Canes, spectacles, and cardigans all made an appearance at a Caroline Springs primary school last week, with the school celebrating 100 days of prep.
Celebrating the occasion on Wednesday, July 30, Springside Primary School prep students were encouraged to dress up in the attire of an older person to celebrate their 100th day of primary school education.
Springside prep teacher Laura Attard said that as part of the celebration, students had the opportunity to make crowns with ‘100 days of school’ inscribed on them.
“We also had a parade first thing [in the] morning that parents were invited to come along [to], and parents could see students dressed up and parading around,” Ms Attard said.
“We’ve incorporated the counting up to it since they first started [prep], so we’ve just been using … counting up to 100 days of school using 10s, and every time we get to 10 days, we get students to skip count, so we’ve been including it in our numeracy daily.”
Ms Attard said her favourite part of the day was seeing the students’ outfits and the overall care for each other.
“Students were really looking out for each other – even students who didn’t dress up, which was really nice to see. Some students even offered a pair of their glasses or hats so other students felt included,” she said.
“It was good to see parents – we did a little dance-off with parents during the parade, and it was good to see both students and parents getting involved.”
