February 2016

Teddy Bear’s Picnic

The Teddy Bear’s picnic is a tradition at Princes Hill Primary School. Every year, the Preps venture out of the school together for the first time as a Neighbourhood and have a picnic at the Railway Park. Family and friends of the Prep Neighbourhood (along with the Teddy Bears or special toys) are invited to […]

Teddy Bear’s Picnic Read More »

WEEK 5 Learning Focus

Mathematics:  Numbers are made up of two or more parts (part-part-whole) Subitising (recognising how many are in a collections) Counting forwards and backwards Days of week. Reading: Shared reading experiences with Big Books. There is a focus on learning strategies that can support their reading. For example – using illustrations, rhyming words, making predictions and following

WEEK 5 Learning Focus Read More »

School Photos

  You will hopefully have received your order envelope for school photos by now.  If you would like to order photos, could you please fill out the forms and return them to the grade one neighbourhood, no later than 11th March.   Thanks for your help and co operation!

School Photos Read More »

Systems

Good Morning! We had a super busy week last week, with lots of learning happening in the neighbourhood.  We have been delving into the concept of ‘Systems’ this week, and we have started to explore the idea of ‘what is a system?’. One of our Big Ideas is that ‘Systems help us make sense of the world’

Systems Read More »

Week 5 Happenings

MONDAY Learning Agreement Red begin in Learning Commons Blue begin in Maths / Performance space Green begin in Art Studio Writing, Mathematics and Reading workshops Buddy Reading time: One year 5 buddy reads with a small group of Preps; sharing a selection of their favourite story books. TUESDAY Specialist classes Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian Green Group:

Week 5 Happenings Read More »

Writing today

The children had a writing workshop today. We started off discussing the the purpose of reflection writing.  They are reflecting on they achieved during learning agreement time and communicating it to the teacher. They participated in a modelled writing experience of  ‘Today I….’. Key points we discussed were the placement of the writing on the page,

Writing today Read More »