By Callum Ludwig
22 Prep students made a positive start to school life at Wandin Yallock Primary School.
Learning their way around the school, meeting their peers and a bit of reading were all a part of the fun.
Prep Teacher Libby Davidson said they’ve been having fun getting into the school routines. “They’ve spent some time with their Grade Six buddies and we had a bit of a hunt around the school looking for the Green Sheep and learned all about the school and places to play along the way,” she said.
“The first few weeks we’re going to be introducing a lot of letter sounds and starting to count down to 100 days of school in July which is always very exciting, we’ve got a swimming program coming up later in the term and that’s always a very exciting time so it’s great that they’re going to be able to experience it early on in the year.”
Students had their listening ears on and were very well-behaved while Ms Davidson read a book at the end of a big day of school, and patiently waited their time to pick out a book to look at themselves after.
Ms Davidson said they are a really good, settled group this year.
“They’ve been socialising really well, even those who didn’t know anyone from kinder when they came here, they’ve played really well and come back after playtimes successfully and they’re all seeming really confident and settled, which is awesome,” she said.
“(A positive start to the year) is hugely important, the more settled they feel from day one and welcome and safe, the more confident they’re going to be coming in and enjoying the year and taking risks.”
Even pack-up time was conducted in an orderly fashion as if the prep students were already veterans, neatly putting their books away and heading straight to grab their things from their bag boxes (even school hats which were fine to stay) and line up ready to be picked up.
