Week 4 and 5 in PREP O

How time flies when you are having fun. I can’t believe it’s Week 4 already. (Now week 5)We are very busy learning in the classroom and playing outside. On Monday we go to Music and Sport. On Tuesday we got to Italian. Thursday is our Library Day



SCHOOL PHOTOS THIS MONDAY!!!!

Make sure you are on time and looking your very best for school photos this Monday. It will be a very busy day with photos and an Indoor Assembly as well.



Responding with Wonderment and Awe – Term 1 Inquiry Unit


We will be starting our Inquiry Unit ‘Responding with Wonderment and Awe’ at the end of this week which will take us through to the end of term. During this unit the students will be able to observe and explore many science activities to learn more about how things might work, the world we live in and trying new things.

Some things they may explore are floating and sinking, yabbies, cars and ramps, juggling with scarves, musical instruments and shaving cream. It is essential that they have their art smock (labelled clearly with their name) so they may participate in all of the activities.



PMP

PMP (Perceptual Motor Program) provides activities designed to improve children’s perceptual awareness through motor skills. It enables children to become more efficient users of their bodies and it enhances their learning readiness. Activities include body awareness, eye/hand, eye/foot co-ordination, balance and ball skills.

We will be running activities from this program on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings until the end of term. A huge thank you to all of the parents who have volunteered their time to help us run this, it is only with your help that it can work.




Library

We have been going to the library on Thursday after lunch to read and borrow books. If you haven’t brought your library bag to school yet, remember to bring it for Thursday so you can borrow a book to take home.



Home Reading

Each child now has their Home Reading bag. They are a bright gold yellow and have reading record books inside (the Yellow Book). Please keep a daily record of your child’s reading in the Yellow Book. There are instructions on how to fill it in on the first few pages of the book. Please make sure you write in the date and title of the book every day.



Fruitilicious Fridays

The school is providing fruit for the Preps to eat on Fridays as part of our Fruitilicious Friday program. A different fruit is provided each week to encourage children to taste and enjoy a range of this healthy snack. (I hear we are having nectarines) This program will run for the first half of the year. So far we have tasted apples and bananas.



Fruit or Vegetables in the classroom

Children are allowed to eat fresh RAW fruit and vegetables at anytime in class. Please ensure your child has some of this brain food with them everyday.



Water bottles

Please ensure your child brings a named water bottle to school each day so that they can have a drink in class throughout the day.


Butterflies

Our caterpillars are growing bigger by the day and we will soon put some photos up for you to see. They are quickly munching their way through all of the lemon tree leaves Miss Box bring to school for them.



The caterpillars were black, brown and white when they were smaller but they are now green and HUGE! We’re watching to see any changes. They are growing very quickly – almost 5cm long already! I am baby sitting over the weekend so I’m hoping Basil the naughty cat does not show any interest in them!!!!!

UPDATE !!!!!! We had a metamorphosis over the weekend. We now have chrysalis. We are wondering if it will take 4 weeks before the butterflies appear and how they will grow and get out.



Notices

We’re still waiting for some notices to be returned

Please return notices to the classroom teacher as soon as possible for:

• Parent Helper Term 1 form

• Permission form for child’s image to appear in the newsletter, website or class blog

• Class Contact list

• School photo order form

• Religious Education permission form, please note that if a note is not returned asking for an exclusion your child will attend the R.E. session



Hope you have a great week!

Mrs O

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