Term Four in Pre-Primary!
15th October 2019
A warm welcome back to all families!
Please click on the link below to read our Programme Information for Term Four:
Category: Pre-Primary Blue
Year 1 in 2020 Uniform Try Ons
Dear Pre-Primary Parents
Please find attached information regarding uniform try ons for Year 1 2020.
PPB First Aid Incursion
3rd September 2019
St John First Aid Incursion
Today our class had a First Aid Incursion run by Jane from St. John Ambulance.
We met “Koora” the Paramedic Bear and read a story called, “000 Hero.”
We learned a song about “000” and practiced dialling the emergency number on our very own mobile phones. We then role played speaking to an emergency service operator and practiced giving the correct information that we need to know, to the operator. 
We learned about what a paramedic wears and the colour of their uniforms. We saw and discussed the reflective stripes on the back of their uniforms and thought about why it is important for them to wear fluorescent vests…just like our teachers do too! 
We had so much fun dressing up like paramedics!
We went home today with our “mobile phones” to share with our families how to use the emergency services, dial the triple zero number and to practice giving the important information over the phone to the emergency services operator. Jane also gave us all some stickers. It was an informative and fun incursion.
Pre-Primary Hospital Incursion
Term 3 – 18th August 2019
Our Hospital Incursion
On Wednesday 14th August, we had the pleasure of welcoming Marianne from The Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital (Awchwa) to our class. She visited our classes to teach the Pre-Primary children all about hospitals and what to expect if they ever need to be treated in a children’s hospital.
The children also met Pete and Amy, the hospital dolls. We role played with Pete and Amy, learnt all about some of the special equipment needed to treat patients, the types of protective clothing that medical staff wear and how needles, drips and oxygen masks are administered safely to help patients. We also discussed when, how and who is allowed to administer medication to children and we watched as Marianne gave medicine to Amy and Pete.
The children enjoyed having a turn in the wheelchair and learning how to use crutches. Marianne took the children’s blood pressure and they all had a turn at using a stethoscope to listen to their own heart beat. We made hospital bands, learnt about bones in our body and put together a skeletal puzzle of ‘Mr Funny Bones.’ The children dressed up in medical attire, used tools and equipment to role play doctors, nurses, surgeons and ambulance officers.
We watched a video about a little boy who broke his arm and we followed the whole process with him as he was consulted, treated, operated on, all the way through to his recovery in hospital. There were beds in the children’s hospital for his parents to stay close by and even a school and other children to play with. We learnt that being treated in hospital is not so scary after all.
It was a fun and informative day!
Thank you Marianne.
We have a number of future doctors, nurses, surgeons and paramedics in our class! Our shared outdoor play space is now in transformation…soon to be the Pre-Primary Hospital!
All patients welcome!
100 Days of FUN in PPB!
Term 3- Week 3
6th August 2019
100 Days of FUN!
What fun we had celebrating the 100th day of school! We eagerly counted from day one until we reached our target and the excitement in our class grew as the days became closer. Our knowledge of numbers to 100 has grown and we enjoyed participating in a range of mathematical activities based on the number 100. Thank you to all families for the effort that went into the children’s costumes for our celebration day…it was wonderful! We are still counting all the collections brought in by all the children of 100 items!
- Our crowns have 100 dots!
- Making a 100 piece necklace.
- Counting 100 fruit loops is hard work!
- Dot painting in groups of 10 to make 100.
- What does 100 look like?
- How many is 100?
- Counting in tens.
- Ordering numbers by tens to 100.
- Party Time!
These fine gentlemen pictured below put their creative brains to work on the 100th day of school and developed an idea to build 100 cubes, which they then decided amongst themselves that they would use to build a tower. Each cube required 4 pieces to make…if they were putting together 100 cubes, how many pieces in total were needed to complete this project? Have you worked it out? These gentlemen did, through our discussions together, about their amazing work! Learning through PLAY is so POWERFUL!
What a fantastic idea to build 100 cubes!
Counting and checking to make sure we have 100 cubes!
Excellent team work boys!
In the days that followed our celebration, we practiced reading together during guided reading about the 100 days of school. We learnt about what a tally is and drew 100 tally marks. To do this, we needed to count in groups of five and then circle two groups to make 10. Then we counted in tens until we reached 100 tally marks. We are pretty amazing at counting in tens now! We wrote about: the things we would like to achieve before we turn 100 years old, what we would do if we had $100 and what 100 things we would like to have, if we could. We also created some beautiful artwork of how we think we may look like when we do reach 100 years old…
…look out for this special work at OPEN NIGHT!
It was truly a memorable day that we will all treasure!
Term Three in Pre-Primary!
21st July 2019
Welcome Back to Term Three!
We are looking forward to a fun filled term!
Please read through our Programme Information and note important dates in your calendar.
Worms, Worms, Worms!
This term we have been learning about Sustainability and Recycling. Last Friday the Pre Primary classes enjoyed an informative and highly interactive incursion with farmers from ‘The Worm Shed’.
Vermiculture expert Kevin Smith
It tickles!
We learnt about – Worms (of course) – The environment – Worms role in waste management – Recycling – Worm biology – Sustainability – Mini beasts – and Gardening.
That’s interesting!
Making our own Worm Farm
The farmers brought masses of wriggling worms for the children (and teachers!) to get ‘hands on’ with. Each child was able to make their own mini worm farm to keep and take home to show their families.
A great day!
Wonderful Worms and Robust Robots in PPB!
Term 2 – Week 7 – 15th June 2019
This week was all about worms and robots!
The children observed, explored and enjoyed being up close and personal with some of God’s tiniest, but most important creatures…wonderful, wriggly WORMS! Worms play a vital part in sustainability.
Do you have a compost bin or worm farm at home? If not, these Pre-Primary children can advise you on how to set one up and live more sustainably by making simple and easy changes to your everyday practices at home!
We viewed some interesting clips about worms. Here is one of them…take a look:
We are looking forward to our Worm Farm Incursion next week and the children will bring home their very own mini worm farm to share and teach their families about!
During our guided reading groups, we read a book called, “I am a Robot.” Through the text we learned what a blueprint is and viewed various different blueprints of robots. We learned that a blueprint requires labels to show the parts included in the design. We then began to plan and design our very own robots! Drawing and labelling our designs was a lot of fun! The next step was to write a list of all the materials required to create and build our robots. We are now collecting materials and next week we are going to make a prototype of our designs!
PPB Class News! Term Two-Week 5
What’s Been Happening in Our Class?
25th May 2019
We kicked off Term Two by welcoming and enjoying the company of our very special mothers and grandmothers in our Pre-Primary setting. The children worked hard to create cards, unique handmade gifts and prepare their song to present to mums on the day. It turned out to be a lovely, fun filled morning and we hope all families will have some treasured memories to keep forever!
We have been reading a variety of stories as a class and the children have really enjoyed joining in reading together. In our guided reading groups, the children are learning many important early reading skills. Each week we focus on a new letter and sound. The children have been excited about going on a letter hunt at home, to find and bring in items that begin with our letter focus. As they present their items to the class they are developing oral language skills and confidence in speaking. With support, the children are learning to write a sentence…or two!
The children are becoming so good at counting on our hundred chart. We know how to count by tens! Each day we are getting closer to the hundredth day of school! In our maths groups we have been learning about shapes, how to count on from 10, simple addition, writing numbers, counting backwards from 20 and forwards from 20. We have been having fun finding and measuring different things in our classroom too. We have been singing number songs and have learnt the TRIANGLE dance! The children love the triangle dance!
May is the month of Mary and in our class we have been learning all about the Rosary and how to pray Mary’s Prayer, the HAIL MARY. Each morning throughout May, we offer our prayers to Mary and together we say three Hail Mary’s and the Glory Be. We have been learning about the Church Community as well as other communities that we belong to, including our family, school and neighbourhood. We know that Jesus belonged to many different communities too and we are called to love and serve others within our communities. We visited our church to discuss what we see, hear and feel in God’s house. The children have also been busy creating their own maps of their neighbourhood. Their maps are amazing!
In our inquiry unit “Sustainability” we are learning about different ways that we can all do our part to look after our earth. We are reading a series of books about our earth: “Why do I have to recycle?” “Why do I have to save water?” “Why do I have to protect nature?” “Why do I have to save energy?” We have set up a mini recycling centre in our classroom and are challenging ourselves to REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE! We have now collected and counted over 100 lids! Well done PPB! We have learnt about the triangle visual on all recyclable materials and where to find it, so we know what to put into our recycling bins at home! We are also thinking of unique ways to reuse plastic or cardboard by creating artwork or planting seeds! We now know where our fruit and veggie scraps go at school, when we collect them in our scrap bucket everyday. Two friends empty the scrap bucket into our school compost bin, so nothing gets wasted or thrown away in the bin! We are having fun learning about how to keep our earth happy!
We sure have had a productive few weeks of learning, thinking, growing, belonging, being, becoming, creating, doing, listening, speaking, sharing, cooperating and working together! Although we have been busy, we have not forgotten, the most important learning of all…love, friendship and PLAY!
There’s always time for PLAY!
Welcome to Term Two in Pre-Primary!
29th April 2019
Dear Families,
Welcome back to Term Two! We hope you have enjoyed the break! We are looking forward to more fun and learning this term!
Please read through our Programme Information for Term Two and note down important dates in your calendar.