By Callum Ludwig
The Prep students of Woori Yallock Primary School are starting off their school journey with a smile in 2025.
Prep students had a fun-filled first day to start the year while also giving them a chance to get to know their new school and classmates.
Prep teacher Rachael Cantwell said the students had been getting to know each other as well as setting up their books to get ready to learn next week.
“We’ve been on a teddy hunt because all of our class teddies went missing, so we had to go find them and did a bit of a tour of the school as we went and now the preps are making a little page about themselves that will have a photo and a drawing and the things that they like so that we can display that around the school so the other students can learn a little bit about them,” she said.
“A positive start to the year is crucial and that’s why we put so much time into our transition process before school starts so that they feel comfortable and safe in the environment in the best way we can do before they start,”
“They’re familiar with their teacher’s face, where their classroom is, their bag box and all the things that they’ll be using, we just love having the new preps here each year and we feel it’s really important we take the time for them to feel safe and comfortable to learn in the space.”
Preps at Woori Yallock Primary School have plenty to look forward to in Term One, including learning the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make, careful counting by practising with pencils, Ooshies, toys and marbles and even beginning the process of becoming authors and making their own books, starting with pictures and as they build their skills and knowledge, adding words to match their stories.
