Prep R M & S

The teachers from Prep R & M have prepared this update about the activities in Term 4. Enjoy!

Prep S is focusing on authors and illustrators. The authors are Mem Fox, Bob Graham, Graeme Base, Pamela Allen, Eric Carle and Maurice Sendak.

During term 3 the Preps have ben investigating and conducting scientific experiments.

A visit from a scientist from the CSIRO with a van full of science experiments was a great hit. The children were particularly excited about the balancing birds.

CSIRO visit

One focus of the science unit was how things change. The children made their own ice cream and were fascinated at how quickly the liquid turned into ice. It tasted fantastic!

Ice cream preparation

As a culminating activity the children worked in small groups to design, plan, construct and demonstrate an invention of their own.

Inventions

For a Father's Day treat the children invited their dads, grandads and some mums worked together to make a trivet. The crew from Bunnings were on hand to help out.

Fathers day celebration

This term at Prep we are focussing on the development of the children’s oral language and encouraging effective storytelling through traditional literature – nursery rhymes and fairy / folk tales. Each week we will be exploring a well known rhyme and story in class and providing a variety of connected learning experiences.

Rhymes and Fairy/folk tales are part of our literary heritage. The repetitive nature of children’s rhymes are important to help children learn vocabulary, intonation patterns and the rhythm of the language. Fairy tales and children's stories can provide an introduction into character development and creating simple story structure.

As the culminating activity, the children will choose a character to dress- up as and display the term’s work. The proposed day for the culminating activity is Wednesday 24 June.

As a culminating activity to our wonderful term two unit on Fairy Tales and Nursery rhymes, the prep children invited their parents along for a fun filled afternoon.

The parents were amazed by the children’s work on the computer reproducing a favourite nursery rhyme and drawing the pictures to accompany it.

The children had also made a castle, bridge or Cinderella’s slipper from clay and then decorated the item.

During the term the prep children participated in the 30 days of drawing program and displayed their work as well as asking their parents to also participate in a drawing activity.

The parents and children alike loved the afternoon of events and are keen to do it all again in term 3.

Below is a link to the Powerpoint presentation given at the Prep Parent Information Evening . It contains much of the information parents need to know for Prep 2009.
Prep Powerpoint (Please be patient while loading).

Prep R



Prep M