Prep Term 2, 2024 Curriculum Overview
Term Overview
Welcome back to all our existing and new parents and carers in Prep. We have a busy Term 2 ahead of us with lots of exciting things happening. It is very important for students to attend school every day so they do not miss out on any of the curriculum. It is also important for every student to have a healthy breakfast before coming to school to help their concentration and ability to learn. Thank you for the healthy lunches, remember to gauge how much food your child requires and try and limit too many packaged foods if possible. Please put water in the water bottles and try to avoid juice if possible. If names come off lunchboxes and water bottles, make sure you rename them throughout the year to avoid confusion. Just a reminder… No hat, no play! Ensure you have spare clothes in your child’s bag every day. To build a sense of belonging, pride and respect, students are expected to wear their full school uniform:
Before School We encourage parents to drop students off to school after 8:30am. If students arrive before this time, they are to sit in the COLA until the 8:30am bell. |
QParents
QParents is here
Great news: Trinity Beach SS provides our parent community with the opportunity to register for QParents.
We will be sending out invitations for parents to register for QParents next week.
QParents won’t replace the traditional ways you communicate with our school, but it will provide another way to communicate with us.
More information about QParents can be found at https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/about
Attendance
How to report an absence:
- Email attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au or
- Call the school's absence line on 4057 1444, then press #1 and don't forget to leave a reason why your child/children are away, or
- Send a note to the classroom teacher on their return
Our schools attendance target is 95%
English
Personal Recount
In this unit, students will orally share their ideas with others beginning with when, who and what and are gradually encouraged to include more detail until their true story includes – when, who, where, what, why and how.
Maths
This term we will be covering a range of mathematical concepts:
- Number and place value including counting forwards and backwards, identifying how many in a collection and comparing quantities using more or less.
- Patterns such as copying, describing and continuing simple repeating patterns
Science
Our Material World:
In this unit, students will examine familiar objects using their senses and understand that objects are made of materials that have observable properties. Through exploration, investigation and discussion, students will learn how to describe the properties of the materials from which objects are made and how to pose scientific questions. Students conduct investigations to determine suitability of materials for a particular purpose and share their ideas and observations using scientific language and representations.
HASS
My Family History:
This semester, students will explore families and their relationships with each other. They will identify who is in their family and learn about their family background. They will learn how families can be the same or different. Students will identify important events in their own lives. They will identify how they, their families and friends know about their past and commemorate events that are important to them.
Homework
Students will receive a home reading book each week as well as spelling words to consolidate learning in class. Students are encouraged to spend approximately 10 minutes each afternoon completing set activities.
HPE
In PE, students in Prep will continue to be involved in a unit that allows them to demonstrate personal and social skills when working with others across a range of athletic events. They will explore how to perform the basic movements of running, jumping and throwing for distance.
Music
In this unit, students will learn about ballet music as they listen to a variety of musical pieces from the Nutcracker. They will become aware of timbre and texture of music and that a story can be told through the medium of music and dance.
Visual Arts
This term Prep students will build on their collage skills as well as learn different painting techniques with an array of materials. These will be assembled to create their artwork for this term which will fit into our theme of ‘Bugs, Grubs and All Things Nice’. This will conclude our studies of Visual Arts for the students that have been participating this semester.
Drama
Term 2 will see Prep students respond to, devise and perform drama based on the theme of memories. They will create stories of family and friends as a stimulus and explore improvisation, process drama and dramatic play and then present the drama that communicates ideas about stories of family and friends to an informal audience, ensuring all students have opportunities to develop their higher-order thinking skills.
Technology
This term, students will be becoming familiar with a range of different digital systems and use them for a purpose.
Assessment Schedule
Learning Area | Assessment Task | Due Date |
English | Personal recount: Oral presentation | Week 7 |
Maths | Number: Making connections between 0 and 10 | Week 6 |
Science | Making a Boat: Oral response to questions | Week 6 |
HASS | Oral and pictorial response to questions | Week 6 |
HPE | Who wants to play? (practical assessment) | Throughout |
Music | Sing a known song Keep the beat Create a rhythm | Week 8-9 |
Technology | Students in foundation will engage in age-appropriate learning experiences where their progress will be monitored but not reported against. Therefore, there is no assessment. | N/A |
Visual Arts | No assessment this term | N/A |
Drama | Memory play | Week 6-8 |
Contact Information
Contact your childs teacher via email:
Contact your child's teacher via email: Prep A – Kaileh Cavenett kcave12@eq.edu.au Prep B - Darelle Andersen dande135@eq.edu.au Prep C - Angela Buckley ambuc1@eq.edu.au Prep M - Gayle Kyle gkyle4@eq.edu.au Specialist Teachers HPE Jodie Donovan jdono63@eq.edu.au HPE Damien Theodore dxthe0@eq.edu.au Visual Arts Vanessa Graham vgrah5@eq.edu.au Music Svetlana Walker swalk146@eq.edu.au Drama David Terry dater1@eq.edu.au Technology Alex Einerman aeine0@eq.edu.au |