Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It has been a busy term already with lots of learning and fun had in Prep! We recently presented at our second assembly singing “Lord, I Need You” are reading so well! We were very proud of all the students. We have been practising our running and ball games in morning fitness in preparation for the sports carnival in the coming weeks.

In English we have been learning new initial sounds and some new tricky words. We are learning to blend and segment these sounds and form simple sentences. We are continuing to work well in our literacy “rotation stations” and have begun reading levelled books in this time. We are so proud of the amazing progress students have made already with their reading and writing!

In Maths we have continued to learn all about numbers and what they look like as a digit and using objects. Students have learnt “Friends of 10” and have begun to partition groups into 2 groups. The last couple of weeks have seen us measuring using informal units such as connecting cubes.  As always in Prep, students have continued to participate in lots of hand-on activities to assist in our “learning by doing” philosophy.  

In Religion students have been learning about how Jesus and his friends and family. In HASS we are learning about places and their features. In Science the focus has been on forces where students have build ramps and investigated objects that can roll and slide down. In Health and SEL students are learning about feelings and emotions. Students have been getting great at their AUSLAN signing with Mrs Barber (and have even been teaching me their signs!) They have also been lucky enough to be involved in Rugby and AFL lessons in PE with Mrs Turner.

Some gentle reminders:

• PE day – Thursday with Mrs Turner (Your child will need to wear their sports uniform and shoes).
• Library day – every Wednesday (Students now borrow 2 picture books. Please return books in library bags).
• Homework folders to be brought in on Wednesday’s.

As always, please feel free to contact me via e-mail ttapper@cns.catholic.edu.au or on SeeSaw. Thank-you for your continued support in your child’s learning in Prep this year so far!

Kind Regards,

Mrs Tapper and Miss Chelsie