A fun filled first year! The 2023 Preps have had such a fun filled first year of school, with lots of learning and many special activities and events. Our favourite subjects at school have been STEM, PE, Art and Dance. We also loved engaging in Nature Play and even had one of our Indigenous families share their family treasures, traditions and stories with us. The Preps loved getting to know our Year 4 Buddies by having them play with us on the playground or having them help us with our different learning tasks. This year we learnt all about the people in our community who help us. We had visits from the Police, the Fire Brigade and the SES. The Preps got to sit in a police car and a fire truck. We even got the chance to switch on the sirens and spray water from the fire hose. The Preps joined the rest of the Primary and Secondary students in Athletics Day and the School Production. We were a little nervous at first but we had so much fun performing on a real stage, in front of a big audience. Early on in the year, we also performed a surprise Flash Mob dance with the rest of the Pri- mary students for all our parents/carers. We celebrated Science Week by building marble mazes and experimenting with all sorts of bubbles. Whilst Book Week was celebrated with us dressing up in our favourite costumes. We got creative with our hairstyles on Crazy Hair Day and donned our footy gear and team colours on Footy Day. The highlight of our year, however, was celebrating our first 100 Days of School. In the lead up to the day we learnt everything we could about the number 100 and made paper chains with 100 links to decorate our learning spaces. On the big day, we celebrated by coming to school dressed up like 100
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year old people, with grey hair and walking sticks. We made fairy bread with 100s and 1000s, held a disco dance, a high tea picnic, then went on a parade around the whole school and participated in a 100 Days Fitness Trail. All the Preps have come such a long way this year. We have made many new friends and met many wonderful teachers and school support staff. We have learnt how to read and write and how to think creatively and critically. We have become so much more confident and brave. Most importantly, we have begun to develop the values of Leadership, Teamwork, Respect and Learning. We know that these values will help us to grow even more throughout the rest of our school years at The Lakes.
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