Greenbank State School

Prep Curriculum

The Queensland Early Years Curriculum Guidelines

The Preparatory Year of schooling is a play based curriculum which is co-constructed between the teacher and the children. Prep teachers in state schools and most non-state schools use the Early Years Curriculum Guidelines.

The Preparatory Year aims to build continuity between children’s prior experiences and their future learning in schools.

Prior learning considers factors such as linguistic backgrounds, gender, ethnic identities, economic situations, abilities and disabilities, learning styles, health concerns, family structures, religious practices and spiritual beliefs.

There are five(5) early learning areas that capture all children’s developmental needs, interests and current skills and abilities:

Social and personal learning
Health and physical learning
Language learning and communication
Early mathematical understandings
Active learning processes

In Prep, children will be:

using blocks, creating collages and doing other activities that develop early mathematical concepts and skills
drawing and painting to encourage oral language, reading and writing skills
initiating and participating in dramatic play to build an understanding of the world around them
writing stories and copying signs as part of their play
playing and investigating independently, in pairs, small groups and as a whole class
participating in outdoor activities
actively making choices about what and how they learn
investigating and learning how to find out about their interests
planning with the teacher
participating in music and language experiences.

These learning areas establish essential connections between the Early Years Curriculum Guidelines and the Years 1-10 Key Learning Areas syllabuses.

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