Book Week Celebration

Monday 22nd to Friday 26th of August is Book Week.

At The Lakes, we love reading books. And last Thursday we had a Book Week dress up celebration parade.

                   

We dressed up as our favourite book characters and paraded our costumes around the EY gym.


Here are some photos of us dressed as, well... you can figure it out!

                   

Preps at Bundoora Park Farm.

On Wednesday, the weather looked dicey but it didn't hold us back from going on our first excursion to Bundoora Park Farm. Not even the rain can stop Preps from The Lakes!

I saw a peacock and I saw a cow and I saw a horse and I saw a pig. by Filip

We rode on a horse.  I felt happy. I liked the farm.  by Tiernan.

 We did Art and in Art we did sheep.  We had a pony ride. We loved it.   by Laura.

At the farm I fed the animals and after that I felt happy. When we were riding on the tractor the emus followed us. by Angelina P

I went into the chickens house. I felt sad because the chickens upset me. I fed the kid goat. I felt happy because it was ticklish on my hand. by Caitlin

I gave the goats some hay. It was fun and I saw a guinea pig. I saw kangaroos too. by Bailee

100 DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!!

Last Friday we celebrated our 100th Day of School! We had been counting down the days to this monumental event and it didn't disappoint.

This is what happened, in our own words.

We did dancing. We had breakfast. We had juice. We made fruit loops necklaces. We did how we will look when we will be 100. By Bhovik.

I liked the 100 days of school. We made fruit loop necklaces. I like my crown. I was making when I am 100. I put a lot of effort in my crown.  By Immogen.

Last Friday was 100 days of school. I had fun because it was 100 days of school. Me and my friends had fun.By Bianca.

Last time we had 100 days of school. We made a fruit loop necklace. By Carlos.

Last Friday I went to the 100 days of school party at school. We had cake and we danced. By Mihaad.

Fun on the Farm in Term Three

Term Three has begun at The Lakes.
This term in Prep we are learning about Farms.

So far we've discussed what we already know about farms, and what we would like to learn about farms.

We are reading books about different types of farm animals, and different types of farms.


During Investigation, we have been demonstrating our knowledge of farms with pictures and building.

We go on our first excursion to Bundoora Park in a few weeks which we are very excited about. We get to visit a working farm!

Until then...

Pancakes

Did you know that pancakes begins with the letter 'p'?

Did you know that pink pancakes also starts with the letter 'p'?

Did you know what pleasant pink pancakes starts with the letter 'p'?

Did you know that we were too busy eating our pleasant pink pancakes to take photos of us eating our pleasant pink pancakes? 
We only have photos of us preparing our pleasant pink pancakes.

The CFA visit

On Tuesday morning, Adrian, Michael and Steven from South Morang CFA paid us a visit as part of our Community Helpers unit.

They brought in their firetruck and showed us all of the equipment on the firetruck. Steve showed us lots of super long hoses, hose triggers and ladders. We got to sit in the truck and put the sirens on. The best part was some of us even got to shoot the firehose. The water shot out really far and high into the sky.

Michael and Adrian talked about their uniform. It is very heavy and the CFA firefighters need to carry lots of equipment when they are on a job. The have helmets and oxygen tanks to breathe clean air during a fire.

They also taught us what to do if there is a fire in our home. When the smoke rises, we need to 'Get down low and go, go, go!' Or if any of our clothes catch fire, we need to 'Stop, drop and roll!'


We would like to thank Adrian, Michael and Steven for coming to visit us. We learned a lot about what the CFA do and what to do if we see a fire.

Angie: I liked the fire engine. It was fun.

Filip: The water was going up in the air. The siren was really loud.

Thomas: I saw the firetruck had a hose and a ladder.

This Lemonade can't get any sweeter...

Hi there

You may or may not have known that we where learning about the letter 'l' last week. We learned about the sound it makes, we made a list of things that start with 'l' (including a list), and finally we made some super sweet Lemonade.


We checked our recipe to make sure we had the correct ingredients and followed the right procedure.

First there was the lemon squeezing.

Then we added the sugar to water, after which we added the lemon juice.

Next we added more water, gave it a stir and put it in the fridge to chill.


We ended up with a drink that tasted remarkably like Lemonade.


Lovely!

The fuzz comes to the Prep pod!!

As part of our unit ‘Looking After Myself and Others’ this term, we had Wendy from Epping Police visit us in the Prep Pod. She told us all about what the Police do, and we got to ask her some questions about Police officers and how they keep us safe. 

We tried on many types of Police hats and learnt about the different Police units.

Wendy also brought in her Police car for us to look at. She turned on the lights and sirens, which were extremely loud. 

Owen “I liked the sirens on the Police car.”

Carlos “The sirens on the Police care were loud!”

Laura “It was fun because we got to hear real Police sirens.”

 

Angelique “I liked it when the sirens went off.”

Logan “I liked getting to see the Police car.”

A HUGE thanks to Wendy for visiting us. We learnt a great deal about how the Police help us in our community.

Jelly starts with a 'j'

Our letter of the week last week was 'j'. When we were brainstorming things that begin with a 'j', like jungle, jump and jeans, we realised that jelly also starts with a j.  

So we decided to make (and then eat) some yummy jelly.

We had our ingredients ready, and the bowls and spoons we needed to mix it.

                                                                     

We then followed our instructions and the jelly came out perfect!

Responsible Pet Ownership

On Tuesday we had a glorious visit from Leslie and her pet dog Kane as part of the Responsible Pet Ownership program.

We learnt how to approach a dog that we wanted to pat and say hello to.

  

We also know what to do if we see a dog that looks dangerous.

Luckily Kane was a friendly dog so we got to practise with him and give him a pat.

Term Two is in full swing!!

It's hard to believe we've been back at school for over two weeks already!


After an extra long Term One holiday break, with added Easter, we came back ready and rearing to go. Lots of us were practising our counting and writing and reading over the holidays, and it showed in our first couple of weeks of English and Maths sessions.

          

At the beginning of Week Two, we also had our first Athletics Carnival. Thankfully it wasn't too wet or too cold, but even if it was we did lots of activities and running races which kept our blood pumping and our feet and hands warm. Some of the fun activities were 'Human Tunnel Ball', 'Sack Race' and a very tricky 'Obstacle Course'. 

        

We also began our new unit of Investigation called 'Looking After Myself and Others'. We'll be investigating our personal well being, and how we ourselves and others can have a positive impact on it.


When we next speak, we'll be able to tell you all about our visit to the Life Ed van and making Chocolate Crackles.


So long....