End of Prep Party!
If you can come early to help with the set up – head to the Railway House at 12. Many thanks!
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Grandparents’ Day notice
Dear Parents, It is Grandparents’ Day tomorrow! We understand that some Grandparents cannot attend for various reasons and we welcome other important people to join in the festivities. Please bring a plate to share – drop it off at to the gym foyer and our wonderful parent helpers will take care of it. 9.30 –
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Learning Focus Week 10
Literacy This week’s focus will be on writing recounts of our trip to Como House. We will explore how we explain what has happened using chronological order and sequence all of the great things we did on the excursion. Children will use paragraphs to break up their recounts and keep an eye out on the
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Wednesday’s Como House
The second group also had a wonderful day. The concepts of the past were amazing to explore and compare to life of today. The garden games were really fun and added a massive element of fun to the excursion. Inside the house we learnt that the children had to ask special permission (through Nanny only!)
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5/6 MAD Project
As part of the Year 5/6 Students’ MAD (Making a Difference) Projects, one group is focusing on Human body. Along with building their leadership skills, the students would like to make a difference by teaching different sports to our Preps. They will be focusing skills development, team work and building their understanding of the rules
Prep Assembly
Due to changes in the assembly timetable, the Prep assembly has been moved to Friday the 9th of December. We will be sharing the time slot with the Year 2 neighbourhood.
WEEK 9 HAPPENINGS
MONDAY Letters to buddies Projects and Provocations / Maths Target: Circles Literacy target groups TUESDAY Projects and Provocations / Maths Target: Triangles Literacy target groups Specialist classes: Red – Italian and Phys. Ed Blue – Visual Art and Italian Green – Physical Education Buddy time WEDNESDAY Projects and provocations / Maths Target: Rectangles Word processing
Tuesday’s Como House
The first group has had a wonderful day at Como House. We worked through for different activities and investigated how the past can help us make decisions about the future. We learnt about how life was for children and servants as well as for the rich owners of Como House.
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Thirsty Flowers Assembly
A big congratulations to all of the year 1 students for Friday’s assembly! We had singing, acting and shadow puppets! Tim was the mastermind behind the whole show – so he deserves a huge pat on the back. Some videos were captured of the Broadway- worthy performance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxS6nCJF2o8
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The exploding lunch bag!
Last week in Science, the Preps took part in a messy but super exciting experiment called The Exploding Lunch Bag. What you will need: 1/2 cup vinegar Sandwich size ziplock bag Bicarb soda A tissue As we listed each material the preps hypothesised what they believe may happen to the different materials once they are each
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