SPRINGSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Prep 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rY46RGMigFo

School Strategic Plan Goals

✓ To ensure high levels of learning growth for every student in all curriculum areas.

✓ To engender sustained student ownership of their learning. ✓ To optimise positive wellbeing for all students.

Springside MottoLearning Today, Leading Tomorrow

Springside ValuesAt Springside we RORE (Respect, Optimism, Responsibility, Excellence)

Springside VisionAt Springside College we deliver excellence. Our vision is to work in harmony

with our community to develop creative learners who think, act and contribute positively to an ever changing world.

Rights & ResponsibilitiesWe have the RIGHT to learn as much as possible

We have the RIGHT to feel safe and comfortable at school

What a week of learning looks like in Prep Literacy – 10 sessions

Numeracy – 5 sessions

Indonesian – 1 session

Performing Arts – 1 session

Visual Art – 1 session

Physical Education – 1 session

Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) – 1 session

Library – 1 session

Investigations – 2 to 3 sessions across the week

Integrated Studies – 3 sessions (per fortnight)

Social & Emotional Learning Program – 1 session (per fortnight)

A Week in the Life of a Prep

Student at SpringsideIn the Classroom:

Literacy 10 hours

Mathematics 5 hours

Investigations 3-4 hours

- Social and Emotional Learning

- Speaking and Listening

- Integrated Studies Exploration

- Critical and Creative Thinking

Library Session 1 hour

Integrated Studies 1 hour

Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) 1 hour per fortnight

Specialist Subjects:Indonesian 1 hour

Performing Arts 1 hour

Visual Art 1 hour

Physical Education 1 hour

InvestigationsPlay based learning

capitalises on children s

natural sense of inquiry and

discovery through hands-on

exploration of the world

around them.

Play-based learning is

purposeful and what we call

in en ional . We deliberately

plan play based experiences

to help children learn about

educational concepts involved

in literacy, numeracy,

technology, social skills and

more in a a ha s

meaningful and enjoyable to

them.

Every student is different. Each one

has a special set of qualities and

skills, and brings their own blend of

experiences and perspectives to their

learning. This is why, at Springside

we aim to create an engaging

learning environment for your child,

designed to bring out the best in their

emerging competencies, interests and

strengths.

Teaching & Learning• Students are assessed against the Victorian Curriculum and Essential Understandings

• Lessons follow a set structure, in line with our Instructional Model

• Learning objectives are communicated with students and feedback is provided

• Different programs are offered in different sectors of the college e.g. Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program and STEAM.

• Individual Learning Plans are developed for those students identified needing support/ extension

• Ongoing assessment and goals are developed through Conferencing, pre and post assessments, running records and observation evidence, just to name a few

• We are currently implementing ongoing reporting methods, in Prep this is Seesaw

• Parent Teacher Interviews occur at the beginning of the academic year and end of Term Two

Structured Synthetic Phonics

Extracurricular Activities in PrepPrep Breakfast

P-2 Literacy & Numeracy Days

Whole school celebrations e.g. Footy Colours Day

8-day Swimming Program

Incursions and excursions throughout the year (topic dependent)

Instrumental Music Program (optional) – piano & guitar lessons offered Prep

Inclusion Hub

Garden Club (planting and maintaining the vegetable garden)

Friendship Stop

Lunchtime Activities

Wellbeing

School-wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is an evidence-based framework for preventing and responding to student behaviour. It aims to create a positive school climate, a culture of student competence and an open, responsive management system for all school community members, while providing the individual behaviour and learning supports needed to achieve academic and social success for all students. The SWPBS is continuing to be implemented at Springside in 2020.

School Wide Positive Behaviours Support (SWPBS) Framework

Friendship StopA S i g ide e a F ie d hi S dail a b eak ime i f f he Pe f mi g A

room. This offers lots of activities to ensure all students have the opportunity to be active and

engaged while outside

WellbeingSocial Emotional Learning Program (SEL)

At Springside we have incorporated Social and Emotional Learning into our curriculum which

includes running a stand alone lesson each fortnight. This aims to support students develop self

awareness and self management skills to help them achieve school and life success.

Zones of Regulation

Self-regulation is something everyone continually works on whether or not we are cognizant of it .

We all encounter trying circumstances that test our limits from time to time. If we are able to

recognize when we are becoming less regulated, we are able to do something about it to manage

our feelings and get ourselves to a healthy place. This comes naturally for some, but for others it

is a skill that needs to be taught and practiced. This is the goal of The Zones of Regulation (or

Zones for short).

WHAT ARE THE ZONES?

The Zones is a systematic, cognitive behavioural approach used to teach self-regulation by

categorizing all the different ways we feel and states of alertness we experience into four concrete

coloured zones. The Zones framework provides strategies to teach students to become more aware

of and independent in controlling their emotions and impulses, manage their sensory needs, and

improve their ability to problem solve conflicts.

Homework in Prep consists of:

• Nightly Reading- Initially consists of Parents reading to their child and then the child answering questions about the content of the book.

• Completing suggested discussion prompts from Little Learners Love Literacy character letters

• Selecting one activity from the Independent Choice Grid each week.

Homework Expectations

Nightly Reading RoutinesWith the changes to our reading instruction, there will also be changes to our Home

Reading expectations. During Term 1, parents are asked to read to their child and

then ask comprehension questions about the text. Question prompts will be provided

to parents to assist in the types of questions students should be practising.

Prep Reports SeeSaw App

Parent & Community Involvement

• Volunteer Program e.g. classroom, excursions, Library, Breakfast Club, whole school events

• Parents & Friends Committee• Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Activities• Weekly assemblies (Monday Mornings)• Whole School Assembly (last day of each term)• School Council• End of year Celebration Concert

School Student SupportsStudent Welfare Officers

Access to Student Support Service Officers – this includes Speech Therapists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, etc.

Visiting Nurse Program

Intervention and support programs

English as an Additional Language program

General Information

• Booklist (which contains shared equipment)

• iPads and/ or computers in the classroom

• OSHC (Out of School Hours Care) run by Camp Australia

• Canteen

Uniform

2021 School HoursHome group 8.50 – 9.00

Session 1 9.00 – 9.55

Session 2 9.55 - 10.55

Eating time (inside) 10.45 – 10.55

Lunch 10.55 – 11.35

Session 3 11.55 – 12.30

Session 4 12.30 – 1.30

Eating time (inside) 1.20 – 1.30

Recess 1.30 – 2.00

Session 5 2.00 – 3.00

Other

Prep Transition Program*** A letter confirming enrolment and more detail around the information below will be sent in

September/ October***

Prep Transition Sessions (November 2021)- Students will participate in school based activities and routines

- Parent Information sessions will run during Transition sessions

Prep Orientation Morning (December 2021)- Students will meet their teacher and class and participate in a variety of activities

- Information packs will be sent home

- 2022 Assessment Interview times will be sent home

Parent Information Session – commencement of 2022

Prep Assessment Interviews – beginning of 2022