by Tracey Birks | Feb 15, 2017 | Parents & Friends
This article was shared by Wynter’s Mum and was originally located on the following site: http://wakeup-world.com/2016/07/25/if-you-want-to-accelerate-brain-development-in-children-teach-them-music/ Music, the universal language of mood, emotion and desire,...
by Tracey Birks | Feb 13, 2017 | News
Hello Preppie Parents, Just to fill you in on our learning so far ……………… Last week we looked at the ‘s’ sound. Although children at this stage can identify most letters of the alphabet, the next step is to learn the sound for each...
by Tracey Birks | Feb 2, 2017 | Art, Carmen Hooper, News
Yarranlea students had their very first string lessons today! They are very excited. Our school has decided to teach every student in the school how to play a musical instrument. This service is free to everyone. Students can learn to play the ukelele, piano, guitar,...
by Tracey Birks | Jan 31, 2017 | News
Tuesday saw the students return to the science laboratory for lots of fun with Dr Harry. There were microscopes available for us all to use. The students had asked to study micro-organisms and mini-beasts during our planning days at the end of last year. Learning to...
by Tracey Birks | Jan 24, 2017 | News
Welcome to 2017! The new academic year is upon us and the students have returned to school. It was wonderful to see their happy faces once again and I am sure that they loved meeting up with their friends. Our new preppies had an exhausting day. They were awesome and...