As a neighbourhood we have worked together this year to help each other learn more about ourselves and our community. We engaged in a variety of experiences such as writing our own Autobiographies, investigating what makes us and our families happy, connecting with nature, working to improve ourselves (both academically and our mental wellbeing) because […]
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I told my mum I counted to 100. She was so proud. Lulu Inspired by Lulu’s quote we have been exploring different ways to authentically engage and challenge the Preps mathematically over the last couple of weeks. We asked Lulu to share her experience and then invited the children to accept the
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Expo this week – HPE videos are available to view the learning journey of each neighborhood. Key learning for this week, across neighborhoods Prep – Games and fundamental movement skills. Year 1 – Dodging! The kids have been playing games and doing movement drills to practice changing direction while running. They have been practicing transferring
This Tuesday we had the great joy of celebrating our learning expo! It was a wonderful to not only reflect on the main narratives of 2020 by also to create learning experiences that we could share with our community that reflect elements of how we enact our schools philosophy. “It was fun reading out my
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It’s been a steep learning curve for all of us thi year, and we were very happy to be able to present our learning journeys with you all. Many thanks for everyone’s efforts and participation during our live Expo on Tuesday. We had many students involved in discussions and keen to share. As we ran
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Thank you to all the families who participated in the online Expo 2020 on Tuesday evening! The children’s work through out the year was showcased on the weblink: https://sites.google.com/phps.vic.edu.au/phpslearningexpo/live-schedule Year One Experience the 2020 Story of the children’s learning through the Year One Learning Expo website. We have been encouraged with the overwhelming response from
This week saw the culmination of the term’s work and the bringing together of all the students’ stories about their connection with nature. ‘Collage is putting bits of pieces of paper together to make a big bit of paper’ Hattie Yr 1 If each little bit of paper is like one of our stories, and
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https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/my-garden-path—dr-luis-mata/12878386 https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/sitecollectiondocuments/little-things-run-city.pdf Enjoy!
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“La musica fa respirare-music makes you breathe” (Alda Merini) This week we have been looking at the importance of musica, comunita`, famiglia and being insieme (together). We’ve explored how the Italian people used music as a tremendous source of support and reassurance during their first period of isolamento. From their balconies Italians sang, played instruments,
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Over the last few weeks, the 3/4’s have had a large focus on mathematical concepts. Each day students have been collaborating in groups to explore, learn, master and communicate concepts, allowing these new skills to be applied through our inquiry and other real-life concepts. With a focus on mathematical language, Aurelie, Chris and Hugo B.
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