The prep children have settled in so well to big school over the past few weeks. They are beginning each day with Developmental Play to support their transition from the home to school environment and to encourage talking and connecting with old and new friends.
So far this term, Prep have been:
- Learning who their teachers at Ashburton Primary School are, and all the places they can go to play and learn.
- Finding out about the routines of school, such as: lining up safely, packing their bags independently, eating out of a lunch box and listening to the bells for the end of recess and lunch.
- Talking about the communities we are a part of.
- Practising how to Be Safe, Be Responsible and Being a Learner as per our SMILE program.
- Getting to know our Prep Pals in Year Five.
- Hearing the initial phonemes (sounds) in words.
- Practising how to write their names using lowercase letters.
- Counting how many days we have been at school. We are up to day 13!