2019 Countdown
Can you believe that there are less than 10 weeks until Prep starts in
2019!!!
Here is a list of everyday activities that you can do with your child to
prepare for them school.
10 weeks (21 November)
Peg the washing on the clothes line. The
action of using pegs will help build muscle tone in fingers and improve
fine-motor control.
9 weeks (27 November)
Discuss animals and their babies. Encourage
and use the correct terms.
8 weeks (4 December)
· Visit a local library: get a library card,
practice selecting a book and borrowing it. Many Gold Coast City Libraries run
services for families and young children.
7 weeks (11 December)
· Discuss car colours in the carpark. What
colour is the most popular? What colour is the least popular? Is there a colour
you did not see?
6 weeks (18 December)
Use your ‘travel time’: count in the car
(forwards and backwards), play simple rhyming games (cat, hat, sat etc., hit,
bit, sit etc., fun, run, sun etc., hot, cot, shot, pot etc.)
5 weeks (25 December)
Discuss special
days and when they occur. These might be public holidays such as Christmas and
New Years Day, or events of personal significance such as birthdays, and
anniversaries. Link these days to the months of the year.
4 weeks (1 January)
Re-read the same book all week. Discuss
characters, feelings, make predictions about future events, change an event or
character, link characters and events to other familiar stories/TV
shows/movies.
3 weeks (8 January)
· Look for the first letter of your child’s name
on signs and in magazines and newspapers. Try to think of other words that start
with the same letter.
2 weeks (15 January)
Get hearing checked and vision tested by an
optometrist.
Wear in school shoes.
1 week (22 January)
Practice getting up, getting dressed, having
breakfast and leaving the house by 8:30 am for at least 2 consecutive days
(this may be as simple as going outside and playing in the backyard).
Get plenty of rest.
School uniform
shop open Friday 25 of January from 7.00am till 3.00pm
First day of
school is Tuesday 29 of January 2019.