Term: 3 Year Level: Prep Important Dates: Friday 3rd August- School Closure Friday 23rd August- Book Day Thursday 12th September- Art Show Friday 13th September- Prep Mass Thursday 19th September- Parent Exchange 2-7pm (End of Term) Friday 20th September- Parent Exchange 8.30-1pm Reminders:

● Welcome Mrs Lombardo to the Prep team as she has replaces Mrs Assetta in Prep G.

● While it’s fantastic to see parents so eager to help, a gentle reminder that children must unpack their bags, reader bags and lunch boxes

themselves in the morning.

● PREP G Library on a Monday

● PREP B Library on a Friday

● Thank you to all of the parent helpers that have been coming into the classroom from 8.30 to help children practise their common words. We ask

that parents do not to test their own child’s words. They must also have their bag of words with them, please do not test off their worksheet.

Rosie Evans, Samantha Signorelli , Vanessa Assetta & Domenica Lombardo

Central Idea:

The Communities we belong to support the

way we live.

Lines of Inquiry: An inquiry into.. The variety of people and services in our community. How the people and places in our community work together to support us What makes a safe and working community.

Subject Focus: Numeracy Focus: Statistics and Probability Number

English Focus: Reading

Writing

Overview:

● Make and identify patterns. ● Time- Identify the features of a clock &

hour intervals

● Place value ● Compare, Order and make numbers to

20. ● Identifying numbers one more/one less

in the number range 0 to 20. ● Counting by 10’s ● Addition and subtraction

Preps will continue to:

● Explore a variety of reading strategies through whole class big books and small guided reading sessions

● Continue to work on our letter, sound and word recognition when reading

● Break/segment words and sentences up into parts

We will continue to work on:

● Hearing and recording sounds in words

● Writing recounts and use a variety of sentence starters to practice other genres of writing e.g. descriptions

● Handwriting focussing on the correct formation of letters and correct pencil grip

● Descriptions

Religious Education:

The church is a special place in our

community where we gather as a Parish

family.

An inquiry into.. Who belongs to our Parish Community? What happens in the Church? Important objects and symbols in the Church

Speaking & Listening

The preps will continue to work on:

● Sitting and concentrating on the floor for a sustained period of time

● Speaking to peers through formal and informal sharing sessions

● Making eye contact and speaking in a clear, loud voice.

In this unit students learn about the Parish Community. They explore the concept of belonging. They begin to identify religious imagery, the church building and its furnishings, and the gestures used in liturgy. They learn about the name and location of the local parish, and the role of the priest in the parish. They also explore the Sacrament of Baptism through a focus on key liturgical actions and objects used and identify that through Baptism we welcomed as members of the Church

Central Idea:

A supportive work environment is essential to the

development of our creativity

Lines of Inquiry: Considerations when working in a Visual Arts room How the Visual Arts room supports the development of our creativity Maintaining a supportive Visual Arts room environment

Subject Area: VISUAL ARTS

Overview: We consider the Visual Arts room not only a place for students to create artwork; instead it’s considered as a place for freedom of expression, for exploring possibilities, for challenging creativity and for promoting inquiry. We use the learning opportunities offered under the transdisciplinary theme “How We organize ourselves” to engage students collectively in realizing this vision of a shared creative space by offering students opportunities to build the Visual Arts room. This term students will have an opportunity to create Papier Mache Friendly Box

Monster Sculptures - (three-dimensional art forms that come in different shapes, sizes, textures, and forms). Students will play & investigate construction materials learn about different mediums, and explore some techniques. They will learn about different works of art and find out how artists can communicate their ideas and feelings through their work, as well as discover places you might see a sculpture and get inspired to create their own Friendly Box Monster.

Central Idea:

We can develop a

range of fundamental movement skills

through a variety of activities.

Lines of Inquiry: - An inquiry into following

instructions and being aware of others during a game.

- An inquiry into using movement skills (fine and gross motor) in a variety of activities.

- An inquiry into different movements that can be linked to create sequences.

- An inquiry into displaying creative movements in response to different stimuli.

Subject Area: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Overview: Students will develop their confidence, persistence and their ability to understand and communicate about their experiences. They will participate in activities with gross motor skills such as jumping, crawling and skipping and also hand eye coordination activities such as catching and throwing.

Central Idea:

We express ourselves in many ways.

Lines of Inquiry:

- How to recognise and reproduce the sounds and rhythms of spoken French

- How to use simple language and gestures for exchanges with others in our classroom

Subject Area: FRENCH

Overview: Students are continuing to look at colours through our “At the Beach” unit. Students will also learn to talk about how they feel using simple French language.

Central Idea:

The communities we belong to support the way we live.

Lines of Inquiry: An inquiry into: -ways we can communicate using our voice, facial expression, movement and space to improvise characters and situations. - different roles of people and services in our community.

Subject Area: PERFORMING ARTS

Overview: In Performing Arts this term the students will be exploring a variety of people in our community who help us. Through their own observations and experiences they will role play different scenarios involving these helpers. For example, postal workers, shop assistants, doctors, etc. The students will use a variety of props to accompany their role plays.

Central Idea: Reading and responding to books assists us to grow as learners.

Lines of Inquiry: An inquiry into: ~How we can use books to help us learn ~How we can use information from the book to respond creatively and develop ideas

Subject Area: DISCOVERY

Overview: In Discovery this term students will be reading and responding to a range of picture story books that featured in the Book Week 2019 Celebrations. They will respond to these texts both creatively and by using various ‘thinking’ strategies.

Focusing on the Media Arts curriculum, students will also explore and respond to media artworks by describing ideas, characters, settings and stories.