Once your enrolment in Greenhills Primary is accepted, you will be invited to take part in an extensive prep transition process, aimed at getting preps and their families to feel comfortable and informed about the day-to-day life at Greenhills.

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Prep orientation

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There are several prep transition activities that take place before the school year begins. These include information sessions, orientations and meet the teacher sessions.  

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"Experience Greenhills" orientation sessions

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The school hosts a number of information session for prospective prep families. The information session covers topics including school readiness, uniforms, out-of-hours school care and helpful tips for first time preppies. There are also plenty of opportunities to ask questions. 

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The following sessions will be held in 2024:

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Session 1:     Monday 12th August 2024

Session 2:     Monday 19th August 2024

Session 3:     Monday 26th August 2024

Session 4:     Monday 2nd September 2024

Session 5:     Monday 9th September 2024

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The sessions times are 9:15-10:15am, 12:15 -1:15pm and 2:15 - 3:15pm

 

Preps information session

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All enrolled families are invited to attend an informative session to assist them in preparing for the start of the new school year.

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For 2025 Enrolled Preps, the information session will be held on Wednesday 23rd October 2024 (6.30pm - 7.30pm).

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Enrolled preps orientation sessions

 

Each future prep is offered the opportunity to attend several orientation sessions to experience various aspects of life at Greenhills.

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Orientation sessions are about 60 minutes long, and offer preps the opportunity to spend time in the regular classroom environment, as well as in specialist classrooms (art, music, Italian, etc.)

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Links to book in are sent out to enrolled prep families when times and dates for the orientation sessions are finalised. 

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For 2025 Enrolled Preps, the orientation sessions will be held on:

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Monday 11th November 2024

Monday 18th November 2024

Monday 25th November 2024

Monday 2nd December 2024

Enrolled preps meet the teacher & class session

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Finally, in December, there is a meet the teacher session where future preps are introduced to their teacher and meet their classmates

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For 2025 Enrolled Preps, the orientation session will take place on Thursday 5th December 9:30-10:30am.

Start of school year

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All preps in Victoria have a staggered start to the school year. 

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The first five days of the school year are devoted to one-on-one 50-minute assessment with the prep teachers. This involves a 40-minute literacy assessment and a 10-minute meeting with the parents or guardians, to answer questions and discuss any areas of concern. Times and dates for each child's assessment are communicated to the families well in advance.

 

Once the assessments are completed, preps are split into two groups, with each group attending one of two full school days. The start and finish times on each day are staggered, to offer each student some one-on-one time with their teacher on their first full day of school.

 

Following the two staggered start days, preps began attending as a full class and on the same schedule as the rest of the school.  

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Prep families are provided with detailed and extensive information about life at Greenhills, including a parent handbook that covers topics such as getting ready for school, supporting your child's learning at home and communication channels between home and school. 

 

School Buddies

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All Greenhills preps participate in a School Buddies program.

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As part of the program, each prep is matched with a senior student, who becomes their 'buddy' for the rest of the school year.

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Initially, senior buddies orient the preps around the school, help them make new friends, answer questions and generally make the junior buddies feel safe and happy when outside their classroom.

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Throughout the school year, the buddies have various touchpoints and work together on different school activities.

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