Prep - Term 3 Curriculum Overview 2023
Term 3
Welcome back to all our existing and new parents and carers in Prep. We have a busy Term 3 ahead of us with lots of exciting things happening. We also welcome Belinda Martin to our Prep team. Belinda is joining us in Prep B this Semester. 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 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. The assessment schedule for Term 3 is included in this outline. This provides a good insight into what your child is working on in class and their assessment task. If you have any questions regarding this please contact your child’s classroom teacher. Classroom doors will open at approx. 8.45am in the mornings and the playground is out of bounds as there is no supervision in place. Please make sure students are not unsupervised by you until the bell rings at 8.55am. 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. The Prep team thanks you for your ongoing support and we look forward to another successful term 😊 |
English
In this unit, students listen to, view and interpret a range of multimodal texts, including texts containing rhyme, to develop an understanding of sound and letter knowledge and a range of language features. Students will also respond to a rhyming story by sharing their feelings about characters and events
Maths
This term in our maths unit we will be covering a range of areas including:
- Collecting information and interpreting simple data displays
- Time, including sequencing events throughout the day and sequencing the days of the week and connecting them to familiar events
- Units of measurement including length, height and mass
Science
This term our Science unit is “Weather in my world”. Weather will be observed and represented using symbols. Students will note changes and how weather impacts on everyday life.
HASS
This semester our Geography unit provides opportunities for students to:
- Understand that a ‘place’ has features and a boundary that can be represented on maps or globes
- Observe and record the visible elements or features of the ‘place’ they live in and belong to represent the location and direction of visible elements or features of their place on a pictorial map and model
HPE
In PE, students in Prep will explore how to move and play safely during physical activity. They will also develop the fundamental movement skills of running, jumping, hopping and galloping. In Health, students will identify safe settings where they can move and play safely and identify actions that keep them safe in different settings. Students will also identify the emotions people experience in different situations.
Music
During Term 3, students will listen to and discuss a variety of musical pieces. The aim of the disscussion is to develop specific music vocabulary. Students will learn a number of songs and musical games and will express themselves through art activities.
Visual Arts
This term in Visual Arts, Prep students will view various famous artworks that also relate to characters in books and animated cartoons. Students will explore ideas, experiences, observations, and imagination to recreate the subject of the artwork by crafting. They will use and experiment with different materials, techniques, and processes to make artworks.
Drama
Term 3 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 audience, ensuring all students have opportunities to develop their higher-order thinking skills.
Technology
In Technologies, students in Prep step into the shoes of a Fairy-tale character to make a designed or digital solution to assist them in a time of need. The following characters have been selected to explore.
- Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood: Exploring how local delivery services meet different needs for people eg/ online shopping items arrive at a person’s home, exploring digital hardware and software.
- 3 Little Pigs: Compare the houses built by the pigs and discuss the properties of the materials.
- Hanzel & Gretal – Students identify the different food that covers the Gingerbread house, sort and display the data in different ways.
Assessment Schedule
Learning Area | Assessment Task | Due Date |
English | Responding to a rhyme Reading comprehension | Week 9 |
Mathematics | Collecting data Duration of events and sequencing Measurement | Week 9 |
Science | Weather in my world | Week 9 |
Drama | Memory Play | Weeks 6-8 |
HPE | HEALTH - I Can Do It | Weeks 7-8 |
Social Emotional Learning/Self-Regulation
The Pause Program will commence in week 6 of this term. Why the Pause approach?
- Pause teaches students the importance of recognising the signals in their body that their brain sends them.
- Pause teaches students the three key parts of the brain that are responsible for thinking, emotions and long term memory.
- Pause empowers students to self-regulate their own behaviour by taking notice and acting on the signals they receive from their brain in a positive way.
- Wellbeiing underpins the way children feel about themselves and how they relate to others.
- Pause improves children’s wellbeing by teaching them about Neuroscience and Mindfulness.
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, practising reading and writing spelling words and recognising Irregular High Frequency Words (IHFW). We as 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:
Either:
- Text (SMS)* 0428 621 921 (preferred method) *SMS line does not take calls & no emoji’s please SMS any time, with student name, reason for absence and duration.
- Call the absence Line: 4057 1444 (press #1) only available after 8:30 am Leave student name and reason for absence.
- Email: attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au before 9:30am.
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
Tuckshop
Tuckshop operates daily during the two breaks. Orders can be placed online via FlexiSchools or at the tuckshop on a paper bag. Tuckshop orders are placed in class tuckshop basket before 9am. Miscellaneous items can be purchased over the counter. Please talk to your child about not giving money away or sharing food.
Contact Information
Contact your child’s teacher via email:
Prep A – Kaileh Cavenett kcave12@eq.edu.au
Prep B – Belinda Martin bbrod9@eq.edu.au
Prep C - Darelle Andersen dande135@eq.edu.au
Prep D - Angela Buckley ambuc1@eq.edu.au
Prep M - Gayle Kyle gkyle4@eq.edu.au
Specialist Teachers
HPE - Jodie Donovan jdono63@eq.edu.au
HPE - Rochelle Powell rapow1@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
HPE/Technology/Drama - Karen Arthur kaart0@eq.edu.au