WELCOME TO 2016!
I am Carmen Johnstone and I am looking forward to meeting the new children that will be starting in Room 16.
I love learning. I love books, music, art and maths. Starting school is exciting! My hope is that your children will find school a fun place to be!
2016 will be a wonderful year of learning!
Often I have parents and caregivers asking me what they can do to help their child to be ready for school. Here are some ideas (although I know that many of you are doing these already).
Encourage your child:
- to be independent
- to undress and dress themselves for swimming
- to use the toilet and wash their hands independently
- to unwrap and wrap their own food and open their drink bottles
- to recognise their own name
- to count and recognise numbers to 10
- to know the letters of the alphabet
- to talk to other friends and families about what school is about
