Welcome parents and carers to the start of a very busy term. Below are some up coming events for your diary. Excursion to Melbourne Museum Wednesday 16th Oct Please ensure that you have given consent on compass. If you are available to assist with the excursion please sign up on the daily board or contact […]
We have been learning how to make books. Some of us didn’t know how to write and now we know how to write books. It’s helped us learn to write. Flynn This term our inquiry into construction deepened with the creation of three separate pathways. The teachers observed and documented the children’s interests and directions
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A big huge thank you to the Prep Neighborhood Community for the wonderful attendance out our recent Documentation Sharing evening. This was a wonderful opportunity for the parents and carers to experience first hand the philosophy of the school and the integral part the pedagogy of documentation plays. Some excellent possibilities, ideas and wonderings were
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On Monday 26th August the Constructing Place group went on an excursion to Ceres. We took a bus ride to Ceres. When we got there Ravi’s mum arrived and then we did our Acknowledgement of Country. We talked about how old Ceres is and it use to be just junkyard. Then a group of people
The Annual PHPS Book Week Parade afforded the prep team the opportunity to rethink our Performance Space. Inspired by the book A River written and illustrated by Marc Martin we set about transforming the space into a page from the book. We did this with the intention of creating a magical inspiring space that would
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On Wednesday the 14th of August The Kindness group went on an excursion. We went to Rathdowne Village because we wanted to spread kindness in our community. We gave posters to people who work in the shops. The posters were to spread the kindness. When we were spreading kindness people were kind back to us.
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Dear Parents / caregivers, An invitation to our upcoming documentation evening has been sent home with your child/ren. Below is an image of the invitation. An RSVP has been placed with the invitation and we request that it be returned to school by 26th August. We look forward to sharing the neighbourhood’s learning.
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As educators we believe in an approach to literacy that provides a balance of explicit instruction combined with opportunities for curiosity and meaningful experiences in many forms. A strong focus so far this year has been on supporting children to develop a positive mindset toward developing key literacy skills including reading and writing. Through the
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As teachers we recognise the importance of constant reflection and dialogue to deepen both individual and group understandings. As we enter the second half of the year we have reflected on our inquiry journey together as a neighbourhood to further our collective understanding of construction. To begin our term the teachers invited the children to
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