Transition to School Workshop

It was a pleasure welcoming our families with children transitioning to school in 2016 to an information night about getting the children school ready.

It was equally as pleasurable having the stage 1 deputy principal from Blacktown South Public School come and present to our families about school expectations and procedures.

The hot topics discussed today included:

- school expectation of student skills.

- routine at school.

- the role and importance of social and communication skills in your child's future success at school.

- importance of self help skills.

- how Aurora's curriculum is designed to facilitate development of skills required for school, based on developmental play.

- enrollment and orientation procedure.

Where to from here?

- we are starting a mid year assessment protocol on all our children within the next fortnight.

- families with children transitioning to school in 2016 will be given the opportunity to have a Parent-Taacher interview to discuss assessed skills and formulate a goal to work on in the next 6 months.

- lunch box week will commence once a month from now till beginning of school. More information will follow.

- introduction of a 'news' group roster amongst our preschoolers to establish idea of public speaking, confidence, communication, appropriate questioning skills and listening skill.

Looking forwards to collaborating with you in regards to your child.