Term 4 - What are we learning about in Prep?

English
Reading

Recounts: learning about title, introduction, paragraph(s)

and conclusion

continue to develop letter-sound knowledge - phonemic

awareness

Jolly Phonics program continued

weekly guided reading sessions

sight words as per Jolly Phonics program words

home readers
Writing

Recount writing (including the 5 Ws

when, who, where, what and why)

annotated drawings and paintings

handwriting

fine motor program

Speaking

and Listening - Show and Tell Presentations

My birth story
Family favourite Christmas recipe
Family celebrations at Christmas
Recount of favourite memory of Prep

Maths

continue to explore numbers to 20 and beyond

continue to identify attributes of objects, including length,

mass, capacity and time, and sort and classify objects
based on their attributes

continue to sort, describe and name familiar 2D shapes and

3D objects, and describe the position and movement of
these objects

recognise and make patterns

investigate ordinal numbers

explore time through days of the week, day and night and
clocks

collect data and represent it in the form of

graphs

Mathletics and Rainbow Maths

Science
Movement

respond to questions about moving objects, using their

senses to make observations and to explore how the
objects move

observe the way different objects move

compare the way different-sized, but similar-shaped,

objects move

explore how the movement of different living things

depends on their size and shape

represent their ideas and share their observations and

ideas about movement through discussions and drawings

History
Calendar of special events in Australia - family celebrations including
birthdays and Christmas

sequence & explore family histories

explore a range of sources (including literature) about past

family events and stories of family

identify and compare familiar family events and stories of

family from sources

explore a point of view by sharing understanding of family

events and stories of family

explain and communicate family events and stories of

family in a range of forms, including digital technologies

Religion

Geography
How can we look after the places we live in?

Gardening every week with

Mr Scheer

record information from

observations using geographic tools,
such as maps and tables, and ask questions about what they
observe in the local area

use guided discussions related to observations to answer

questions and discuss different ways they could contribute
to caring for their special places

draw pictures of, and describe, the ways they care for
places

suggest ways they could take care of important places in

the school or local area, and outline why this might be
required.

MJR- Making Jesus Real continued

Explore morals and messages in
scripture Advent and the
Christmas story
Investigate and report what Jewish
families were like in the time of Jesus.
Use and display the Bible respectfully.
Listen with respect as Scripture is proclaimed in
prayerful settings.
Participate respectfully in meditative prayer.
Identify and use practices and spiritual exercises
that assist them to prepare for and engage in
meditative prayer.

Health and Physical Education

30 minute sports lesson each week with Mrs Davidson

30 minute swimming lesson at Healthstream Weeks 2-7

learn and play group games and sports

Yoga
Healthy Living

Munch and Crunch

Learning about our bodies and what we need to do to keep

them healthy healthy eating, dental hygiene (Colgate
Bright Smiles, Bright Future program), respiratory hygiene
(Sneezesafe program), toileting (Toilet Tactics program)
and sun safety.

Integrated Arts
2 hours Integrated Arts per week

includes dance, drama, music, visual

media

arts and