On Thursday, out local postie, Chris, visited our neighbourhood to present to us about the postal system and share with us about his job as a postie. Chris showed us how the letters are sorted so that it is easier to deliver. Children had many questions to Chris including “how do you become a postie?” […]
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Continuing on with our exploration into identity, the Preps unpacked the meaning behind ‘hats’ and how we each wear different kinds depending on the time and place. With a key focus on Friendship Hats, the Preps’ gathered ideas around what we need in order to make us a good friend. Some of the ideas that came
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Stepping into the year 2 neighbourhood today was like stepping into a book. Characters from many different books came to life as we dressed up to celebrate Book Week. Willy Wonka was there handing out sweets. A Minion caused havoc but was saved by Elsa from Frozen. The 52 Story Treehouse book grew legs and wandered
On Wednesday we had a visit from renowned author Nova Weetman, who has written books such as Frankie and Joely and A Hot Cold Summer. She explained how to write a choose your own adventure story and worked with us to create our own story. We learnt how to bring our ideas together to plan
A reminder that the book week costume parade is tomorrow. It will be from 9.15 – 9.45 in the gymnasium. We are excited to see the Preps transform into their favourite characters!
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Due to the Intensive Swimming program on Friday, BOOK WEEK DRESS UP AND PARADE HAS NOW CHANGED TO THURSDAY 25th AUGUST The BOOK WEEK PARADE is now on Thursday morning. Harry Potter? Billie B. Brown? Tintin? Pippi Longstocking? Whoever your favourite BOOK character is, you need to get busy. On Thursday, August 25th the JSC are having
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Due to the Intensive Swimming program on Friday, BOOK WEEK DRESS UP AND PARADE HAS NOW CHANGED TO THURSDAY 25th AUGUST The BOOK WEEK PARADE is now on Thursday morning. Harry Potter? Billie B. Brown? Tintin? Pippi Longstocking? Whoever your favourite BOOK character is, you need to get busy. On Thursday, August 25th the JSC are having a WHOLE SCHOOL costume
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Dear Family Community, We’re looking to build up a stock of magazines/papers that will be appropriate and engage our Preps. There are some exciting literacy experiences coming up and we would love any help we can get. Thanking you in advance!
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MONDAY Literacy workshops (Guided reading – Pink / Guided reading – Purple / Recount – Teal) SWIMMING Writing – Recount following the Oobleck experiment last week TUESDAY Projects and Provocations Literacy workshops (Guided reading – Teal / Recount writing – Purple / Letter study – Pink) Specialist classes: Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian Green
Due to the Intensive Swimming program on Friday, BOOK WEEK DRESS UP AND PARADE HAS NOW CHANGED TO THURSDAY 25th AUGUST The BOOK WEEK PARADE is now on Thursday morning. Harry Potter? Billie B. Brown? Tintin? Pippi Longstocking? Whoever your favourite BOOK character is, you need to get busy. On Thursday, August 25th the JSC are having a WHOLE SCHOOL costume
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