Term 2 star citizen

It's always difficult to choose just one Pre-Primary to receive an award. We could choose the whole class. 

We value Appreciation at OLC:  
Well done to Mahley Garcia for receiving the star citizen for showing appreciation this Term.  

   

from Miss Horrocks, Mrs Peacock and Mrs Jackson.

 





 

Family Camp

Don't forget to get in fast for Family Camp!!!! Notes went home in your child's bag or to their older sibling in the school.

Term 2: Week Four in PPH

Let's step into week 4:


Literacy: Listening to a familiar fairytale and learning how to remember the main parts to develop sequencing and retelling skills. As a class, we discussed the setting, the characters, beginning, middle and ending of the story. I love hearing the rich discussion that comes from a shared big book experience. 

Spelling: Revising set Three letter sounds: f l o u g b and moving onto set Four; w, j,v, x,y, z, q. The main focus sounds were g for goat and w for water. The children have started to use their knowledge of their sounds to blend together to hear and make small words.

Grace and Georgie made our sound tree. 

Numeracy: The children have been learning the concepts before and after. They made their own number line to write the numbers 0-10 in the correct order. They are practising learning the count on strategy where you can count onwards from any number in the 1-10 number line. Sometimes we have to go further as PPH are getting too clever at their counting. 

Science: life and living Strand: The children are starting their investigation on " how to grow a broad bean". They planted their beans and we talked about the things a living plant needs in order for healthy growth . These beans are going to be observed every week as they grow. The children get to record and measure the changes. We hope to have a tall beanstalk like in Jack and the beanstalk.

This week's fairytale focus was " The Three Billy Goats Gruff". Check out the fun learning experiences that were carried out during the week to get to know and understand the story. 

Big book reading and animation version 

Music 

 Retell through dramatisation

Picture story map

Character and setting artwork. 

Sensory table 

Sometimes we just have fun when a situation arrives...

Award card winners Term 2, Week 4

Last week's award card winners for their hard work and wonderful efforts in PPH were;

Rafferty Carter

Laura Jenson

Jaz Currie 

Violet Turner 

Term One's wonderful workers were not included in the blog. They were;

Nina Hutton

Joe chapman

Grace Bateman 

Cooper Bidesi 

Luca York received the star citizen for showing the school value of "compassion".  

Well done to all these superstars! 

WEEKLY FRIENDLY REMINDERS TERM TWO

TUESADYS: Library bags are returned

TUESDAYS: Comprehension clear bags are returned. DON'T FORGET


WEDNESDAYS: a new comprehension book is given out to allow time for librarian to change books.

Show and Tell days have remained the same: roster is on parent information board to remind and prepare children. ( Term 1 fruit groups) 

TERM TWO LETTER SOUNDS:   f  l  o  u  g b
                            w  j  v  y  q  x  z
                                 

Public Holiday: Monday the 8th of June

More of our Mother's Day fun

More Mother's Day fun...

Comprehension Packs: let's have fun with books

"Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to (1) decode what they read; (2) make connections between what they read and what they already know; and (3) think deeply about what they have read".

It all starts in the early years...

Dear PPH Parents,

A note went home in your child’s bag today regarding our Comprehension packs. The packs contain a clear zip lock bag with a story book and a set of questions.Each child will receive a new book every Tuesday to take home for a shared reading experience.

Why:  

Learning to read involves much more than just recognising and sounding out words on a page. Children can learn to memorise and repeat words all day long but if they don’t have the necessary comprehension skills they won’t be able to continue being successful independent readers. When children understand whats been read to them, they can make predictions of what may happen next, follow the story structure easier, make connections with the text and have ago at decoding unfamiliar words more sucessfully. 

 

What to do:

Talk to your child about the cover page of the book first. Read the title. Then you might ask, What do you think the story might be about? Where is it? Who may be in the story?  

Then read each page out aloud to your child. Have the question sheet close by ready to ask the question related to each page. This will allow your child to listen as a parent monitors their understanding of the text and illustrations.  

You may choose to read or talk about the story first then go back for a second reading and ask the questions. The child has the book for a week so it’s important to share the book more than once and see what your child can remember about the story. 

 

Below is a picture of what is in the zip lock bag that will be sent home. A new book will be given out every Tuesday on library day. Your child will get a book out for library in their green bag and be given their comprehension pack in their clear zip lock bag.

To make it easier both book bags can be brought back to school every Monday ready  for Tuesday. This means, each book can be kept for a week.

If a comprehension bag is not brought back, your child won’t receive a new one and it muddles up the whole numbering system ready for the next child to have a different book. 

 

 

     

Happy sharing and taking!

Thank you for your support,

Miss Horrocks