Prep Newsletter

Term 3, 2015

Term 3 Diary dates:

July

Monday 20th - Prep-2 Parent Teacher Interviews

Week

Wednesday 22nd - 100 Days of Prep Party 12-1pm

Friday 24th - School Disco

Monday 27th - Student Free Day

Tuesday 28th - Rabbit Rearing (4 weeks)

August

Thursday 6th - SRC Casual Day

Monday 17th - Book Week

Wednesday 19th - Book Week Dress Up Day

Tuesday 25th - Prep Musical Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 26th - Prep Musical for Mothers

Friday 28th - Prep Musical for Kindergartens

September

Wednesday 2nd - Prep Swimming (8 days)

Friday 18th - Last Day of Term 3, 2:30pm finish time

Literacy:

This term in Prep we are focussing on

blends; the sounds letters make when

combined together. We will continue to

develop children’s reading skills through

a focus on decoding, fluency and

comprehension strategies to understand

the story. We will focus on handwriting

skills and letter formation and continue

to encourage the children to add more

detail to their writing and use basic

punctuation correctly.

Maths:

In Maths this term we are looking at the numbers to 20. We

will learn to connect number names to their amounts. We

will order the numbers to twenty. We will add numbers

together using ‘hands on’ materials. Towards the end of

term, we will focus on ‘measurement’ using language such

as longer, taller and heavier. We will revisit the days of the

week and focus on shapes to conclude the term.

Inquiry Units:

‘Staying Alive’ is the Science inquiry topic this term. We will

be focussing on learning more about, living and non-living

things. We will be classifying living things, learning about life

cycles, plants and where food comes from. The Science focus

is more about senses and how humans and animals use

these to stay alive. We will also have rabbits for four weeks

in our Prep classes so we can use this opportunity to learn

how to care for a class pet and watch how animals grow and

develop. Each Prep class will have the rabbits for four days

each and continue to visit the rabbits weekly to watch their

growth.

The History focus this term is continuing to look at ‘Personal

and Family History’. We will be looking at the past and

present and how families go about tracking and

documenting this historical experience over time.

Welcome back to Term 3. We all had a very fun day on Wednesday 15th July when the

Prep’s went on their first excursion to Chesterfield Farm. At the farm, they went on a

tractor ride around the farm to see all the different animals. They were able to pet the

baby animals, feed animals, milk a cow, watch the sheepdog Bridget round up sheep as

they learnt about the importance of farms. The Prep’s had a fantastic day! A big thank

you to the Parent Helpers who came along to assist us on the day.

Musical:

We have already started practising the Prep Musical and you

are sure to hear some singing or dancing at home. Prep K

and Prep D will perform the musical together. Prep H, Prep

M and Prep F will perform together.

Friday 24th April - ANZAC Day

Prep C made poppies with the grade 5 buddies and

enjoyed the special ANZAC Day assembly.

Wednesday 29th April - P Day

Prep K is dressed up in the Pyjamas and enjoyed

eating popcorn whilst watching a P Movie.

Tuesday 19th May - Fire fighters Visit #2

Prep H loved having the fire fighters come to

school with their fire truck and being able to spray

the hose!

Wednesday 24th June - Letter Dress Up Day

Prep M enjoyed dressing up as something beginning

with their favourite letter.

Friday 19th June - Ambulance

Victoria Incursion

Prep F loved the Ambulance Visit

where they got to explore the

ambulance and two special children

made the ambulance siren go.