Prep News

Prep Reminders: 

• You will now see the events for Pevan and Sarah and Ecolinc on Compass. Please provide permission and payment as soon as possible. 
• Please do not order lunch orders for next Thursday the 3rd of November, as we will not be at school.
• As we know it has been very rainy over the last few weeks, if your child chooses to bring an umbrella to school, please remind them that it can only be used on the way to and from school- not at recess or lunch. 

Be Awesome day

Hello Parents! 

Tuesday, November 15th will be our annual ‘Be Awesome Day’! This year, our awesome kids will be running a ‘Show Day’ as part of our celebrations. 

In order for our day to be very awesome and super fun, we will need lots of help from our wonderful parent community.

The Prep Team would love donations of the following items: 

• Pasta that has a hole through the middle to be able to be threaded
• Food dye (in rainbow colours)

Thank you!

What we have been up to...

Today we had our first visit from the Fire Safety Education Team. We learnt about good fires and bad fires, how to crawl low in smoke, and what an emergency is. We learnt a good trick to remember 000- make an 'okay' sign with our thumb and forefinger, which makes a zero and then count the three fingers that are standing up! The Firefighters would like us to talk to our families about where a safe place is at our houses in case of a fire. We have sent home a worksheet for your child to draw a picture of their safe place, and bring back to school to show the Firefighters when they come back next week.

Upcoming Fortnight-

Week 5

Literacy: In Week 5, we will be learning about the sound that 'igh' and 'ie' make. We will be reading Night Monkey, Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson. The heart word for Week 4 is 'like'.

Mathematics: In Maths, we will be continuing to learn about subtraction and 3D shape. 

RRRR: Positive Gender Relations- Fair and friendly play. In this lesson, we will talk about rules of games and how we can play in a fair and friendly way. 

Topic: We have a big week of excursions; Pevan and Sarah, Ecolinc and our second Firefighter Education Visit. We will complete reflection activities on these.

Week 6

Literacy: In Week 6, we will be learning about the sound that 'y' can make when it is on the end of a word (i sound like in cry, by, try, fly). We will be reading Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. The heart word for Week 4 is 'some/come'.

Mathematics: In Maths, we will be learning about money and subtraction.

RRRR: Gender and Identity- What is fair? What is violent? This lesson will allow us to identify how people feel when their friends play with them in a way that is friendly and fair and how people feel when their friends play with them in a way that is violent, mean or too rough.

Topic: We will be beginning the 'Our Sustainable World' as part of our Topic program this term. We will look at what plants need to grow, our favourite foods and how food gets from the farm to our tables.