Dear Parents, A gentle reminder to please ensure our trucks stay in the Prep Neighbourhood courtyard at the end of the day and are not used after 2.30pm. There have been a number of occasions where they have been left in the sand pit or in front of the courtyard gate over night. Please support us by reminding people […]

Mathematics: Number sequencing to 10 and beyond Matching numerals with words Ordinal numbers Subitizing – recognising collections of dots as a number Reading: Shared reading experiences with Big Books. There is a focus on strategies that can support reading. For example – using illustrations, rhyming words, making predictions and following the repetition Guided reading, buddy reading, independent and

If you would like to have a chat with your children’s teachers regarding their learning or their wellbeing, you can arrange a meeting after school at 3:40-3:55 or in the morning at 8:30-8:45. Teachers will not be available during certain days due to meetings and prior engagements.          

Dear Parents, A word list has been sent home today. As beginner readers, the Preps are encouraged to build their word recognition of commonly used words. The word list outlines the 12 most common words that children will encounter when reading. It is important that the children learn these words in a meaningful context, as this supports

On Tuesday, the Prep Neighbourhood were organised into some new groups for Buddy time. The 3 groups are Stars, Moons and Planets. The Preps participated in an activity that will rotate each week.  Reading response: Buddies help the preps select a book and then read through it with them. Afterwards, they work on a response for their Readers’

On Monday last week, we had our Chinese New Year mini inquiry. The children had the opportunity to explore and engage with provocations that focused on this event. Tomo read the story of the Chinese Zodiac to the Neighbourhood and we watched an interesting animation of the great race where the animals were actually Chinese

In numeracy this week, the students were asked to use a timetable to help organise a life event. They were given the choice of attending one of the following events happening in Melbourne this Saturday: Pop-up Illustration Station at the Kids Big Book Spectacular at The State Library on Sat 13th Feb, 11:30am http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/kids-big-book-spectacular OR

Literacy In our Literacy workshops this week the students viewed the graphic novel “The Arrival” by Shaun Tan and considered the connections they make with a text. These connections may be between the text and their lives, the text and others texts and the text and the world. The students also considered how the text

The inter-house swimming carnival will occur next Thursday (18/02) so all students are reminded to bring in their blue permission forms. The 5/6 Team

7:30 Report – Australian teenagers control NASA operations on International Space Station The Space industry in Silicon Valley draws the best and brightest Australian programmers who dream of the stars and top flight tech careers. But few get the chance to control operations in outer-space like this group of Australian teenage boys. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4405015.htm