Welcome to week 8. Term 1 has absolutely flown by and here we are, with Easter almost upon us. There is so much going on in the 5/6 Neighbourhood. Here are some of the highlights: Inquiry Last week saw our Bottle Biology provocation come to the end of its life cycle, although many of the […]
The end of this term will see two of our long-serving members of staff retire. After 28 years at Princes Hill Primary School Maree will be retiring as the Business Manager on March 29thand Geoff Ratcliffe will be retiring as the Phys Ed teacher after 18 years service to the students of Princes Hill. Maree
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Today the Grade 2, 3 & 4 students had a wonderful visit from a national hero in winter olympian David Morris! The school not only realised that he lived in Melbourne but when researching on the athlete realised he closely lived by the strong values of persistence, humility and learning to be humble in losing
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Welcome to week 7! We hope everyone had a lovely and restful long weekend. Our apologies for the delay in posting the schedule for this week (we realise the week is almost over!). Tuesday Morning Maths Shared Reading (Big Book) Workshop: Writing Workshop: Wellbeing Workshop: Teamwork Specialists 0AP Italian 0TH Visual Art 0JW Physical Education
David Morris Incursion This morning the Year 2 Neighbourhood were lucky enough to hear a presentation from Olympic aerial skier David Morris. David spoke passionately about the challenges he has needed to overcome on his journey to becoming one of the best aerial skiers in the world. The Year 2 Team
On Tuesday the 6th of March PHPS’s iSea iCare Marine Ambassadors participated in their first excursion- snorkeling with marine life near Sorrento Pier. As the school’s Marine Ambassadors, we will take part in a variety of excursions and workshops throughout the year, then return to school, share our learning and encourage others school-wide to help
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This Friday 16th March, the Year One Neighbourhood will be presenting at the school assembly. We are very excited to share all of the learning that has come from our inquiry into “What Lives at Princes Hill?”
A reminder to all parents/carers that the Reader’s Notebooks are to be handed to the Homegroup teachers every Thursday morning. It is an expectation that all students are expected to read or to be read to each night at home. All children were given a Reader’s Notebook and a Reading Log at the start of
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Prep group photos was postponed today as Jess was away. It will take place tomorrow morning. Thank you very much to parents who brought back the photography order envelopes and we encourage parents to bring them in asap if they haven’t yet.
This week we have a special visitor- David Morris, Aerial Skier, who has just returned from the Winter Olympics. We watched some of David’s responses to his performance during the Winter Olympics and were impressed with his personal values. We will have an opportunity to ask him questions about his trip and learn more about
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