P-2 News

Welcome to Term 3!

Last week, marked a special milestone for our Prep students – their 100th day of school! It was an exciting celebration, packed with fun and meaningful activities like completing 100 exercises, forming a giant ‘100’ on the oval, writing 100 words, counting to 100, creating their very own “100 Days Smarter” crowns and so much more. The culminating activity and certainly a favourite, was a lunchtime disco. It was a great day that reinforced just how much our Preps have grown, learned, and achieved in their first 6 months of school. A highlight for me was seeing the Preps walk through a guard of honour, a tradition usually reserved for our Year 6 students on their final day of primary school. I hope that when our current Preps walk through that guard again in Year 6, they’ll remember how far they have come since that very first milestone - their 100th day of school.

Next week, we have another exciting event for our Prep cohort: The Prep Olympics! This event will be held on Friday 8 August, 9:00-10:30am on the oval. Prep Olympics is just like a Sports Day where our students will participate in various sports and activities, showcasing their skills and teamwork. We invite parents and families to attend this event.

Events like the 100 Days of School celebration and the Prep Olympics complement the learning our Preps are doing in their English unit as students are learning to share an experience to an audience. Year 1 students are also building their oral language skills by learning how to present a procedure and share an opinion, and our Year 2 students are learning to express preferences about a favourite place and support their opinions with reasons. Our P-2 visible learning walls are beginning to grow, and students have been introduced to their goals folder which will be utilised as a tool to reflect on learning and knowing next steps.

This term, we continue to welcome 2026 Prep families into our school community. On Tuesday 5 August, we’ll host a morning tea for parents and carers to meet one another and connect with our Community Liaison Officer, Linda Savins. Later in the term, our future Preps will take part in a special orientation morning where they’ll experience two specialist lessons in areas such as Physical Education, The Arts, STEM or Music. In the background, our early years team are continuing to collaborate with local kindergarten educators through our ongoing kindergarten network meetings – all part of our commitment to ensuring a smooth and supportive transition to school.

Thank you, as always, for your support. We look forward to seeing you throughout the term.