TIPS & Reminders

READERS

In the junior school home learning policy at our school, children are expected to read for at least 10-15 minutes every night. This is so valuable to their literacy development and one of the most important (and easy) things that you can do with them every day.

The reading log book is found in your child's reader pouch and needs to be returned with their readers every MONDAY so they can be changed and returned that afternoon.

Remember that the readers are designed to be achievable and promote confidence in their abilities - to consolidate their learning rather than to challenge it.

Reading should be fun! An activity that opens up their world and their imagination - Enjoy it!

SPORT UNIFORM

All grade Prep/1 children need to wear their sport uniform on either WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY.

On all other days they need to wear their normal school uniform including black shoes and white socks.

BUDDIES

Our Prep children all have Grade 6 buddies.

They are very important to us.

Our buddies check in with us in the playground, they help us when we need something, they check in with us to make sure we are ok and they also make sure we are following the school rules.

TIMETABLE

TALKING ABOUT YOUR DAY

Try asking a S.O.C.K question.

S.O.C.K. questions are:

Specific
Open-ended
Creative
Kid-friendly

For example:

If you want to know about your child's feelings...

What is something that made you smile today?
If you could invent a new feeling, what would it be called? How would you describe it?
If your mood were a type of weather, what would it be? Would it be sunny, cloudy, stormy or something else?

If you want to know about your child's learning...

Can you teach me how to...?
What is one thing you learned today?
Can you tell me about a story you heard/read today?
What was your favourite thing you did at school today?
What is something that made you proud at school today?

If you want to know about your child's interests...

If you could be a teacher for a day, what you teach about?
If you became Prime Minister, what is the first thing you would do?
Who is someone you'd love to meet in real life?
If you could teleport anywhere, where would you go right now?

Sometimes it can be hard to get information about the kids day out of them!Try to include some of these questions to get a conversation started about their day... What made you smile today?
What was the best part of your day?
What was the hardest part?
What did you do that was creative?
What's something nice someone did for you today?
Can you give me an example of kindness you saw/showed?
Who did you play with at lunch?
Tell me something you know today that you didn't know yesterday.
Did you make a good choice today?
What was the hardest rule to follow today?
What's something you learned today - in school or outside school?
If you could change one thing about your day, what would it be?
What was the funniest thing that happened today?
What made your teacher smile?
What kind of person were you today?

MINDFULNESS