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Teddy Bear’s Picnic

The Teddy Bear’s picnic is a tradition at Princes Hill Primary School. Every year, the Preps venture out of the school together for the first time as a Neighbourhood and have a picnic at the Railway Park. Family and friends of the Prep Neighbourhood (along with the Teddy Bears or special toys) are invited to

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WEEK 5 Learning Focus

Mathematics:  Numbers are made up of two or more parts (part-part-whole) Subitising (recognising how many are in a collections) Counting forwards and backwards Days of week. Reading: Shared reading experiences with Big Books. There is a focus on learning strategies that can support their reading. For example – using illustrations, rhyming words, making predictions and following

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Week 5 Happenings

MONDAY Learning Agreement Red begin in Learning Commons Blue begin in Maths / Performance space Green begin in Art Studio Writing, Mathematics and Reading workshops Buddy Reading time: One year 5 buddy reads with a small group of Preps; sharing a selection of their favourite story books. TUESDAY Specialist classes Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian Green Group:

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Writing today

The children had a writing workshop today. We started off discussing the the purpose of reflection writing.  They are reflecting on they achieved during learning agreement time and communicating it to the teacher. They participated in a modelled writing experience of  ‘Today I….’. Key points we discussed were the placement of the writing on the page,

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Happenings

As part of Internet Safety Week we have been discussing ways of being cyber-safe. Some of the issues discussed include maintaining privacy online and password safety. A very useful resource can be found at http://global2.vic.edu.au/tips-and-tricks/ The 5/6 Team

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