MUSIC & MOVEMENT WITH MISS WILLS.

Fridays is our lucky day when we go to the music room, (which is next to the hall), and have music with Miss Wills. We do lots of really cool things there like singing, playing different instruments, dancing and learning about different types of music. We are very lucky to have a couple of Year 6 Music Ministers to hlep us to learn all those tricky steps, add backing beats, and so much more.

In preparation for the Wangaratta Jazz Festival we learned this really great routine which we did to a Jazz number all about being a ‘cool cat’. How perfect for us as we are such Cool Cats ourselves! Do have a look at our short video of us looking very cool in our cat masks.



Take special notice of Miss Wills. She is the coolest of us all!

READING AND MATHS

Come in and have a peek at what we do in Prep K.



Our day starts with ‘Reading Partners’. Just look at the intense focused reading of our amazing little readers. One partner is the reader while the other is a focused and active listener, and then they swap around.



After reading our ‘Big Book’ together we break up into focused little groups to read and play reading games. These games build our reading skills. Do ask us about some of the games we play.



In Maths we have been learning about 3D shapes and addition. We have played lots of games in maths and are getting really skilful in addition.

JET SETTERS

We have some real international jet setters in Prep K.

Brady has recently returned from an amazing holiday with his Mum, Dad and sister Ruby to Disney Land in California. Brady gave the most exciting description of his holiday to our grade. After his talk we felt as if we had been there with him.

Arya flew to Nepal with her Parents. Arya’s Grandparents were overjoyed to see her, and they will have noticed great changes in her since last they saw her. We hope that Arya’s friends and family tune into our blog so that they can enjoy seeing her with her Australian school friends.

Joy will soon be winging her way to Taiwan with her Parents and older brother and sister. We will greatly miss Joy’s smiling face in our room and look forward to her return next year. We hope that Joy will log into our blog to keep up with what we are doing, and share it with her family in Taiwan.

PREP K'S RECORDED REPORTS 3

Lydia’s report on the crocodile.


Arya's report on the emu.


Brady's report on the koala.


Dominic's report on Oz-e Wildlife Park.


Madeleine's report on the koala.


Ellana's report on the platypus.

OUR AUSSIE ANIMAL VIDEO REPORTS 2

Aden’s report on the platypus.



Jake’s report on the platypus.



Gus’s report on the kangaroo.



Sam’s report on the koala.



Bailey’s report the penguin.



Carissa’s report on the platypus.

LOOK AND LISTEN AS WE READ OUR REPORTS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS.

Elijah’s report on the crocodile.


Rheegan’s report on the koala.


Joy’s report on the emu.


Aaron’s report the penguin.


Justin’s report on the koala.


Tom’s report the penguin.

Fun in science with Prep K.

In science we are looking at life cycles and how things grow and change.

We started with our seeds. Look at some of the successes that we have had growing mustard seeds, in plastic bags hanging on strings in the window. We also have beans growing keeping close track on their progress.

We had such fun making our own worm farms, and looking for their 'worm tracks' through the dirt. They love eating food scraps and make great soil for the gardens.

Learning all about the life cycles of frogs was amazing. Do pop into our room to read the reports that we have written about the life cycles of frogs.

Sean Morphitt

Mr Morphitt has been working with our grade in for the last four weeks. We have done lots of interesting things and learned a lot. Making the worm farms were such fun, and learning all about frogs too. We really liked the interactive whiteboard and hope that Mrs Krake will use it more too. Thanks Mr Morphitt for all you did with us. We all wish you luck in your teaching career.

SPLISH SPLASH WITH PREP K IN THE POOL.

All of us in Prep K are having a wonderful time in our swimming lessons. We are being kept very busy with lots of different activities during each session. We have been floating, gliding, swimming and diving. We have been using kickboards, noodles and this fantastic floating mat.

So many in our grade are already mobile in the water and Mrs Krake is sure that she will see some of us in the Olympic Games one day!

Just have a look at our slide show to give you some idea of what we have been up to.

Prep K's Excursion to Oz-e Wildlife

Wangaratta West Preps set off on our major excursion to the Oz-e Wildlife Park in Ettamogah. On the way there we spotted another school bus stopped at the side of the road. Our very caring bus driver pulled over to give a hand. They had a flat tyre.

Soon we were back on our way again, but we missed a turn and ended at the Ettamogah Pub. Consequently we had to take the scenic route to the Wildlife Park. We really enjoyed this little detour, the Pub was a very funny building.

At the Wildlife Park we saw all the Australian animals that we have been learning about at school, and we managed to impress everyone with some interesting facts that we loved to share. The first thing we saw was the feeding of the Fairy Penguins. They were so cute! The peacocks were incredibly noisy as they called to each other. The boy peacocks were really showing off as they fanned out their beautiful tail feathers for all to see.

The day was cool and cloudy which was great for waking up many of our nocturnal Australian animals. The koalas were particularly active, though the reptiles were very slow! Feeding the kangaroos was just the best. They were very gentle and loved our pellets.

We had a really wonderful day and must thank Mrs Nyman and Ms Cole for coming to help.

WANGARATTA SHOW

It was the Wangaratta show last week. We were very busy with the glitter making firework pictures. That was the best! We also made a class map of the showgrounds. In writing we had to sequence pictures of a bull going to the show and winning the best bull competition. Then we had to write the story. Do pop in and see them in our passageway.

Did you know that a school follows the show around the countryside? It is in the back of a truck, and it looks huge inside. They only have about 25 children, but only one Prep when they were with us. Her name is Jasmin. On Friday she spent the day in our grade with her teacher. We were so proud at all the praise we got from Jasmin's teacher.

AMAZING AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

We learned all about Australia's amazing animals in Term 3. Anyone who visited our room and the passageway outside our room could not help but notice this. We filled both areas with our art and craft work as well as our report writing all about these wonderful creatures.

Did you know that the Thorny Devil of Central Australia can channel the tiniest droplet of water along the wrinkles in it's skin to its mouth? It makes use of even the lightest morning dews to get a drink.

Did you know that a mother crocodile can carry her babies in her mouth to find water or to escape danger?

Did you know that wombats and koalas are cousins?

Did you know that emus' feathers do not have those hooks that hold them neatly together like other birds? That's why they look so floppy and messy. They look just like a haystack, which is a great disguise.

WANGARATTA WEST'S SCHOOL CONCERT AND THE MUSIC FESTIVAL

We were incredibly proud of our amazing performance at the Wangaratta Schools' Music Festival, and the School Concert. We also put on an extra performance for the wider community. We invited the local Kinders, neighbouring schools and community groups. We just loved performing!

We performed two songs in Japanese which had a spring theme. The first song was about red, yellow and white tulips growing in rows. The second was about cherry blossom, and we had six beautiful girls doing an outstanding fan dance in the middle of this song.

Mrs Salathiel made all our costumes. We looked fabulous!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE

Our very much loved volunteer Katie, celebrated her 25th birthday and Prep K were very keen to celebrate this special event with her. We are so lucky to have Katie who has been helping in the Prep grades for several years now.

FLYING OUR KITES

If you have visited our grade any time in Term 3 you could not but have noticed our beautiful and colourful kites. They were a great eye catcher for all who have visited us. Sadly it was time to take them down so that we can start getting ready to make new things for our room. However we had the greatest fun taking our kites to the oval to fly them. The were just perfect and flew very well.

BIKE EDUCATION

Bike education was such fun. We went on a bus. First we had to learn all about the rules, before we had to put on our helmets to keep us safe. We had a school crossing, traffic lights, a roundabout and a railway crossing with flashing lights and bells! We had the best time there with no accidents, even though it was really hard to keep to the left hand side of the road. The best thing about Prep K was that nobody was booked for speeding!

OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW

What a busy Term 3 we have had. Watching the men and machinery demolish our old building was very exciting. We learned so many new words like 'the excavator', which cleverly picked up the biggest and tiniest pieces of rubble to put into the tip trucks to be trucked away.

The fences were a big problem as balls always seemed to go over them, and it was such a long way to the toilets! They are down for the moment, but it will not take long for them to go up again. The next stage of building will not be far away now.