The last week of the year is here!
It seems like such a long time that we have been in Prepa and now we are moving up to 1st Grade.
We have had a great year and learned a lot!
This week it was time to clear the classroom, tidy up and take all our work home. We also had time to have a music competition, a party for our good behaviour and of course an end-of-year party. We’d like to say “Cheers!” to our teachers.
You can see the photos here.
Have a great holiday!
;-)
During this past week we have been learning about Helen Keller. She was a normal little girl until she got very sick and became blind and deaf. After many years, she learned how to read by “feeling” the letters and touching a specific object. Later on, she became a teacher and helped blind children to learn how to read and write. The children did some activities blindfolded to experience what it would be like to be blind.
Also look at this week’s page for our Star Students here.
This week we have been learning about Fernando Llort and about different styles of painting. Then we went to the
Here is a movie of Prepa Mulford’s experience at MARTE.
You can also see more photos here.
This week the entry comes from Prepa Mulford.
We have been learning all about Dr. Seuss this week. We found out lots of interesting things about him and read lots of his books. Listen to the Voicethread below to hear us telling you what we learned; reading some of the writing that we did this week and reading some of his stories.
Also look at this week’s page for our Star Students here.
The children in Prepa have also been learning some dance routines to accompany Kylie Minogue’s songs. Here is a movie of the “Dance Off” that we had on Friday.
This week for the topic of Famous People, we have been learning about Kylie Minogue. She is a famous singer, so the children have been learning the words to her songs and making their own songs. They then went into a “recording studio” in each classroom to record lots of different songs. You will find a Voicethread containing the recordings for each class below.
Prepa Mulford
Prepa McManus
Prepa Mena
Prepa Tenorio
We had great fun in the recording studio.
Also look at this week’s page for our Star Students here.
This week the entry comes from Prepa Mulford.
We have been learning all about Queen Elizabeth II and why she is famous. On the Voicethread below you can hear what the children have to say about some photos of the Queen.
On some computers the childrens' voices are not working and only my voice can be heard. If this is the case for you, please visit the original full screen version at Voicethread here.
Also look at this week’s page for our Star Students here.
This week the entry comes from Prepa McManus.
Pirates! Pirates! Pirates!
Prepa has had a fantastic week learning, making and dressing up like Pirates. We began the week learning about the famous Pirate Henry Morgan who lived nearly 373 years ago. We discovered the places he traveled to and how life was for a pirate then. We also wrote our own Pirate Poems and made Pirate Puppets. Finally, on Friday we got to be a Pirate. We paraded around Lower Primary showing off our cool homemade Pirate costumes. It has been a long and exciting week and we all look forward to what new famous person we will be learning about next!
Click here to see the photos.
We enjoyed some
exciting “night activities” last Friday, with
students returning to school at the end of
the afternoon to participate in a variety of games, walks,
a special show and firework display.
The evening finished
with milk and cookies and a great bedtime story!
You can see the photos here.
This week's entry comes from Prepa Tenorio.
This week the children in Prepa have been reading non-fiction books about a variety of topics. They have learned the similarities and differences between fiction and non-fiction. Some of the boys have really enjoyed reading non-fiction, especially about animals and sports. Since we created the non-fiction section in our reading corners boys have become frequent visitors.
Buying non-fiction books and magazines is a great idea to stimulate the love for books in or kids.
Here are some tips for reading non-fiction with your child:
1.Reading non-fiction takes time. You may have to reread to make sure you understand.
2. Reading fiction is like watching a movie. Non-fiction is more like a newscast or watching a slide show.
3. Non-fiction reading is reading to learn something.
Enjoy some of the pictures of Prepa Tenorio reading non-fiction books here!
Also look at this week’s page for our Star Students here.
