Our Community Walk - Gilmour Park

Last week, the Preps ventured out of the school grounds and down to a local park. 

They walked responsibly, ensuring that they held their partners hand and stayed in the line.

Once we arrived, the students sat down on the grass and focused on their senses. They wrote down information about what they could see, smell and hear. Lastly, they wrote down questions that they had about the park.

One of the Prep students then directed us to a plaque, which was able to answer many of the students questions, such as: when was the park made, who made the park, what is the park called?

Once the students finished writing, they got to explore and have fun on the playground.

Swimming Volunteers

Next week, the Preps will begin their swimming lessons and we still require volunteers to help us walk the students to the pool. 

Parents are required to have a working with children check and will need to make arrangements for siblings to be looked after during the walks.

All students have been allocated to a session, so if you would like to help out during your child's lesson then please ask a teacher and we can let you know which session they are in.

We require parents for the following sessions:

	Mon 1st		Tues 2nd	Wed 3rd	Thurs 4th	Friday 5th
Group 1 1.00-1.40pm	2 parents needed		1 parent needed	2 parents needed	2 parents needed	2 parents needed
Group 1.40-2.20pm	1 parent needed	Full		2 parents needed	1 parent needed	1 parent needed

	Mon 8th		Tues 9th	Wed 10th	Thurs 11th	Fri 12th
Group 1 1.00-1.40pm	2 parents needed		1 parent needed	2 parents needed	2 parents needed	2 parents needed
Group 2 1.40-2.20pm		1 parent needed	Full	2 parents needed	1 parent needed	Full

Parents will need to arrive 25 minutes prior to the times listed above (i.e. 12.35 or 1.15).

 Thank you,

The Prep Team

Library Books

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

Today, the Preps have borrowed one book from our library and this is because all books need to be returned by next Monday, the 1st of December. 

Can everyone please ensure that all library bags are put into their child's school bag this weekend, any books not returned by Monday will be marked as late returns.

Thank you,

The Prep Team

Bollywood Dancing

Today, the students at MPS dressed up in Indian colours and clothing to celebrate and consolidate all of the learning that we have done this semester in Asian Studies. The Grade 1 & 2 students put together an amazing Indian themed assembly that included their own Bollywood music video and at the end of the assembly, all of the students, parents and teachers danced together to the song. See below!

Indian Prep Parade

Bollywood Dancing

Swimming Volunteers

ATTENTION PARENTS

Swimming begins Monday 1st December and goes for two weeks, ending Friday 12th December. The Prep students attend swimming everyday during this period.

The Prep times for swimming are going to be:

Group 1: 1.00-1.40pm

Group 2: 1.40-2.20pm.

Due to the fact that they are going to be in 2 different groups: we require 2 volunteers for each group everyday to walk students to and from swimming. Working with Children Check is required and no siblings.  Assistance is not required in the change rooms.

The groups have not been allocated as yet, but if you could please let us know if you are available to volunteer on a particular day (or several) and which time slot suits you, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

The Prep Team

Cooking Curry with the Preps

This semester, the Preps have been learning about India. One of the things that we have been discussing is Indian food and this week we made a yummy curry and ate some pappadums. All of the students tried our curry and many came back for seconds. Below you will find some pictures of this experience and also the recipe we used (just incase you would like to use it at home), that was provided to us by one of the Prep parents (thank you). Many of the Preps have told us that they have now had curry at home and we would love for parents to post their recipe below so we can discuss the different ingredients used.

Mild Veggie Curry: 

                ½ cup  Potato (diced to ~ 1cm)

                ½ cup Butternut pumpkin (diced to ~ 1cm)

                ¼ cup Tomato (chopped)

                ¼ cup Onion (chopped)

                1Tbsp Light Olive oil

                1 tsp cumin (seeds ground)

                1 tsp coriander (seeds ground)

                Fresh Thyme

                Fresh Bay leaves

                Fresh Curry leaves

Put olive oil, cumin and coriander in pot and heat.

When spices start “bubbling’ quickly add all the veggies, thyme, bay leaves, curry leaves and mix

Add ~1/2 cup of water, bring to boil and turn stove to low.

Cook for ~20 minutes or until veggies are tender and have the desired consistency of the sauce

Salt to taste.

Serve with pappadums and/or rice

Serves: 3 children