Prep Parent Information Evening

5 February 2009

Prep Curriculum

• 5 contexts for learning

• Real Life experiences• Routines and

Transitions• Play• Investigations• Focussed Learning

and Teaching

Early Learning Areas

☻Social and Personal LearningSocial Learning- (sustaining relationships) SOSE

- (understanding relationships) HPEPersonal Learning

☻Health and Physical LearningMaking Healthy Choices HPEGross-motorFine-motor

☻Language Learning and CommunicationOral Language EnglishReading and ViewingWriting and Shaping

☻ Early Mathematical Understanding Mathematics

☻ Active Learning ProcessesThinking Science/SOSEInvestigating the natural worldInvestigating technology TechnologyInvestigating environmentsImagining and responding The Arts

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8.15am Doors Open Doors Open Doors Open Doors Open Doors Open

8.30am Greeting &Co-Planning

Greeting & Co-Planning

Greeting &Co-Planning

Greeting &Co-Planning

Assembly

8.45am Maths GamesStructured Games

Maths GamesStructured Games

Maths GamesStructured Games

Maths GamesStructured Games

9.00am Maths Revision/Transition Game

9.15am Transition Game Outside Play Transition Game Outside Play Outside Play

9.30am Chapel Music

9.45am P-3 Singing

10.00am Outside Play Outside Play Music

10.30am ////////// 1st Eating Break //////////

11.15am Jolly Phonics – sound of week Phonics andLanguage Games

Story Story Story

11.30am Phonics andLanguage Games

Phonics andLanguage Games

Phonics andLanguage Games

11.45am Language Games R.E.

12.00pm

12.15pm Show and Tell P.E. Show and Tell Show and Tell Show and Tell

12.30pm

12.45pm ////////// 2nd Eating Break //////////

1.00pm Inside Play Inside Play Inside Play P.E. Inside Play

1.30pm Library Y.C.D.I.

1.45pm Story

2.00pm Reflection Reflection Reflection Reflection Reflection

2.15pm Home Home Home Home Home

This is a sample Timetable of what a Prep day could look like.

Policy Information

• MBBC is a nut free College• Student Diary – to be sent every day• Uniforms – Formal uniform is checked shirt

Sports uniform is blue and white shirt, blue shorts

(Tuesday and Thursday – Term 1)

House shirts worn on special sporting and interhouse events

• Arrivals – Doors open 8.15am Boys who are late (after the roll has been marked) will need to be signed in at Admin

• Visitors – All visitors including parents need to sign in at Admin.

• For any other information please refer to the handbook for policies.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

• Parent teacher interviews are being held in Term 1 on Tuesday 24 and Thursday 26 March.

• Informal interview to keep up to date with your son’s progress during the first Term of Prep.

• Rubrics will be presented to show his phase of learning at that time.

Rubrics• Social & personal learning• Social learning• Children sustain relationships by:• • acknowledging and negotiating rights, roles and responsibilities in a

range of contexts• • cooperating with others in social situations.

Becoming aware Exploring Making connections Applying

With explicit support, the child identifies their own needs in the learning environment and interacts with others for short periods.

With support, the child identifies and takes on familiar roles and responsibilities and uses suggested or modelled strategies to interact with others constructively within school contexts.

With prompts, the child identifies shared roles and responsibilities and uses familiar strategies to sustain relationships in familiar contexts.

The child takes on and talks about roles and responsibilities in order to cooperate in a variety of learning contexts.

Assessment and Reporting

• Rubrics give a point in time reference of your son’s progress

• The expectation for the end of the year will be the Making Connections phase of the rubrics

• Prep reports will be completed in September and handed out at the Parent Teacher interview.

Other Items

Specialist Teachers- PE

Miss Kim Moore- Music

Ms. Katchia Avenell- RE

Mr. Shane McCarthy

Pastoral Care

Behaviour Management- Refer to Parent Handbook for Behaviour Management

outline- Blue stickers are a communication tool- Signatures are given in front of diary for exemplary

behaviour (10 signatures = Reward Card on Assembly)

You Can Do It Program (YCDI)Social Skills Program to develop 5 keys to success

• MIRROR – attributes of an MBBC boy

Home ReadersHome Readers will be sent home with

boys throughout Term 1 and is an optional activity.

Calendar of Events – Term 1Grandparents’ Day – 6 March

P-1 Camp (optional)21 March at Thunderbird Park, Mt.

Tambourine

Easter Chapel Service (compulsory for all boys)

Thursday 2 April

NewslettersPlease read ALL Newsletters from the College. Prep is included under

the Primary umbrella. Newsletters are now sent via email.

Naming ItemsPLEASE name all of your son’s belongings. Including socks and

shoes.

Support-a-Reader ProgramVolunteers are needed to assist in the Supporter Reader Program.Please place your name on the form if you are interested.

Parent RosterRoster will be placed on the front table each week. Please fill in your

name. You don’t have to stay for the whole day. You choose the assistance you wish to give (resource making or working with the boys). If any parent has special skills please let us know.

• Parent Reps – each class will have a parent rep on a voluntary basis to assist with any social events and liaison between parents.

• Questions??