Week 4

What fun we are having at school. We are very busy learning in the classroom and playing outside. On Monday we go to Art and PE, on Tuesday we learn Italian. On Wednesdays we have Mrs Nichols teaching us how to use the laptops. Then on Thursday we go to the i-Learning Centre for library time. Gee we are busy!!!!!

Library
We have been going to the library at the last hour on Thursday to read and borrow books. If you haven’t brought your library bag to school yet, remember to bring it for Thursday so you can borrow a book to take home. You can use the orange bag that the children brought home at the beginning of the year.

Art
We have been having a great time in art. If you have not sent an art smock to school yet can this please be done as soon as possible. You can send along the orange art smock the children brought home at the beginning of the year.

Home Reading
Each child will be bringing home their Home Reading bag this week. They are a bright gold yellow and have reading record books inside (the Yellow Book). Please keep a daily record of your child’s reading in the Yellow Book. There are instructions on how to fill it in on the first few pages of the book.

Fruitilicious Fridays
The school is providing fruit for the Preps to eat on Fridays as part of our Fruitilicious Friday program. A different fruit is provided each week to encourage children to taste and enjoy a range of this healthy snack. This program will run for the first half of the year.

Fruit in the classroom
Children are allowed to eat fresh raw fruit and vegetables at anytime in class. Please ensure your child has some of this brain food with them everyday.

Water bottles
Please ensure your child brings a named water bottle to school each day so that they can have a drink in class throughout the day.

Butterflies
Our caterpillars are growing bigger by the day and we will soon put some photos up for you to see. They are quickly munching their way through all of the lemon tree leaves I bring to school for them.
The caterpillars are black, brown and white at the moment and we’re watching to see any changes. They are growing very quickly – 1cm long already!

Notices
We’re still waiting for some notices to be returned
Please return notices to the classroom teacher as soon as possible for:• Permission form for child’s image to appear in the newsletter, website or class blog.• PMP assistance form, we still require parents to assist us with this program.• Class Contact list

Week Two begins......

Hello everyone,
We have now started our second week of Prep. The children have all settled in well and begin their specialist classes this week. We have Art and PE on Mondays, Italian on Tuesdays and Library on Thursdays. Thank you to everyone who has sent along an art smock and library bag.

Next week we will be sending home a yellow Home Reading bag containing a Home Reading book to either read independently or with support as needed. Please comment about your child’s reading in the Yellow Book provided.

Please ensure that you have signed up for a time to meet with me on either this Wednesday or next Wednesday. The appointment times are on the doors outside the entrance to the Prep classrooms. Also a reminder that we finish at 12.30 on Wednedays in February.

Please remember to return the following notices:
· Permission form for child’s image to appear in the newsletter, website or class blog.
· PMP assistance form, we still require parents to assist us with this program.
· Class Contact list- to be sent home on Wednesday

From now on we will be sending home all notices in your child’s yellow home reading bag.

We are very lucky to have butterfly eggs hatching in our classrooms and we will be eagerly watching their development and growth. Thank you to Miss Box for providing lemon tree leaves to much on!

Have a great week!