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: Personal Strengths: What does being brave look like?
Topic: We will be exploring what it is important to have a growth mindset and talking about about how we can enjoy our learning.
Week 10
Literacy: In Week 10, we will revise the sounds that m, s, f, a, p, c, t , i, b, h, n, o, d, g, l and v make. We will be learning to blend and segment words with these sounds and practice writing them too. We will be reading the story ‘Hairy McClary from Donaldson’s Dairy’. We will also be learning a new heart word ‘we'.
Mathematics: We will be learning about the numbers number fact families 0-10 and patterns. 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: Personal Strengths- We will be creating a personal strengths celebration tree.