Week 2

We started off the week for Inquiry by the children being given a puzzle piece. The students had to find other people with similar pieces then in their groups put the puzzle together. We then brainstormed what the puzzles could be about. There was a bowl of dog food, a cage, a meerkat and an elephant. We had a discussion about how they all related to animals. This began our new Inquiry focus 'Cool creatures!'. We were very lucky and went on a whole school excursion to Melbourne Zoo on Wednesday. We had an amazing day seeing so many different animals! Here is one photo of us at the end of our day! More photos coming soon!

On Friday morning we started the day with a special ANZAC day liturgy outside with the whole school. We have been learning about Anzac day this week in our class. We read a special book called ' My Grandfather marches on Anzac Day'. We looked at some pictures of soldiers and discussed how brave the soldiers were. The letters 'ANZAC' stand for 'Australian and New Zealand Army Corps'. The students were very lucky and were given a special Anzac medal and sticker today to honour it being 100 years since the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli.

On Monday we will be making Anzac biscuits- ' The original ANZAC biscuit was known as a wafer and was part of the rations given to the soldiers during World War 1. They were given instead of bread because they lasted a lot longer.

Mass and pattern songs/videos we have been using the last two weeks you might like to watch at home!

Maths week 1 & 2

For the first two weeks back at school our focus in Maths has been investigating patterns using a variety of materials. We have learnt that a pattern is something that repeats over and over again. In Measurement and Geometry we have been focusing on measuring Mass. We have been comparing the different weight of everyday objects using the appropriate language: heavier than, lighter than, and the same as.

Here are a few photos of the students creating patterns using blocks, shapes,peg boards, playing a pattern bingo game and completing pattern activities on the computer. They are working so well in their independent groups! We also created our own Easter Egg pictures using patterns..photo coming soon!

 We used scales to lift objects around the classroom and to measure the objects in our lunchboxes to see what was the heaviest and the lightes

Term 2 Week 1

Welcome back to Term 2! We have had a fantastic start back to the term. The Preps are all settled back into school routines and eager for more exciting learning. On the first day back the students were very excited to discover the Easter Bunny had been during the holiday and delivered an egg into their Easter baskets they had made on the last day of term .

On the last day of term the students were given a special brown paper bag to collect three items during the holidays to bring in to share with the class. On the first day back the students shared their 'holiday bags' with a buddy. It was interesting hearing about all the things they had done during the holidays. The movie tickets, football tickets, photos were great reminders to help the students to share their holiday fun. They then used these items to write a recount about three special things they did in the holidays.

For one of our Writing sessions this week we had a look at Autumn leaves and trees. We read a poem about Autumn. We then described Autumn time. We published our first piece of writing to go up onto the wall. Come into the classroom and see our Autumn tree with our excellent Writing!

Happy Easter!

Congratulations preps you have survived your very first term at school and deserve a holiday! You have done so well, settling in, making friends, having fun and doing lots of learning! The term went so fast!  During our last week we went on a tour around the school and had a look at the Stations of the Cross. Each class created one of the stations. We learnt about the events of Holy Week.

We had a fun last day of Term 1 hopping like an Easter bunny, describing what a bunny look likes and creating our own Easter baskets. I wonder if the Easter bunny will come into school in the holidays!!

Thank-you so much to the parents who have helped in the classroom this term. You have been fantastic! Thank-you for your continued support with helping your child reading at home, practising golden words and alphabet letters and sounds.

It was great meeting with you for parents evening, thank-you for coming along.

Have a restful, enjoyable Easter break see you in Term 2-Monday 13th April.

A few Literacy snaps from the end of term 1

We are fantastic Writers! I love the way Prep J are now having a go at their Writing independently. You are stars! We are still practising our Golden sight words. Remember to practise at home with your cards, writing and reading them!

St Patrick's day!

On Tuesday 17th March we celebrated St Patrick's day at school. We had a fun day making and eating green jelly, dancing like a leprechaun and making our very own shamrock men with our buddies. We were 'Shamrocking!'