Preps Would Like to Share…
Amie and Anais
This year we have learned…
Juanita 
Zion 
Ordering number 
Forming letters to write 
Developing a story with a beginning, problem, solution and ending. 
Exploring groups 
Exploring arrays 
Predicting 
Making comparisons and similes 
Decoding 
Reading with fluency 
Reading with expression 
Measuring using informal units 
Drawing from observation 
Understanding our brain 
I can go across the monkey bars by myself! Dexter, Gemma 
Isaac 
Nina 
Eben 
Lincoln 
Finnley 
Eve 
Andy 
Gemma 
Dale 
Louis M 
Aaran 
Dexter 
“I like learning about brains” Frankie
We have developed all kinds of relationships…
Astrid 
Considering our different types of friendships 
Learning buddies 
Play buddies 
Learning groups 
Considering our different types of friendships 
Considering our different types of friendships 
Collaborating with eachother 
Understanding and learning more about ourselves 
Nina 
Zion 
Amie 
Anais 
Otto 
Sylvie 
‘Flexible Friends’ 
“We sorted out who gets the Pokemon card called Pikachu. We traded and we talked to each other.” Dexter and Jasper
Some things we really enjoyed this year were…
Dale 
Experience new and different perspectives 
Developing our capacity to explore and express creativity 
Exploring nature and the world around us 
Communicating in fun and interesting ways
” I really loved construction because I like building and I learned that we need strong stuff to build and you need rocks and pipes to build.” Eben
“I like writing because I like giving the writing to people” Arlo H
“I liked making brains with the clay because I like clay. Brains help us think” Oliver
“I liked construction best because I made a zoo with a hospital! The hospital fixed the hurt animals.” Jesse
“This year I loved drumming, I like the sound of it when we do it in a big group!” Eve
We want our families to know…
Owen 
“We have a Cuddle Monster if we need a little bit of love” Gemma 
“Frankie is my best friend. I learn maths with her, how not to push her and Simon reads us the Twits book!” Lucy 
My school is amazing. I love my school. I love learning. I like mini books! Agnes
“Prep is amazing because there is so much fun learning. I loved learning drumming” Louis E
“I thinking about the Racing Derby…on Grandfathers and Grandmothers Day I will do my set up but maybe my mum and Grandmum won’t be able to come, I only have a Grandmum in Thailand…maybe I can do a video!” Guy
“I want my mum and dad to know about the racing track…they need to know where to find the racing track for the derby. I will make a poster so they know where to watch it from!” Jaya
“Prep is fun and we get to do creativity and we take so much time to study creativity and then we move onto other things!” Nina
“We really get to do different Provocations, my favourite was construction. I learned that Creativity helps us!” Charlie
We are thinking about next year…
“I feel excited about Year 1. I am wondering if I am older (will) it be harder to make Prep friends?” Fabius
“I think Grade 1 is going to be good…we will learn harder stuff like writing longer books…” Sylvie
” I think we are going to Grade 1 just for one day, tomorrow. I think we will have different learning buddies, different materials and…nothing else I don’t think” Charlie
“I’m a bit nervous because I don’t know…it might be a bit too hard and I don’t know which teacher I will get…I also feel a bit excited because I could get Jess and she is really funny!” Elena
“You can make new friends in Grade 1 with some beautiful people and I can see my sister and I can play with her.” Max P
“There is going to be different teachers. I feel good about that but it will be a bit more boring because there might be less play.” Aaran
“Thank you for reading our blog, Thank you for looking at how we have done our Math and other classes and our friends” Saskia and Oscar