Monday, 30 November 2015

Home readers

Hi PPH Parents, 

I'm so proud of how each child has progressed in their reading and the hard work they have all put in learning many of their sight words this semester. 

This week all home readers and library books will need to be returned ready for our librarian to scan them back in before the holidays. No more readers will be given out. This doesn't mean stop reading time all together. Please keep reading to your child or let them practise reading to you from books from the local library or stories online ( star fall.com and reading eggs). 
Please keep revising your child's sight words every night. The clear folder was sent home today. By now most of the children have their purple set of words. The following sets are what your child is expected to know or to be exposed to by the end of Pre-Primary. 

Set 0ne: 
at
and
it
on
in

Set Two:
I
a
from
this 
with 

Set Three: 
that
is
as
for 
his 

Set Four: 
to
be
he
of
was

Set Five: 
the
have
you
They
are

Extra words we use all the time in our daily writing, reading and speaking activities: 
look, see, my, here, mum, dad and went. 

Next blog will inform you about reading eggs which is an exciting online resource that your child can use now until the end of term,over the holidays and for Year One. 

Thank you for your support. I can't believe the children are nearly Year One's. 

:)Miss Horrocks 



Monday, 23 November 2015

Fire truck School Visit


On Friday the Local voleenter firefighters came to visit both
Pre-Primary classes. They did an excellent job showing us the ' big red truck' and telling us all about fire and rescue. The children were taught all about the equipment and their uses and important fire safety information. The Pre-Primaries even got to be little fire fighters and hold the 30 metre long hose. Phil, Mike and the team spoke very well and I was very proud of the children's listening manners and questioning skills. 

We are very lucky to have these firefighters in out community helping us stay safe. 

Thank you fire fighters for coming to visit us!

Love PPH and PPB. 





 


























Star Citizen for term 4


Congratulations to Avalon Paterson for demonstrating the value of excellence this term. She received the star citizen award for the effort she puts into all her work. Well done Avie! 


Sunday, 22 November 2015

Week 6 merit certificates




Congratulations to Lilly who received a merit certificate at Friday's Assembly. Laura was the only birthday girl in the school. Happy 6th birthday Laura! 

PPH would like to welcome the Jordan family to OLC and Haylee to our classroom. Haylee received a merit certificate for the beautiful way she is settling into PPH. 



Thursday, 5 November 2015

New Fruit time Routine


NEW FRUIT TIME

5th,November, 2015

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Starting in Week 5, Tuesday the 10th of November, the Pre-Primaries are changing to lunch box recess. This is so the children can use their lunch boxes independently ready for Year One.

Please can you pack a piece of fruit everyday with an extra healthy snack for recess time in your child’s lunch box. We will not be needing a piece of shared fruit for the whole class anymore. If your child would like their fruit in slices can you please slice it at home.

It makes it easier for the children if their recess in placed in a different compartment of their lunch box or in a separate container.  This is so they don’t get confused between their lunch and recess.

We will still be sitting the children in fruit groups so we don’t lose this important opportunity for oral language and social development.

We still require parent help in the mornings to help with our morning literacy and numeracy program. 

Thank you for your support.

PPH and PPB.