Following on from our excursion to Sovereign Hill, we will be holding out our own ‘day in the past day’. Students will participate in 3 different sessions – baking, games and a school session. Students are encouraged to dress up in 1850’s costumes! There has been a change of date for our day in the […]
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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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Our studio was transformed this week into a past crafts maker space. The students participated in a workshop that posed the question “It’s 1850 and you want a new doona cover for your bed…..what do you do?”. The students were reminded that ‘Kmart’ didn’t exist! They concluded they would have to buy the fabric and
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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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Have you got an overflowing craft/sewing cupboard that you need to empty? We can help you out! In the coming weeks, the year 2 neighbourhood studio is going to be turned into a maker space. It will give students a chance to try their hand at a variety of ‘past crafts’ such as
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In our workshops last week, students were starting to identify events that are in the past, present and future. On Wednesday and Thursday this week, we are going to ask students to identify a significant/memorable/important event in their past that they will be able to complete a writing piece and timeline about. We are
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This week, the students investigated the concept of change, and what they thought it meant. They shared their thoughts and ideas with the neighbourhood and we were able to narrow down some general understandings of ‘what does change mean’ and ‘what things change. Sudents were then then asked to write down some sentences about
Week 4 will see another big burst of learning, where students will continue to investigate and go deeper with their understandings about our big idea of “Back to the Future!”. Our inquiry will take us down the avenue of past/present/future, timelines and the concept of change. We will look at what major
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Hannah, Anne-Maree and Maddy will be regularly keeping the community updated on the happenings in the specialists sessions through their blog. Head on over and see what’s going on! You can use the link in our menu bar to help find the location!.
The students are beginning to settle in well into the year 2 neighbourhood and are relishing the time they have to participate in Project and Provocations. Today in our reflection time, we showed the students photos we took of them whilst they were working and asked them to explain to us what
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