By Renee Wood
Healesville Primary School prep students have celebrated 100 days in the classroom, the first time this milestone has been reached since before the pandemic.
Teacher Georgia Horsley is thrilled the children were able to achieve this goal after such disrupted years with remote learning.
“It feels amazing, i’s such a milestone and they’ve learnt so much having 100 uninterrupted days. The growth has been amazing and we’re super proud of them,” Ms Horsley said.
Parents, teachers and students gathered for a special assembly where students donned their special costumes to celebrate the day on Friday 29 July.
Some young children were dressed as senior citizens playing on how much they’ve grown up since starting school 100 days ago.
Ms Horsley said they’ve all settled in, made social connections and have learnt many things during this time.
“They learned all of their single letter sounds, they’ve started to read, some of them are writing independently. So we’re amazed at how fast they’re picking things up,” she said.
“Then they’ve just been making really good social connections – they’ve all made really good friends and they get to see the big buddies who look after the main playground.”
When speaking to the students, they said there were many thing’s they’ve enjoyed as well.
Aurora said, “I like reading at school.”
Emily said, “I get to see my buddy.”
Sebastian said, “I like drawings and I like what I’m drawing as well.”
Ms Horsley said it’s been great to see how much they’ve grown from when they first met during last year’s transition to now.
“Seeing how much they’ve achieved in just 100 days and knowing we’ve got about 100 more to go for this year, we’re looking forward to seeing what they can achieve at the end of it,” she said.
