Prep Term 4 2024 Curriculum Overview
Welcome & General Information
Welcome back after what we hope was a great break for all. We would also like to welcome any new families into the Trinity Beach community. The purpose of this overview is to share what topics our students will be covering over the duration of this term across all of the learning areas as well as share when students will be assessed on their learning. For information about specific events please keep a look out on the Trinity Beach State School Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/trinitybeachss/ To ensure a smooth start to the term, please check to see if your child needs any additional equipment, such as stationary or uniforms and ensure that these are named to reduce the risk of losing them. We hope that this term is a successful term. As always, if you have any questions about your child’s progress or if you have any concerns your first point of contact is your child’s teacher. The contact details for all the teachers are listed in the “Contact Information” section. |
English
In this unit students listen to, view and interpret a range of texts about Australian animals to write an information report, and create a supporting image or illustration.
Maths
In this unit students will continue their Number and place value by connecting number names with their numerals and counting to and from 20. They will also compare objects using mass length and capacity. |
Science
In this unit, students will learn how the environment affects them and other living things by discovering the basic needs for survival. |
Humanities & Social Sciences (HASS)
In this unit, students will complete a range of activities that will help them to answer the inquiry question “What are places like and what makes them special?”
Health & Physical education (HPE)
Students in Prep will demonstrate personal and social skills for working with others in a range of activities. They will develop the fundamental movement skills of two-handed catching and underarm throwing and explore dynamic balances with beanbags. They will apply these skills to solve movement challenges. |
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.
Technology
This term, students will be becoming familiar with a range of different digital systems and use them for a purpose.
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’.
Drama
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.
Assessment Schedule
Learning Area | Assessment Task | Due Date |
English | Information text Phonics | Week 7 Week 8 |
Maths | Number (counting and connecting number names and numerals | Week 8 |
Science | Diorama of an environment | Week 7 |
HASS | My special place | Week 5 |
HPE | Catch that bean | Weeks 5-8 |
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 |
Reading & Spelling
Our school continues to embed a whole school approach to reading and spelling across Prep to Year 6. This involves teaching the reading and spelling demands of the Australian Curriculum, providing students with a systematic synthetic phonics approach and unpacking the Big 6/Science of Reading through engaging and meaningful lessons. Students engage with decodable texts when learning to read and rich authentic texts when reading to learn and continue to use the PLD approach for their spelling and sound focus.
Homework
Homework will continue to be handed out each Friday and returned the following Thursday. Homework tasks will include reading, writing spelling words and recognising Irregular High Frequency Words (IHFW). We ask that you assist your child to complete 10 minutes of homework each afternoon to support the learning they do in class.
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 school’s attendance target is 95%
QParents
QP is an online portal helping the school move toward a cashless and paper friendly school.
- The QP portal allows Parents and Carers to grant participation consent online for activities such as swimming and excursions which reduces our need to print out paper consent forms
- Also, the QP portal enables Parents and Carers to make payment online for school activities and viewing unpaid invoices payment history.
Thank you to all those parents who have registered for QParents. This means every registered parent now has the opportunity to access to their children’s student records at their fingertips, anytime, anywhere. Haven’t received an invitation from us yet? There’s still time! Please let us know immediately. Or if you are simply looking for further information, videos and FAQs on QParents, visit https://qparents.qld.edu.au
Contact information
Classroom Teachers 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 LOTE Stefan Poropat sporo2@eq.edu.au |