It’s less than two weeks until our first excursion of the year, and we’re all getting quite excited! We know that our visit to Ballarat will focus on a time in Australia’s past in the 1850’s, and we have started to brainstorm what we already know about this time in history and what questions we […]
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This week students have worked very hard to complete their self-portraits, inspired by the technical and aesthetic skill exhibited by Yayoi Kusama in her work. We explored the patterns created by her use of the dot motif. Students used filters as brushes and thick poster paint to explore the dot mark making. Students explored
SALLY RIPPIN Tomorrow we are looking forward to a virtual session with author Sally Rippin. We are also looking forward to having Michelle Nye, the YABBA Awards Convenor and other members of the virtual learning team join us at school. PARENT INFORMATION EVENING Please join us this Wednesday night for PHPS Parent Information Evening. Starting
Welcome to week 6! We are very much looking forward to our first full week together and lots of exciting learning opportunities. Our schedule is as follows…… Monday Morning Maths Inquiry Discussion + provocations Introduction to ‘Read to Self’ (independent reading) Workshop Independent Writing Workshop STEAM with Steve Shared Reading Tuesday Morning Maths Projects &
English This week, students will be introduced to narratives as a fictional text type, which we are looking forward to exploring in detail over the next few terms. Our focus this week will be on examining the structure of a familiar fairy tale, to gain a deeper understanding of how the characters, setting, and plot
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Science Observation Skills The Year 2 Neighbourhood has been involved in a number of science workshops in which the students have been observing the world around them. The students considered the different observational properties that can be used to classify objects such as texture, shape, size, weight and colour. These properties were used to help
We hope everyone is having a lovely relaxing weekend – after all of the hard work over the last few weeks, the students absolutely deserve it! Just a few bits of information we need to share with you: ASSEMBLY: This Friday, the year 2 neighbourhood is hosting the assembly. We will be sharing our
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Please ensure you mark the date in your diary for Parent Information Evening on Wednesday 7th March at 6:00PM. The evening will commence in the gym with an overview of the School Review and the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan for Princes Hill Primary School followed by an overview the School Council priorities for 2018. Following these presentations,
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This Friday marked the first 5/6 neighbourhood assembly for 2018. We were very proud of everyone who volunteered to help highlight the amazing learning that’s been taking place. The work presented touched on both our inquiry into creativity and creation, as well as our ongoing exploration of the school values through music and film. For
Ciao a tutti! Here is an update on what’s happening in Italian around the school: Prep: students are exploring the colori, through viewing, singing, playing language games, drawing and labelling. We are starting to explore some very simple sentences such as il sole e` giallo, il mare e` blu, il fiore e` rosso. They are