Library Borrowing

Today is the first day of library borrowing, which is very exciting.

Students who have payed for their bag have all borrowed books to take home from the Prep library. If your child hasn't receive a bag, please speak to one of the teachers and we will provide you with another form.

Students will be borrowing and returning books every Thursday. Please ensure that your child ONLY brings books back on Thursday, as this will reduce any confusion. 

Each student can borrow up to two books and can have these for two weeks. Please keep these books in a safe place to reduce the chance of them going missing.

We hope that you and your child enjoy reading books from our great collection.

The Prep Team

Shape walk

On Friday afternoon, the Preps went on a Shape Walk around our school grounds. We all looked for the same shapes—circles, triangles, rectangles, squares or another kind of shape, and we kept track of how many shapes we found by taking pictures. 

On our Shape Walk, we practiced:

• matching, naming and describing basic shapes

• learning about the characteristics of the basic shapes

• gathering information from the environment

• using positional words such as over, under, near, next to, etc

This is a great activity to try at home, as it will help your child to become more familiar with shapes and their features.

The Preps

Morning transition into the classroom

Attention: Parents and caregivers

From the 24^th of February (tomorrow), the Preps will be lining up outside in the morning, on the white dots, before entering into the classroom.

We ask that you say your goodbyes before this, as this will allow for a smoother transition into the learning area.

The Prep teachers will be out in the morning to assist the Preps with lining up.

Thank you,

The Prep Team

Footsteps

On Friday, students at MPS had their first session of Footsteps. Footsteps Dance Company specialises in curriculum based school dance programs. They use dance to help students develop their inter/ intra personal skills and fitness levels. Below are some photos of the session, stay tuned for more later on in the week!

Footstep Sessions

1. 14th of February

2. 21st of February

3. 28th of February

4. 7th of March

5. 28th of March

6. 4th of April

Nude Food

Moreland Primary is a Nude Food School and one of our school priorities is Health and Nutrition

This means NO rubbish and healthy food

Lollies, sweet drinks, sugary biscuits and chips are STRONGLY discouraged

Use a lunch box and small plastic containers to pack - no cling wrap or foil if possible. However, reusable bags are encouraged.

We have a fridge in our class and two microwaves. If you would like your child to bring left overs from dinner, please feel free to put their lunch into the fridge. However, please include instructions regarding reheating and a teacher will heat up their food at lunch time.

Below are some pictures of the Preps showing you their nude food. It is our aim to win the trophy at assembly this term, so please ensure that your child has no wrappers and heathy food in their lunch boxes.

Also, eating times are listed below, please provide food for each break.

Recess: 11 - 11.30 (a small snack) 

Brain food: 12.20 -12.40 (fruit or vegetables)

Lunch: 1.30 - 2.30 (a larger meal)

The Preps

First Week At School

Over the past seven days, the Preps have had lots of time to get to know each other during Developmental Play. Below you will be able to see some photos of the fun things that they got up to, including making patterns with the dice, creating games using our wheels, making songs and using the ipads.

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