Photo day

DON'T forget school photos on Thursday.

Please bring your form in prior to this day.

Make sure your little darlings look neat and tidy!!!!! Please have them wear their 'whitest' pair of shoes and all must have their ruby jumper on this day.


Thank you,

Miss Horrocks.

BOOK WEEK DAY

      Our PPH family

Play time with our PPB friends

 

Thank you Mrs Meyer for our wonderful morning and all your hard work organising Book Week.

 

 

 

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL DAD'S ON SUNDAY.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MANY DADS AT THE BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY.

Week 6 merit certificates

The merit award recipients for this week were; Ellie Richardson, Avalon Patterson and Matilda Verhoeff. Well done to these Pre- Primaries who worked hard this week to make PPH a safe and happy place to learn. 

Happy Birthday to our classroom birthday twins; Rhavi Howard and Grace Bateman. Can't believe  they're 6. 

Father's day Breaky

To all PPH families,

That time of the year has arrived when we get to show our appreciation for our wonderful Dads.
OLC  will be putting on a Father's day " HOT" breakfast at 7.30am. This will be happening on Friday, the 4th of September.  
All dads are welcome to attend with their child/children.

After the breakfast, the Dads are welcome to stay and join in gathering time with their child in the classroom.

Hope all dads can make it!

From Miss Horrocks.

Book week

Hi Everyone!   

Don't forget it's book week next week.The theme is 'books light up the world'.

Your child can come dressed as their favourite book character or something to do with the theme. I would love to encourage dress ups a bit more creative then superheros or ninjas haha! (if that's possible).

Dress up day is on the Wednesday. Pack their school uniform just in case your child becomes uncomfortable during the day.

Love your hard work and support everyday!  


Miss Horrocks.

A new program for home.

 

Study ladder - An online Maths and English program from home!

Good Evening lovely PPH Parents!

I am very excited to tell you about a new online program that the children are able to access from home! Below is some information about this wonderful website!

Dear Parents,

This is some courtesy to inform you that your child's class can use a free version of Studyladder, an online educational program which allows students to learn at their own pace and practise learning concepts at home .

About Study ladder

Study ladder is a K-6 web based educational program designed by teachers. The program is curriculum based and covers Mathematics, Literacy and 8 other subjects. Your child has been given a username and password which can be used to access Study ladder.

Using Studyladder

It is not compulsory for your child to use Studyladder at home, however regular access will help your child to reinforce what they have learnt in school. It will also help to build their confidence through practise.

Safe Internet usage

Studyladder is designed to prevent bullying and does not allow student access to social networking. Your child will NOT be able to chat with anyone via Studyladder. However, we encourage you to supervise your child at all times when using the Internet.

Accessing Studyladder from home

Go to

www.studyladder.com.au

 and login using your child's school username and password.Parents have the option to sign up for a free home account which can be linked to their child's school account. Those who register will have access to their child's certificates and results. Studyladder does not charge for this service and it is optional to upgrade to premium access.

If you have any questions or require assistance, please come in and see me or email support@studyladder.com.au

 

Below are some pictures of what study ladder looks like and what your child will see on the iPad/computer.

What your child will see on their home page. The children can create their own avatar and customise it by earning points and then spending them in the shop.

 

The task page has tasks set by me, these relate directly to what we have been learning in class.

This picture shows what one of the activities looks like. Some tasks may be multiple choice and some tasks asks you to enter an answer. I will also be assigning some videos that relate directly to the Australian curriculum which the children can watch to clarify their understanding.

 

I will be handing out the children's passwords Monday and putting them in their reading file so feel free to have a play around with the website then.

Please be aware this is NOT compulsory. It is simply another way you can support your child's  learning from home.

Have a restful weekend.

Miss Horrocks.

All about the Farm and Zoo.

 ANIMALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

The last couple of week's the Pre-Primaries have been learning about animals on the farm and at the zoo. These themes have provided the foundation for many rich early literacy and numeracy experiences.

I  went to the mv. by   Jaz 
                 ( movies)

 

 

 

HOLIDAY RECOUNTS:

At the beginning of term we discussed all about the places we visited on the Holidays. Sharing these experiences together, supported the children in remembering their own events that they later had a go at writing their information down. The children were exposed to some everyday words and they had a go at sounding out new words. They weren't to know how to spell all the exciting places but I am always so proud of the children when they have a go at sounding out on their own. Ice-skating in Fremantle was a popular place to visit.






To begin to learn how to be a good writer, the children learnt to make labels for their pictures. The class played a "label what you see around the room" game.  They had to sound out the words on their own.











It was lots of fun labelling farm pictures that the children made from a variety of collage materials. There are so many items on a farm, which are easy to  label. Learning to hear and blend  CVC words helped the children with this activity.
Fox, hen, pig, pen, sun, dog, cat, duck, frog, mud, dig etc.
















Writing for a purpose also helps the children to see that writing can be fun but there is a reason why we do it. The children made animals out of salt dough and later they labelled their animals using some of our sight words being taught this term.

You can see them at the back of our classroom.







This is a deer.

This is a giraffe.

The children learnt many interesting facts about what pigs and cows do on a farm.  The children wrote down a fact that they could remember about the two animals. Did you know that a pig can have 14 piglets at one time? 

 

The children are learning that we can make a sentence with our words... but we can't forget the big letter at the start and a full stop at the end. 

The Pizza's we made were delicious. We talked about many food items that are grown from a farm and end up on our plates.

The children wrote and illustrated their recipe so they could make their own pizza's at home.  

The class recorded their favourite farm animals as a picture graph. There was just too much information to remember! The children worked out that more people loved the sheepdog ( a tally of 7). The fox and the sheep were not so popular ( a tally of  1 each).

This is our Writing Centre. The children can go into the area independently during the day to experiment with their writing and create their masterpieces. This term, we are focusing on labels, lists, cards and recipes.    

We love learning about different animals. Next week we are looking at our Australian bush animals.

From PPH.