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As we continue our skill development of hand and eye coordination through the code of tennis and bat-tennis, the students expressed they wanted a little home group competition! Therefore, through student agency, I worked with our health and wellbeing leaders in 56 to create a mini tennis round-robin! From setting up the tennis nets at […]

‘It is customary for Yolŋu artists who paint Country and the stories it holds to use materials collected from Country…’ Last week students explored their immediate surroundings and collected natural materials to make their brushes. Their aim was to further explore the idea of mark making and pattern and experiment with a range of materials

Hello to everyone. This Term is romping along and I am loving how our music sessions are unfolding across the Neighbourhoods. The question above has emerged as an observation from the Yr 5/6 students as they were watching an animated response to Ligiti’s 1958 electronic sound piece ‘Artikulation’. There is a resonance with the Yr

Week 3 saw the senior students engage with the annual Swimming Carnival, which was held this year at Fitzroy Pool. It was a fantastic occasion which allowed the Year’s 4-6 to challenge themselves in four different swimming events; Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke as well as Butterfly. There was also the opportunity for our Freestyle Relays, which

Welcome back to school everyone. It is soooo good to be back, and to feel uplifted by how happy we feel being together again. There are plans afoot to make 2022 another year of wonderful ’Adventures in Music’ for whole school experiences. Although we patiently wait for the safest of COVID times before resuming singing,

A very warm, summery welcome back to school to our Princes Hill school community! Right from the first go in Week 1, we’ve spent a good amount of time setting expectations and mutual agreements of Health & PE as well as mixing teams/years together, having the chance to introduce new members. It was also an

We all waited such a long time for the restrictions to ease in returning to school. But an even longer time, in fact, in celebrating both our senior school’s athletics events as well as the junior school’s Mini Olympics. In our final week for the year (Week 11), the senior school will wrap the year

As we near the end of the school year, we are enjoying reflecting on our learning, through playing language games, teaming up to test our knowledge with a variety of fun Kahoots, interacting in our Italian circles, sharing some memories and learnings, viewing Muzzy (il grande Muzzy!), creating pictures together that sum up the term’s

This week, we used paint to apply colour to our collaborative pieces. Many students felt colour was an amazing way to investigate emotions, especially when they had more than one emotion drifting in and out of their minds simultaneously. They used colours to define these emotions. Their banners were a symbolic expression of their collective

We have had a wonderful couple of weeks with the rhythm of the drums pumping a vitality and joy around the school. These workshops have absolutely driven our COVID cares away, and we feel strong, positive and connected. Our Drumming and Dance workshops came to and end with a sensational expression of celebration as we