Preparatory
Year
Prep Eligibility
Students born between the 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021 will be eligible for the preparatory year of schooling in 2026.
Students born between the 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022 will be eligible for the prepartory year of schooling in 2027.
Students born between the 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023 will be eligible for the prepartory year of schooling in 2028.
Prep
students need to turn five by 30 June in the year they start in the preparatory
class.
To determine when you child can commence their prep
year, use the prep ready reckoner calculator.
Learning in Prep curriculum
At
Yarrilee State School, we believe that you, the student’s parents/carers, are a most
important link in the educational chain. Together we can make your student’s
experiences at Prep and at school exciting, rewarding and memorable. Education
is a very human process. When parents, caregivers, student and teachers work
together the learning process is most successful.
Students bring to school a wide
range of experiences, abilities, needs and interests. They have a natural
curiosity about their world. Their desire to make sense of the world provides a
platform to plan and review their learning through interactions with others,
experimentation, scaffolding, explicit teaching, practice and play in the
classroom and beyond.
The Preparatory Year Program - The
Foundation Year
Yarrilee State School’s learning
programs are aligned to the Australian Curriculum and the Early Years
Curriculum Guidelines. They are designed to assist each student develop
knowledge, skills and attitudes that will foster his/her social, physical, cultural
and academic development and promote lifelong learning.
This is achieved through many
strategies including: thinking and problem solving; communicating in a range of
media: language, music, movement, art, play; forming concepts in literacy and
numeracy; developing positive self-esteem and an interest in the well-being of
others; interacting with technology; making friends, sharing, cooperating and
learning how to work and play as a member of a group; developing physical
skills that promote large and small muscle development having fun. Our students
are engaged in innovative and challenging learning experiences.
We are teaching, assessing and
reporting in: English, Mathematics, Science, History and Geography in
accordance with the Australian Curriculum. Health and Physical Learning, Social
and Personal Learning and Active Learning Processes in accordance with the
Early Years Curriculum Guidelines. Our teaching and assessing is an ongoing
process that occurs throughout the year. Written report cards are provided
twice yearly and oral interviews with parents and caregivers are also offered.
Pre Prep Program
Each year from term 3, our future Prep students and their families
are invited to our Pre-Prep Come and Try Days.
This programs consists of a variety of classroom sessions and school
visits each focussed on developing
skills in specific areas and familiarising children and parents with our school
programs and staff. Our sessions fill
quickly and parents are encouraged to register to ensure that they don’t miss
out on this great opportunity.
Information on our Pre Prep Program is available on our school Facebook page and website from Term 2 each year.
To complete the enrolment and transition process, parent teacher
small group interviews are then conducted to gather further information about
your child to ensure that they have the best possible start to their schooling
journey.
To collect an enrolment pack please contact our school office.