Prep Transition
Parent Information from the DEECD about School Life!
The Prep Transition Program for 2009 - 2010 for both Children and Parents will take place over 4 weeks in October/ November:
The Children’s Program
The children will:
- experience a Prep classroom
- experience a lesson with each of the Specialist teachers
- meet the upcoming Grade 5 students who will be their buddies for 2010. How exciting!
The Parent’s Program includes:
- Meeting the Principal, Assistant Principal and Prep Transition Coordinator
- A Guest Speaker in the field of Early Childhood Development - Kathy Walker
- Friendships, inclusivness and the Buddy program
- Information about the Out of School Hours Care Program and the Uniform Shop
- Meeting various people from our HWPS community
- The School Council President or representative
- A representative of the Parents, Teachers and Friends committee
- Learning how different the current school curriculum is compared to when they were in school!
- Early Years Literacy Coordinator
- Early Years Numeracy Coordinator
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Tracey Leed at the school.
We look forward to seeing you at the Prep Transition Program
Further Information
To assist in the transition of your child into primary school life in 2009, our Prep students will be introduced to school in the following way:
All Prep students will begin school on Monday 2nd February 2009 at 9:00am
Please bring your child to their classroom by 9:00am and pick them up at 3:30pm from the classroom for the first week.
Prep students will attend school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Prep students will not attend school on Wednesdays for the first 6 weeks. This will allow Prep staff to complete the School Entry Assessment (SEA Testing).
All Prep students will have a 1 hour interview allocated during February or March 2009 for SEA.
All parents will be notified via mail of your child’s 2009 class in December 2008 when they are finalised.