The Staff of St Jude’s warmly welcomes your child to school. It is our hope and wish that your child:
- Enjoys school
- Is happy
- Grows in confidence
- Has a sense of achievement and responsibility
The Foundation/Prep year is the beginning of formal schooling and it is important that the transition from home or kindergarten to school is a smooth one. At St Jude’s each child is visited by their Prep teacher at kinder prior to commencing school. These personal visits provide children and teachers with the opportunity to become acquainted with each other, thereby ensuring a smooth start to the year.
Commencing Prep
There are many things that you, as a parent, can do to help your child’s introduction to school be a happy one:
Discuss with your child the fact that school will be a place to make new friends, to play games, sing, make things and learn.
Encourage your child to look to others for help. Remember you won’t be at school with them and they must learn to gain confidence in someone else.
Encourage your child to finish tasks. A child who never sees a task through is going to be disadvantaged at school.
Give your child a sense of responsibility. They need to do things for themselves, for example, carrying their own schoolbag.