Prep+Info

=Prep Year =

The Prep Year is underpinned by the guiding philosophy as set-down by the Early Years Curriculum guidelinesfrom Education Queensland. A summary of the key areas guiding the teaching and learning program in Prep is outlined in - [|Prep Key Organisers.doc]

=Rocket Reading in Prep= Term 2 will see our Prep classes commence the Rocket Reading Program. This will incorporate components of the whole P-3 STAR Reading program. Prep students will be introduced to the first 3 stages in the reading program - 1. **Predict** 2. **Look for Clues** and 3. **Read** [|rocket single.doc]
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The other stages - **Clarify**, **Question** and **Summarise** will be developed incidentally during the course of book discussions and story reading.

Prep Roadmap
Newly released in DRAFT form from EQ and being shared across the South Coast Region. Each image is a new page from the DRAFT document. Please note, this has not been formally confirmed by EQ and once it is, it is expected that the document will be available from here. [|prep_roadmap_001.jpg] [|prep_roadmap_002.jpg] [|prep_roadmap_003.jpg] [|prep_roadmap_004.jpg] [|prep_roadmap_005.jpg] [|prep_roadmap_006.jpg] [|prep_roadmap_007.jpg]

Literacy and Numeracy in the Prep Year
The following PowerPoint provides relevant information for all Prep teachers in best practice for teaching Literacy and Numeracy in the Prep year. Unfortunately not all the viseo clips can be uploaded here but the messages within the presentation should be helpful. [|Pres'n LIT & NUM.ppt] [|WW OUTDOORS 2.wmv] [|WW PAINTING.wmv] 
 * [[image:prep_activity.jpg width="369" height="249" align="center" caption="Literacy activity in negotiated topic"]] || [[image:prep_rdg.jpg width="352" height="242" align="center" caption="Reading in Prep"]] ||
 * = [[image:prep_writing.jpg width="343" height="225" align="center" caption="Writing in Prep"]] ||= [[image:prep_measure.jpg width="336" height="248" align="center" caption="Play wth a purpose"]] ||