WELCOME TO Prep 1
Mrs Callen teaches Prep 1. Miss Dennison works in Prep 1 as well.
We hope you enjoy all the interesting things we learn in our first year at school.
We hope you enjoy all the interesting things we learn in our first year at school.
Term 1
Once upon a time
In our first topic we look at our favourite fairy tales. Our role play area gets changed every week. First it is Little Red Riding Hood's granny’s house, then it’s the 3 bears’ house and lastly it is turned into the Mill from The Little Red Hen. We love acting out the story using puppets and masks. Using the bears, we can make sets and order them smallest to biggest. |
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Colours of the Rainbow In this topic, we take a closer look at Autumn. We put on our welly boots and take a wander down to our school garden to look for colourful leaves. We make beautiful Halloween crafts, including a pumpkin using orange and green tissue paper. We make a lovely firework display, by blowing paint through a straw and then add some glitter to make it sparkle! |
All about me
In this topic we get to tell our new friends exciting things about ourselves. We draw around someone in the class and label their head, feet, hands, head, arms and legs! We use paint and crayons to draw their school uniform on them! Using the iPad, we take ‘selfies’ of ourselves and then cut them up into four. Our partner has to try and put our face back together; this always makes us laugh!
In this topic we get to tell our new friends exciting things about ourselves. We draw around someone in the class and label their head, feet, hands, head, arms and legs! We use paint and crayons to draw their school uniform on them! Using the iPad, we take ‘selfies’ of ourselves and then cut them up into four. Our partner has to try and put our face back together; this always makes us laugh!
Term 2
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Winter Wonderland
Winter time is here! In this topic we learn all about rain and snow. We love learning all about Noah and his amazing ark. If we are lucky and it snows, we get to put on our hats, gloves, scarf and welly boots and go outside to play. We do lots of experiments during this topic; one of our experiments is that we have to find a waterproof hat suitable for Sully. We also make predictions to see how long it will take for ice to melt in our water tray. Using the computer, we design our own snowmen and we use the Pic Collage app on the iPads to make our own winter collages. |
Pirates
In Prep 1 we think this topic is the most exciting. We have a pirate ship in our classroom and we get to dress up and play in the ship. We learn lots about Pirates and write some lovely sentences. Prep 1 get to make our own pirate flag, make a treasure map, design their own parrots, make pirate swords and sing pirate songs. To end our Pirate topic, we get to go on a pirate adventure! |
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Fun At The Farm In this topic, we take a closer look at the season of spring. We use felt, tissue paper and cotton wool to decorate baby animals. We learn a little about St. Patrick and St. David and make lovely crafts to take home. Prep 1 also make lovely gift for all their mummies to show them how much they love them! To end our topic, we go on a school trip to the Ark Farm. Click on this photo to see pictures of our visit to the farm. |
Term 3
People who help us In this topic, our role play area turns into a hospital, post office and a vet’s surgery. We have lots of dressing up costumes. During this topic, we get some special visitors to come into school to talk to us about their jobs. |
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