May 2016

School values

At Princes Hill Primary School, there are 2 core values: We all have the right to learn at school We all have the right to feel safe at school We have been having regular discussions with the Preps about what these statements mean and how the values support our learning community. Some ideas that came up during […]

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Use of toilets

We have an on-going and a financially unsustainable issue with the way toilets are being treated. Plumbers are called in on a regular basis and too much administrative time is being spent on dealing with behaviour associated with toilet use. Vandalism and poor hygiene practices are an on-going issue. We ask that parents help us

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Learning Focus Week 4

Maths: Reading and writing of numerals and associating them with their countable units. Exploration into different styles of counting books. Numeral formation and spelling of number words. Literacy: Story telling – including problems and solutions and producing a meaningful sequence of events. This aims to prepare them for their performance of their bug story. Introducing

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WEEK 4 HAPPENINGS

MONDAY Workshops to support engagement in provocations Projects and provocations TUESDAY Projects and Provocations Specialist classes: Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian Green Group: Phys Ed and Visual Art Red Group: Italian and Phys Ed. Buddy time – The buddies will continue to work with the Prep bug groups, looking different materials they will need to create a the

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We Want you!

      Do you think that you have an expertise in a particular area? Would you like to come and share it with the grade one neighbourhood? If so, we’d love to have you come and work with us! We are currently looking for volunteers who may have an engineering/building background, people who love to read

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Autumn language experience

Last week, the Preps each participated in a modelled and interactive writing experience to create an Autumn book for the Neighbourhood. Each home group searched for different coloured leaves outside and they were photographed with all the different coloured leaves found. We then created a simple, repetitive text to go with our photos. Each book has a

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