FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL PREP-YEAR 2 ALICE HARVEY & JENNIFER BAMPTON
High Expectations of our students, our staff and our community…
Hello Everyone!
The excitement and engagement our P-2 students have shown for their learning this term has been amazing! Such incredible learning across this space.
It was great to welcome our families into classes earlier this term to be able to see this learning happening. Parents met again in our Parent-teacher interviews to discuss your child one-on-one with their teacher. Please take the time after your parent meeting to celebrate your child’s achievements. Putting in the time, energy and showing genuine interest is highly beneficial and tells your child you care. When they know you care, children take more risks in their learning.
On behalf of the P- 2 team, we hope you have a restful and safe holiday. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Work sample below is from PB. Look at the incredible detail, thank you Ms Black for sharing.
Oral Language in P-2
Oral language is the basis of reading and writing. When we do our Prep Orientation before our new students start school, we talk about ‘Reading and writing floats on a sea of talk’. Parents, as their child’s first teacher, are important sources of rich and varied oral language development. At school, we then build on this oral language development to suit new and challenging activities. Below is a link to a short video about Oral Language Development.
Positive Parenting Program for Year 1 Parents – Face to Face
Being a parent is challenging at the best of times! I strongly encourage parents to sign up to the school’s face to face sessions. We are concentrating on Year 1 Parents next term. This program is normally run online but our school is offering face to face, run by our Chaplain Cassie Love. This program assists parents:
- Boosting their emotional wellbeing and maintaining a good relationship now and in the years to come
- Making family life less stressful and more enjoyable – even in tough times
- Setting good habits early and preventing problems from getting worse with practical strategies you can start straight away.
See below flyer for details:
PREP 2026
2026 Prep enrolments are now being accepted. Please see below flyer for RSSS 2025 Pre-Prep Program information.
Alice Harvey Jennifer Bampton