Merry Christmas!

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Last Monday the Preps were very privileged to present the story of Jesus' birth at our assembly. They were amazing - so respectful and full of joy. We were very proud of them all!

The Christmas Story on PhotoPeach

Wishing all our families and friends a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year!



Reuse! Reuse! Reuse!

This term we have been trying to reduce, reuse and recycle. We wanted to reuse an old glass jar to make something new and useful. 

We decided to make a Christmas lantern as a gift to our families. 

We are caring for the environment and reusing a glass jar to make something that is beautiful!

Here is how we did it: 

Take one old glass jar.

Decorate it with tissue paper in Christmas colours.

Tie a ribbon around the rim.

Place a tealight candle inside.

Decorate with small shiny gems and you have ...... one beautiful Christmas lantern!

Reuse! Reuse! Reuse! - slideshows

Our Promises to care for the Environment

This term we have been learning about how we can care for the environment. To finish our unit we have thought about a personal action we can take to help reduce waste going to landfill, to reuse items and to recycle all the materials we can.

Our hope is that our families, friends and school community will support us and work with us to carry out our promises.

This term we have learnt that small actions can make a BIG difference to our environment.

Hint - you can press pause on the slideshow to read each promise.

Our Promises for the Environment on PhotoPeach

What is your promise to the environment? 

Collaborating in Maths - Subtraction

Last Friday the Preps were very lucky to have a Maths session with the Junior students. They wanted to teach us about Subtraction. Each Junior student had made a poster showing their understanding of what subtraction is. Mrs Klein and Tom showed us a new game on the IWB using a number line. You could use addition or subtraction to play the game. 

Then we broke up into small groups with Preps, Grade Ones and Grade Twos to play lots of subtraction games. 

It was wonderful to see the Preps learning with the Juniors and to see how supportive the Juniors were. The Preps were so excited to learn new games and practise their skills in Maths. Well done everyone and a big thank you to Mrs Klein for a great idea and for all your organisation.

Sharing our learning - Subtraction on PhotoPeach

Fire Education

Today we had a second visit from the Firefighters. We were allowed to sit in the fire truck and hold onto the fire hose and spray water. We have learnt many important messages about fire safety.

We learnt:

If you hear the smoke alarm

Crawl down low

GO GO GO!

If your clothes catch fire 

STOP DROP 

COVER ROLL!

In an emergency call 000

Talk to your family about a safe meeting place in case of an emergency - the Firefighters suggested your letterbox is a good place to meet.

The Firefighters! on PhotoPeach


Future Fire Fighters! from Learning Together on Vimeo.

A big thank you to Firefighters Steve, Len, Craig and Mark. We have learnt so much about being safe in case of a fire. 

Our Rainbow!

We have created our wonderful rainbow made from lots of materials that would have gone to landfill. You can read about our action here. We are trying hard to reduce the amount of rubbish going to landfill and have created a beautiful piece of art.

Our Rainbow - slideshow

Our Wonderful World!

As part of our inquiry this term we have made a video with messages about how all of us can care for the environment. 

We worked together in groups to think of our message, worked out the words we would say and collected the props we needed. 

Here is our video!



Our Wonderful World from Learning Together on Vimeo.

If you could send a message out to the world about caring for the environment, what would it be?

Happy Holidays Elva!

One of our beautiful friends Elva is leaving for an overseas holiday. She will not be back to school before the end of the year. Today we had a goodbye celebration for Elva and we wish Elva and her family a very happy and safe trip. 

Thank you for being such a wonderful Prep Elva, always smiling and happy, always kind and prepared to help others. See you next year!

It's bubble time!

Reuse and create Art!

We are working very hard to look after the environment and reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill. Over the term the Preps have collected small items that would normally be thrown away - buttons, bottle tops, bits of ribbon, material pieces, coloured paper, beads and so much more!
We are going to create a colourful rainbow with all our reusable items and give a gift to the environment - reducing rubbish in landfill.

Thank you to all our families who sent along bits and pieces for our creation. 

Stayed tuned for the finished piece!

Our Rainbow on PhotoPeach

Creativity in Maths - 3D Shapes!

In Maths we have been exploring 3D shapes. We used lots of materials and 3D shapes to build houses. We worked with a partner to plan the design of our houses and share our ideas. Some of the features we added to our creations were: a fountain, a swimming pool, a balcony, a double story house, a garage with a car, a staircase, outdoor furniture and one group even built a palace and a disco! and another group built a mansion with a waterfall - all using 3D shapes. Very, very creative!

When we had finished we shared our houses and talked about the shapes we had used. 

3D Shapes from marieck

What 3D shapes do you know?

God's Creation

In Religion we have been thinking about our wonderful world and how grateful we are. We also realise that God asks us all to look after and care for the world He has given us.

When we were thinking about our thank you prayers, we were trying very hard to think of interesting words to describe our paintings and the special parts of God's creation. 

Thank you God - slideshows

Tell us what you are thankful for!  

Our Great Australian Road Trip!

Cameras! Lights! Action!

On Tuesday night we had a fabulous school concert. A family took us on a trip around Australia. We celebrated our wonderful country through song and dance. The Preps worked hard all last term practising their dances and learning the words to the songs.

Congratulations everyone for another amazing concert!

What was your favourite part of the concert? What did you enjoy?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

The Preps had a fabulous excursion to The Gould League in Moorabbin (thanks Mrs Coffa!) to learn about how we can reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill by reusing and recycling. 

The Gould League was an amazing place - it even had its very own shrinking machine allowing the Preps to explore the inside of a compost bin. So many hands on activities - the Preps were totally engaged all day. 

A big thank you to Mrs. Reszka, Mrs. David, Sonya, Suzi and Emma for helping to make this day fantastic and for taking such great photos to share. 

Also thank you to Kirsten from the Gould League who ran the day and was amazing! 

We learnt:

- if you drop rubbish on the road it will go down the holes on the side of the road and into the ocean. Gracie

- if you put your recycling in a bag they (the Recycling team) can't open the bag. Alexa

- you need to put the rubbish in the right bin. Joshua

- if you put the wrong rubbish in the wrong bin they can't recycle anything. Chantelle 

- that rubbish need to go in the right bin because it will hurt the environment. Stephanie

- that butchie boys come in all different sizes. Niamh

- that worms can be so helpful because they help the environment. Campbell

- that bottles go in the blue bin and plastic bags go in the red bin. James

- that you can't put oranges and lemons in the worm farm. Eva

- that you can put newspaper into the worm farm. Caitlin

The Gould League on PhotoPeach



- that orange peels don't go in the worm farm. Hamish

- that oranges go in the rubbish bin. Patrick

- that you have to put the right rubbish in the right bin. Elva

- that you put the right rubbish in the right bin. Sophie

- when you put rubbish in a bag and tie it up the truck comes and takes it to the MRF and the people at the MRF are not allowed to open it. Simon

- about the sad compost bin. Declan

- we can't recycle diapers. Joel

- if you put the wrong rubbish into the wrong bin it can't be recycled. Riley

- if you put your rubbish in a plastic bag they can't open the bag. Rosie

- if you put oranges in the worm farm the worms will die. Frances

The Gould League on PhotoPeach

Our mission is to share all that we have learnt with our school and wider community. We are all responsible for looking after our environment.

What can you do to reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill?

2013 Italian Day!

Today we had such a fantastic Italian Day! Thank you Signora Senzo for all your hard work and a big thank you to all the parents who helped out today!

Here is our day: 

Italian Day 2013 from marieck

Preps tell your family about today - what did you enjoy? What was your favourite activity?

Days of the Week!

We have been learning about the days of the week. Not only do we need to learn to read the days of the week and put them in the correct order, we also need to think about what happens on each day.

We have been talking about activities that we do on specific days and we have been practising time words - if today is Wednesday then yesterday was Tuesday and tomorrow will be Thursday.

Here we are singing our 'Days of the Week' song - some Mums and Dads might recognise the tune!


Days of the Week from Learning Together on Vimeo.

What is your favourite day of the week? Tell us why!

2013 Letterland Day!

On Wednesday we had Letterland Day! A BIG thank you to all our wonderful parents for their support and creative talents! The Preps were so excited and we had a fantastic day.
Here are our reflections of the day.

On Letterland Day we played on the monkey bars and we

were Letterland characters. Caitlin

I liked all the costumes because they had lots of work 

put into them. Rosie

I liked Letterland Day because we all dressed up as 

different characters. Joshua

We all have favourite Letterland characters and 

mine  is Yellow Yo-yo Man. Ebony

I dressed up as Golden Girl. I wore a yellow shirt and 

golden hair. Sophie

I liked all the Letterland activities like Letterland snap

and dot to dots. Pat

We watched a movie about Christmas in Letterland. My 

favourite part was when Zig Zag Zebra got the 

presents. James

On Letterland Day we had fun and I dressed up as 

Vicky Violet. Elva

On Wednesday we had Letterland Day and I dressed up 

as Golden Girl because my name starts with Golden 

Girl’s sound. Gracie

We dressed as Letterland characters and there were 

four Golden Girls. I dressed up as Vicky Violet. Olivia

On Letterland Day I liked watching the Letterland 

Christmas movie. Alexa

We had fun showing our costumes to the Grade Sixes. 

Chantelle

I liked going around and seeing every class because it 

was fun. Stephanie

I loved Letterland Day because we dressed up as our 

favourite character. My favourite was Clever Cat 

because she has a very long tail. Eva

On Wednesday it was Letterland Day I dressed up as 

Clever Cat because she starts with the same letter as 

me. Campbell

On Letterland Day I liked playing Letterland monkey 

bars. You choose a Letterland character and jump to the 

forward bar. Cormac

We had activities and my favourite activity was 

colouring Dippy Duck in. Declan

The Letterland games were good and we all had a good 

time on Letterland Day. Hamish

We went into the Discovery Centre and had a parade. 

We came up and told the parents what letter we were. 

Simon

On Letterland Day we all dressed up as chararcters 

from Letterland A to Z. We finished all our letters to 

have Letterland Day. Riley

I enjoyed Letterland Day because we dressed up as 

letters that we like. I dressed up as Jumping Jim because

my name starts with his letter. Joel

Community Spirit at St. Luke's - Helping Others.

Today we had a mini market at school to raise money for children in the Philippines.

Our student Social Justice group organised and supervised stalls. Everyone came along today with their pocket money ready to join in the fun and help raise money for those less fortunate than us. 

Parents and friends were invited and community spirit was well and truly alive!  

The Preps were in charge of the Sweets and Lollies stall. Due to the generosity and kindness of our Prep families and families in the school we were able to raise $200.00!! - just from the lolly stall. Stay tuned for our overall amount.

Declan's mum, Sonya and Niamh's mum, Madeline did a fantastic job bagging up all the lollies! Thank you so much! 

Thank you to those parents who sent along lollies already bagged and to those who did some home baking. A fantastic effort by everyone.

Mrs Gridley prepared a PowerPoint to show where our fundraising money would go and how it will be used.

Supporting children in the philippines from vgridley

We are very lucky to have all that we do.

Why is it important to share what we have with others?

Happy Father's Day!

Wishing all our wonderful Dads a very happy and relaxing Father's Day!

Book Week Shelfies!

As part of our Book Week celebrations families created their 'Shelfies'. Inspired by Miss Y the Teacher Librarian at St Martins in Rosanna.

 

Shelfies from ccoffa

Read Across the Universe! It's Book Week!

We have had a wonderful week of celebrations for Book Week. We had a dress up day on Wednesday and everyone dressed up in the space theme. The Preps and their buddies shared books and had a fabulous time. We love reading books in Prep!

We had fun on our dressing up day and we had a really fun time at the parade. Alexa

We made suitcases and we had to draw things that we would take to space. We showed our suitcases to our buddies. Chantelle

We read 'Too Many Elephants in This House' and made elephants out of paper bags. Joshua

We  brought our favourite books to school and we shared our books. Declan

Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Book Week 2013 on PhotoPeach

What is your favourite book? Do you have a favourite author?

Share with us.

What Am I?

We have been writing What Am I?'s in Literacy. With our partner we thought of an animal and wrote the clues. We learnt that it is important not to make the first clue too easy! After we had written our What Am I?'s we practised reading clearly and fluently and recorded our clues on audioboo. Can you guess the animals?

Today we have:

Frances 
Stephanie (Frances and Stephanie wrote theirs together but missed recording together)
Sophie and Rosie 
Alexa and Riley

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

Do you have a 'What Am I?' to share with us?

What Am I?

We have been writing What Am I?'s in Literacy. With our partner we thought of an animal and wrote the clues. We learnt that it is important not to make the first clue too easy! After we had written our What Am I?'s we practised reading clearly and fluently and recorded our clues on audioboo. Can you guess the animals?

Today we have: 

Caitlin and Simon
Ebony and Declan
Chantelle and Patrick
Olivia and Hamish

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I? ’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

Share a 'What Am I?' with us and post it in the comment box.

What Am I?

We have been writing What Am I?'s in Literacy. With our partner we thought of an animal and wrote the clues. We learnt that it is important not to make the first clue too easy! After we had written our What Am I?'s we practised reading clearly and fluently and recorded our clues on audioboo. Can you guess the animals?

Check out our audiboos over the next couple of days. You can put your answers in the comment box.

Today we have: 

Campbell and Niamh
Eva and Joshua
Gracie and Joel
Elva and James

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘What Am I?’ on Audioboo

Write a 'What Am I?' with your family and paste it in the comment box.