Firefighters!

On Friday, the Preps had some special visitors who came to teach us about fire safety. Firefighters from the Brunswick Station talked about what to do when there is a fire and some of the questions that they asked us were "Has your family got a safe meeting spot?" "What would you do if your clothes were on fire?" "What number should you call if there is a fire?"

They taught us some useful strategies for exiting a building on fire...

and helped the Preps think of safe places that they could go when waiting for a fire truck to arrive.

We were lucky enough to see their special equipment which protects them from the flames and smoke.  Can you name these?

In a few weeks time we will be visiting their fire station and will learn even more about Firefighters and their job.

Community Walk: Senses

Today was a lovely day for a walk, so the Preps headed out of the school and along De Carle St towards Warr Park. We followed our three rules carefully: no gaps, be safe/sensible, stay with your partner. 

When we arrived at Warr park, the students sat on the grass and used four of their senses - recording what they could see, smell, feel and hear. All of their recordings will be used later on in the week during our literacy lessons along side our audio recordings.

Once everyone had finished recording their observations, we had some fun on the playground!

What a wonderful way to learn about our senses and expand our vocabulary - The Preps

Book Week Celebrations

Moreland Primary School celebrated Book Week on Monday by having a dress up parade. The Preps come to school dressed up as their favourite book characters, such as The Lorax, Alice in Wonderland, Maisy Cat, Rapunzel, Captain Black Beard and two Cat in a Hat's!

For the rest of the morning, the school broke into their house groups and completed some fun activities that focused on some of the award winning books for 2013. 

Here a some quotes from the Preps about their favourite part of the Book Week celebrations..

'I loved showing people my costume'

'I liked the activities because we got to read new books, they were really fun!'

'I loved book week because my Daddy came to school and saw me in the parade'

What a fun way to celebrate Book Week!

Family Maths and Science Night

On Wednesday the 14th of August, Moreland Primary School celebrated Maths and Science Night. Families moved around the school to different stations and one of these was run by Kellie, Natalie and Mary.  The 'Will it Sinking or Float?' activity required students and their parents to choose an object and 'predict, observe and explain'. One of the most interesting activities was the two oranges experiment, with one having its skin on and the other one was skinless. Which orange floated? Which one sunk? Try this at home and find out the answer...

The Preps were very inquisitive and provided detailed explanations about their predictions. Overall, the Preps got the most answers correct, well done!!

Developmental Play: Fashion Designers

During Development Play, the Preps were asked to create clothing using only newspaper and masking tape. One person acted as the model, while the other two group members worked collaboratively to design some fabulous new clothes. This involved ripping and fitting the newspaper, adjusting to ensure that the clothes fit together and altering the clothing to make them more unique. 

Here is some of the clothes that the preps designed and modelled...

Where is Muffin McLay?

During weeks 3 and 4, the students began to explore positional language in Maths.

On the walk, they were asked to describe where McLay was at certain points (without pointing). 

Can you describe where he is? 

"McLay is next to the tree"

"McLay is beside the tree"

"McLay is in front of the house"

Students recorded their sentences on sheets and carefully drew his location.

When we arrived at the playground we found silly McLay stuck on the monkey bars.

Can you describe where he is?

"McLay is on top of the monkey bars"

"McLay is on top of Ben"

"McLay is above Ben"

Once McLay was helped down from the bars, we had a little bit of fun ourselves.

But right at the end, naughty McLay ran off again, can you see where he is?

"McLay is between the two posts"

"McLay is on the driveway"

"McLay is in front of the house"

"We had so much fun using positional language" - The Preps