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Information for Parents of Prep
Children
Welcome to you and your child. If this is the first child
from your family to come to our school we hope that your association
with the school will be a happy one.
Wangaratta West Primary School sees itself as working in
partnership with parents to help children to grow towards a happy and
useful adulthood.
You are always welcome to talk to us and be part of a
team. We enjoy your visits and appreciate your help.
The First Day
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Preps will commence school on Wednesday 26th January
at 9:00 am. Prep children will have Wednesdays at home until Friday
25th February (except for the first day). They will have normal
school hours 9.00 am - 3.30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Fridays.
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Parents please bring your child to the
classroom. Please leave the classroom as soon as the teacher has
taken charge of your child, as this makes settling in much easier
for everyone.
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Please collect your child at 3.30 pm from an area
near their room.
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The teacher will explain on the first day that each
grade has its own entry and dismissal door. Children will not be
dismissed to make their own way home, they must be collected by an
adult.
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If you have arranged for a friend to collect your
child, please make sure your child and the teacher know. It is
important to arrive at the suggested time as your child could be
worried or upset if they think they have been forgotten.
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To encourage children to use the “correct” doors, we
ask parents to use the doors nearest your child’s classroom.
Children will be taken to the nearest door at dismissal time by the
class teacher. Always assure your child that they will be met after
school, at least for the first few weeks. Show them exactly where
you will be waiting.
Preparing Your
Child For School
Encourage your
child to:-
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Recognise their own name.
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The
safest, most direct way home from school and good traffic
habits.
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How
to put on shoes, tie laces, dress and undress outer garments
without assistance.
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How
to manage in the toilet. Boys need to have some experience
in how to use the urinal.
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When
and how to wash their hands.
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Ability to help in simple tasks, care for and put away own
belongings and care for school and others property.
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To
listen carefully, follow simple instructions, obey promptly
and speak politely.
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Have
good eating habits and have had some practice at eating a
school lunch and managing a drink container.
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Refuse rides with strangers.
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Not
to loiter or play on the way to and from school.
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Not
to bring dangerous articles or expensive toys to school.
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Never
leave the school grounds without the permission of their
parents or a teacher.
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Your
Preparation
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Familiarise your child with the school and it’s
surrounds.
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Provide opportunities for shared language. eg. trips
activities (discuss plans and what happened).
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Share reading experiences - read lots of stories with
your child and don’t forget the traditional nursery rhymes, fairy
stories etc.. The repetition of these assist children in learning to
read. Visit and use the town library.
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Provide opportunities for your child to spend some
time away from the family e.g.. play with or stay overnight with
friends or relatives.
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Encourage questions and allow children to discover
for themselves - this is how children learn. Make your questions
open ended so that children need to work out the best way to tackle
a problem or solve it.
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Encourage writing and drawing at home and the use of
correct pencil grip and writing script (see alphabet sheet. Write
with and for your child. It is important that children see that
writing has a meaningful purpose.
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Don’t threaten your child with school. He/she should
see it as a happy place. It is important not to over emphasise the
start of school during the preceding weeks as this can cause
apprehension, fear and nervousness.
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Support your child in what he/she does at
school. Give your child’s work (art, sentences, drawings,
construction etc) a place of honour - for a short while at least.
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Put television viewing in perspective - too many and
inappropriate programsare not good for children. Overtired children
don’t cope well with school.
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Provide your child with a school bag which is large
enough to hold a lunch box etc., jumper and school work to bring
home.
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Make sure all of your child’s clothes and belongings
are named with permanent markers or name tags.
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It is important for all children to bath or shower
regularly and to wear clean clothes. Bed wetters need to bath or
shower in the morning before coming to school.
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Early in the new year there will be an information
night for parents. You will be notified of the date and time of that
meeting when school has commenced. This meeting is for parents to
meet the teachers and for teachers to give a brief outline of
methods to be used during 1997.
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Your child’s attendance should be regular and
punctual. Absences are a handicap to the child’s progress but a sick
child cannot work properly and should be kept at home. Explanation
for a child’s absence (in writing) is a requirement.
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Your child will need both morning tea and lunch. As
you pack their food, please explain and show the difference, between
morning tea and lunch.
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Know that you are always welcome to talk to us and be
a part of the team. We enjoy your visits and appreciate your help.
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