This year, PHPS will be holding a ‘Family Maths Night’! It will be an opportunity for parents, carers and children to come and participate in fun and engaging maths activities and maybe even get a few ideas on how to bring maths into your home. The date of the Maths Night will be THURSDAY […]
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Yesterday we embarked on our biggest project yet – Loom Making! Our Inquiry has led us to develop understandings about how people would acquire things in the past – and we came to the understanding that if you wanted something (and you weren’t super rich), you had to make it for yourself! The students have
Last week Jen, Meredith and Warrick shared their research project with the neighbourhood. Below are the 3 projects, which the teachers worked on tirelessly through the holidays! Warrick’s Research Project on ‘The History of the Bicycle” Jen’s Research Project on ‘How Comuputers Have Changed Over Time” Meredith’s Research Project
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Jump Rope for Heart has officially begun at Princes Hill. Students have received a sponsorship form this week and letter outlining why we are participating in this. Each neighbourhood will have one PE session focused on learning how to skip and then skipping become a regular part of their program. We will have 7
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This is just a short notice to let you all know that even though there is not a whole-school assembly today, the grade’s 2, 3 and 4’s are coming together to share their ‘Around the World’ culture day works! This mini assembly will be a showcase for students to share what they have learnt
Wonderful Joanna (Jeremy’s Mum) has printed out some parent helper sign up sheets, that are now on the front window of the neighbourhood. We would ultimately love to get through as many kids as possible next week, with one on one attention from parents (for safety reasons!) If you are able to help out
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Over the next few weeks, students in the year 2 neighbourhood will be embarking on a big woodworking project – making looms! Students will be transported back to a time when the making of quilts, blankets and tapestries would have to be done by hand using a homemade loom. Students will be using wood, saws,
Our wonderful business manager, Maree, is having her last week at Princes Hill Primary this week. She has been with the school for 29 years and has been a wonderful asset and she will be greatly missed. Last Thursday, our music teacher Deb was approached to write a song for Maree and have hopefully have
Our Day in the Past was a huge success and one of the experiences the students participated in was making damper. Damper has been around for centuries, dating back to when Indigneous people made it out of crushed spinifex seeds and water. Fast forward to the 1850’s and damper was a staple in peoples every
This Thursday is our last day at school for Term 1. We will be having a special assembly, starting at 2pm sharp, where will have a special appearance by Kofi – our amazing drumming teacher! It will be a little taster to the drumming workshops that will begin week 1 of term 2
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