Prep Parent Information Night

Term 1 - What are we learning about in Prep?

English
Reading

looking at pictures, picture books and nursery

rhymes

develop letter sound knowledge- phonemic awareness

Jolly Phonics program- please see flyer

sight words as per Jolly Phonics program

Nursery Rhymes and rhyming words

Writing

annotated drawings and paintings

handwriting

fine motor program

Speaking and Listening

Show and tell presentations My favourite toy (History)

My family (History)
My favourite food (Science)
My family pet/favourite animal (Science)
Science
Living and Non Living

identify the needs of living things; plants, animals

and people

investigate the needs of living things

respond to questions about living things, make

observations and explore the needs of living things

share their observations and ideas about living

things through discussions and drawings

lifecycles, grass head person and sunflower seeds

Maths

explore numbers to 20

identify attributes of objects, including length,

mass, capacity and time, and sort and classify
objects based on their attributes

sort, describe and name familiar 2-D shapes and 3-D

objects, and describe the position and movement of
these objects

connect days of the week to familiar events and

actions

answer yes/no questions to collect data

Mathletics and Rainbow Maths

History
All About Me and My Family

looking at ourselves

who the people are in our families

where we were born and raised

how family members are related to each other

pose questions about the past

sequence events in order

Religion

The sign of the cross and class prayers

Who is Jesus?

MJR- Making Jesus Real. The Making Jesus Real

program is centred around the belief that we are
the image of Jesus to all those around us. We are
His representatives and our actions should reflect
His values. These include our schools Habits of the
Heart: love, hope, remembering, perseverance,
generosity and tolerance

GTS - how we Greet, Treat and Speak to

Others (classroom covenants)

Lent/Easter From Ashes to Easter

Geography
What are places like?

where people live and places they belong to

familiar features of places, i.e. similarities

why they are important to people

Children explore the places they live in and are

connected to in their local area:
School
Home
Shops
Playgrounds/Parks

Health

Integrated Arts

2 hours Integrated Arts per week with Mrs Gray

includes dance, drama, music, visual
arts and media

and Physical Education

30 minute lesson every week with Mrs Davidson
Perceptual motor skills program
30 minute skipping lesson every week with Dance
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