Our first day of school was very busy and lots of fun.  We were all very excited about starting school.  We are looking forward to making lots of friends and having fun whilst learning so many new things. 

We listened to a beautiful story called 'First day' by Andrew Daddo and Johnathan Bentley about a little girl on her first day of school.  She was very brave and so excited at the same time.  Just like all of the children in Prep/One S. 

At school we are following the rules and routines that help us with our learning.

We have been focussing on our school rules and all the things we can do at school to be happy, caring and safe.

We have also been learning about lots of different things that we can do at school that help us to be ready to learn.  We made a list. Can you think of any other things that we can do at school?

At school we are using our positive mindsets when we are challenged.

We have been identifying the reasons why it is important to have a school uniform. Here are some reasons why school uniforms are essential...They help kids to dress smartly for school, children take pride in wearing their school uniform since it helps them to connect with their school—there is a sense of belonging. Everyone is equal as we all part of the one community and wearing a uniform shows that we are proud of this.

We learnt a new game called dancing numbers. You wear a number from 1 to 30.  Everyone can pick a number that they really like. Then you put the music on and dance around the classroom.  When the music  stops, you need to quickly get into the correct number order.  It could be forwards or backwards. We like to move it, move it !!

We have been learning to count forwards to 10 and backwards from 10.  We have pretended to be astronauts and take off to the moon. We are very good at backwards counting and blasting off to the moon. 

We have been learning to play a game called Roll and Build. You roll a dice, find the number and then build a tower on that number with blocks or counters. Some of us made towers to 6, some to 12 and others to 20. We are very good at challenging ourselves and building very tall number towers.

We have been learning to count forwards to 100 and backwards from 100.  We have also been counting by 10's and making different numbers to 100 and beyond.  We have been enjoying listening to songs that help us to count to 100.  Try to count along with these number songs!!

Every morning when we come into our class we begin  the day with a prayer. After we have made the sign of the cross, we offer our prayers for the day. We are also using song and singing as a way to pray.  We have enjoyed learning this special song. We have learnt some beautiful actions to go with the words. 

In Mathematics the Preps have been learning about sequencing of events. Today we made a jam sanwich so that we could sequence all of the events step by step. We followed a procedure to help us with each of the steps.  We thought they were delicious!!

To make jam sandwiches you need the following ingredients bread, jam and margarine or butter.

You also need a plate and a knife. We are experts at making jam sandwiches now.

In Prep/One S we like to pray everyday and begin by making 'The Sign of The Cross'. We have been working on this and learning to do it respectfully.

We completed some tasks to help us learn how to make 'The Sign Of The Cross'. Some of us cut and paste the text and pictures in the correct order, others completed a cloze passage activity where we had to fill in the missing Sign of th Cross words.

This video shows you how to make 'The Sign of the Cross'. Can you do it all by yourself after you have watched the video? Have a go!!

Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the season of Lent. We went to mass to celebrate as a school and we all received the ashes as a sign of God's love for all of us. The season of Lent goes for 40 days and ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday. This video explains Ash Wednesday.

Each year during Lent our school participates in Project compassion. It is a time where we save our coins, place them in the money box and return it to school so the funds can be donated to those families around the world that are less fortunate than us.

Place Value  refers to the value of a digit based on its position within a number.  For example, in the number 234, the "2" represents two hundreds, the "3" represents three tens, and the "4" represents four ones. 

Every day the children complete different examples of equations and problems to help them retain Maths information in their long term memories.

After the school holidays we had a very special visit from the Easter Bunny. He left Eastereggs everywhere. We searched all over our classroom and collected all of the special surprises he left us. Then we counted them out and shared the c olourful eggs with everyone in Prep/One S.

It was absolutely amazing t see so many families at the St. Theresa's School Movie Night. Everyone had such a lovely time watching Paddington in Peru.

Thank you to our beautiful families for making the night such a success.

Thank you to all of our beautiful Mums and carers who do an amazing job looking after us. We appreciate everything you do and love you all so very much!

Can you find all of the similes that are in this book?

onder if you can also think of some of your own.

Look at our lovely portraits of our precious Mums that we have drawn and painted below.

Similes are comparisons using "like" or "as" to describe something in a new and interesting way. For example...As brave as a lion: Describing someone who is fearless. As fast as a cheetah: Describing someone or something that runs very quickly.  Many familiar sayings like "as busy as a bee" or "as quiet as a mouse" are similes.  

This little video will teach you about how to use the apostrophe of possession. We used them for our portraits of our mums. Eg... Sharon's Mum.

    You are always there to watch us grow and fly.

This term in Inquiry we are learning lots of things about water. The Prep/One children went on an excursion to Kororoit Creek to learn about this waterway and the animals that live there. We also had a lesson with Greg and Charlotte to help us learn how we can care for our waterways and local community areas.

The Preps had an absolutely terrific time celebrating their 100 Days at school. It was a day filled with many exciting activities and fun tasks. All of the children  said it was 'The best day ever!'

We have been celebrating Bookweek and have been doing lots of fun activities to show how much we love books. The theme for this year is 'Book an Adventure'.

We have listened to stories, completed some beautiful artwork and participated in a Bookweek parade.

We had such a lovely time celebrating with our Dad's leading up to Father's Day.  In Prep/One S we played some Maths games with our wonderful dads. You will be very surprised by how much we actually look like our dads. Have a look at these photos!