Week 1, Term 4

Welcome back to school Prep Green Families! I cannot believe this is our last term for the year!

I hope you and the children have had a relaxing and reenergising 2 weeks break.

This term is a very important time in supporting our children in transitioning into year one. The best way you can support your child are promoting and giving your child opportunities to be INDEPENDENT. Year one is a big transition for our little ones and we want to support them as much as possible.

Term 4 is very busy and will go extremely fast. Please make sure you are reading the school newsletter each fortnight to stay up to date with different happenings around the school.

The Parent Portal, Facebook and Twitter page as well as the School Newsletter will provide multiple dates of exciting events taking place at St Bernardine's over the next 9 weeks.

Week 1: October 8th - First Day of Term 4!

Week 2: October 15th - Miss Dale joins Prep Green fulltime for two weeks as a student teacher

Week 3: October 22nd - Student Free Day (teachers at a professional learning day)

Week 3: October 23rd - 2019 Prep Orientation Day (new students and siblings)

Week 6: November 14th - Prep Green Assembly 2:20pm in Siena Hall

Week 8: November 27th - Concert at 6pm in Siena Hall

Week 9: December 5th - Report Cards, Portfolio, 2019 Year 1 letter sent home

Week 9: December 7th - Last day of the 2018 school year!!!! Students finish at 11:30am

Term 4 Curriculum Overview

English: READING, READING READING!

- continuing with developing phonological awareness

- revisiting new sounds

- Sight Words

- writing for a purpose

- comprehension

- letter formation

- correct structure of a sentence e.g. capital letters, full stops, fingers spaces and editing work

Mathematics:

- Mental computation

- Numbers 1 - 20

- Subitising

- Capacity

- Volume

- Simple addition

Religion:

- Classroom prayers

- Joseph the Dreamer

- David and Goliath

- Birth of Jesus

HASS

- mapping

- recognising familiar places

Science

- how do things move?

- properties and materials

- investigating sinking and floating

Health/Personal and Social Capabilities:

- exploring emotions

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Library will be on Wednesday (WELCOME BACK MRS SHIELDS)

PE and Music will continue on Mondays and Thursdays

This week:

Monday: Welcome back Prep Green, PE and Music

Please return your child's portfolios and KIT Folders

Tuesday: School Banking

Wednesday: Library Borrowing

Assembly at 2:20pm

Thursday: PE and Music

Friday: Consolidating our learning

Have a lovely week!

Miss Ritchie x