Prep Information Evening 2018

“Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. Childhood is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child.”

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Miss Anthea Cain

Miss Katrina Hartley

Miss Alycia Palermo

Mrs Anne Thompson

Introduction to the 2018 Prep Team

The Prep students are learning the routines of school

Getting to know new buddies (peers, Year 6)

Beginning specialist classes

Learning new faces

Adapting to changes at school

Tiredness

Lunchboxes

Prep update

• Developing connections and relationships with teachers and peers - social and emotional

• Circle Time – co-operative games, setting Class Values

• We focus on our school values –Respect, Relationships, Responsibility, Resilience

The first few weeks of school

9.00 Investigations – personalised learning

10.40 Recess

11.10 English / Mathematics

1.00 Lunch

1.50 English / Mathematics

3.30 Dismissal

Specialist lessons – 4 x 50 minute block, once a week

A typical day in Prep…

Victorian Curriculum - State-wide standards that we use to:

• http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/

Planning

Term Planner

Statement of Intent (SOI)

Weekly Planners

Curriculum

Knowledge, skills and behaviours developed in:

• English (Reading and Viewing, Writing, Speaking and Listening)

• Mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, Statistics and Probability)

• The Arts (Visual Art and Performing Arts)

• Technologies (Design and Technology, Digital Technology)

• Health and Physical Education (Movement and Physical Activity)

• Humanities (History, Geography)

• Science (Biological, Chemical, Physical, Earth and Space)

• Language – (Japanese)

Prep Curriculum

• Focus children• Reporter and Photographer• 4 days a week

Lesson Structure:• Tuning in• Investigations• Reflection• Reset

Investigations

• Confidence with number 0-9

• Trusting the count

• Hands on activities

• Playing maths games

• Small focus groups

• What you can do at home – real life connections to maths

• Instant recognition of dot patterns – Subitising

Maths

• By "chunking" information, subitising contributes to early forms

of grouping. The process of subitising can also be used with

seeing parts of the whole number. (e.g. 2 and 1 is 3)

Subitising

Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension

• Reading

• Big Books, book boxes, take-home readers, decodables, sound pack

• CAFÉ – Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, Expanding Vocabulary

• Writing

• Communicating ideas (drawing pictures, role playing, story telling)

• Handwriting – beginning from the correct position for each letter

• Victorian Modern Cursive (School Writing)

• Dotted thirds (later in Term 3)

• Speaking and Listening

• Circle Time

• Whole Body Listening

• Investigations – tuning in and reflection

English‘Have a go you never know’

Sound Pack: Explicit instruction in the classroom Practised and consolidated at home Sequence of sounds will be provided to parents each fortnight in your child’s reading pouch

(Mondays)

Memory Words: Sequence of memory words will be provided to parents each fortnight in your child’s reading

pouch (Mondays)

Handwriting App: rED writing – learn to write

Goal: Automaticity

Sound Pack, Memory Words & Handwriting App

Sound pack at the end of year

When your child can independently read simple repetitive texts within the

classroom, they will receive take-home books to practise reading at home.

Read to, with and in front of your child to develop their oral language and

comprehension skills (take-home books and other books of interest)

Look at the pictures (to support comprehension)

Predict what the picture, page or book is about

Point out repetitive words

Play games

Use silly voices

Reading at home with your child

• Maths and English Interviews (created from data collected from Wednesday assessment - DEECD)

• Running Records

• Observational records

• SPA – Student Performance Analyser

• SEAPART – Phonemic Awareness assessment

• Student reports – June and December (available via Compass)

Tracking your child’s progress

• Communication Board – Please check regularly for updates near the mosaic wall at the beginning of the Prep Learning Centre.

• Compass – our online communication platform

• Our weekly newsletter: Stop Press

• Statement of Intent (SOI) posted on website

• Term newsletters posted on website

• BPS website - ongoing updated information about school organisation, policies and a school calendar

• Facebook - photos and news items about events at school

Community EngagementSchool and student happenings

• Parent Representatives – for each Prep class

• Open classrooms throughout the year

• Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences June and December

• Assembly – 3pm Fridays

Community EngagementTeachers and Parents

• School Council and sub committees including Education, Finance, Buildings and Grounds and Marketing and Communication

• Parent Club including class parent representatives, support for community events during the year and fundraising, Garden Club, BFAC

Parent/Community Involvement

• Phone calls – 9589 2619

• Emails – beaumaris.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

• After school catch ups – Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

How to Contact Us