The document provides information for parents about their child's orientation day and start of Prep. It explains that orientation day will run from 9:00-10:30am, where children will be collected, taken to Prep rooms, and returned to the hall. It also notes requirements for children like hats and water bottles. Parents will later have individual interviews and children will have a staggered start to Prep the following week.

2. • Starts at 9:00am and finishes at 10:30am
• Parents to make their way to the school hall and your child will be
collected from you and taken down to the Prep rooms
• Children will need a hat, appropriate play shoes and a water bottle
• Please ensure your child is wearing their name badge which is in your
pack
• We will bring the children back to the hall to you at 10:30am
• Let your child know that you will be in the hall whilst they go to visit
the Prep room to meet the Prep teachers and to visit the Prep area.

3. • On Wednesday 28th January the Prep teachers will meet with each family and
child for a 15 minute individual parent teacher interview
• Please ensure you bring to your interview :-
- “Getting To Know Your Child” leaflet filled in
- Books ordered from Prep booklist covered and clearly named
- Computer head phones in provided named plastic bag
- face washer and placemat to stay at Prep
• Staggered start to Prep so your child will commence Prep on either
Thursday or Friday of that week for a full day 8:15am – 3:00pm
• All Prep children will commence full time Prep on Monday 2nd February
• Parents will be notified of their individual parent teacher interview time, their
child’s staggered start date and Prep class shortly after Orientation.

4. Building partnerships and community as well as observing and
gathering information
Children become
familiar with the Prep
staff members
Children become
familiar with the Prep
The children have the routine
opportunity to get to know
each other in a safe and
supportive environment

5. Packing the School Lunch Box
• When children eat well they behave better, are able to listen well
and concentrate for longer. Packing a healthy school lunchbox will
help children to learn to play well and be happy at school.
• The Prep classrooms have fridges, so there is no need for ice bricks
or insulated lunch boxes.
• Munch and Crunch – a piece of fruit or vegetable. Cut up if needed
and send in a separate container to lunch
• Water bottles are packed separately and not refrigerated – freeze
the night before
• We encourage wrapper free lunch boxes

6. 1. Make time to prepare. Have fresh fruit and vegetables, milk and yoghurt,
bread and crackers all bought in advance.
2. Look after the environment. Put sandwiches and other items in reusable
containers. This uses less packaging and creates less rubbish
3. Choose a variety of foods from the 5 food groups
1. Don’t provide too many choices – keep it simple
2. Pack things they like – we are not here to force them to eat
everything in their lunch box – we are here to encourage they eat their
sandwiches and healthy foods first
3. If they don’t like something – please don’t pack it

7. The Australian Curriculum
• Religion
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• History
• Geography
• Health and Physical Education
• Music
• The Arts (Dance and Visual Arts)
• Technologies
Five context for learning – How Prep children learn:
• Active learning
• Real life situations
• Investigations
• Routines and transitions
• Focused learning and teaching

8. • Morning routines and transitions
• Our healthy munch and crunch snack
• Literacy and fine motor rotations
• Numeracy rotations and mathematical investigations
• Physical and gross motor activities (outside learning time)
• Unit work (All about me, Keeping safe and healthy, Living things and
Families)
• An introduction to Religion
• During term one particular attention is given to social and personal
learning so that routines, class rules and relationships can be developed
• Priority is given to literacy and numeracy development because these are
the foundation on which learning is built.

9. • iPads come to Prep every day in the homework bag
• Students place iPads in baskets placed inside the Prep room
• iPads go home every afternoon in the homework bag
• We may not use the iPad every day as this is only one tool used for learning but to avoid
confusion we ask students to bring their iPad each day
• Apps need to be purchased and installed by parents – required Apps are communicated to
parents via the Communication Letter at the start of each term
• iPads need to be charged ready for use each day
• Spend time showing your child the on/off and volume button on the iPad
• iPads don’t need to be password locked
• Creating folders and isolating school apps to one folder helps your child find
the apps we are working with easily and quickly

11. Our buddies
take the
time to
Share with
us
Listen to us
Play with us
Help us
work things
out