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This semester, the students in the Prep neighbourhood have been exploring the big question: “How do we become an expert and how do we share our expertise?” As a part of this inquiry, they have been working towards creating a TV show where they will share their knowledge. The students have been researching their animal […]

This term in prep, we have been investigating addition strategies and how we can add numbers efficiently. We began by looking at counting strategies. We learned that it is easier to use the counting-on strategy rather than counting-all strategy when adding two numbers (when adding 7 and 6 together, we already know there is 7,

The students have been engaging in some animation workshops this term. We have learned that there are some important rules to follow when making animation. These include: Keep the camera still (and if working on a mat, keep the mat still too!) Move things we are animating a bit at a time Make sure our

Today, children’s author and illustrator Elise Hurst came in to run a story telling workshop for a small group of interested children. Elise, who is also a parent of Archie and Sammy, supported children in designing a character for their story. From there she helped them come up with their characteristics that helped drive their

Just to remind those students who are going swimming that Monday will be a water safety day. Swimmers will need t-shirts and shorts to wear over the top of their bathing suits during swimming to practise survival skills. Don’t forget to also bring an extra set of clothes and a plastic bag for the wet

As you may know, one of our school values at Princes Hill Primary School is that students are “strong and capable children“. In the prep neighbourhood, we believe that the children are on their way to becoming independent learners. This means organising their possessions, knowing where to be, using the correct tools required and packing up after themselves.

Yesterday, the prep students shared their inquiry learning to our community. We would like to thank all the people, including parents, grand parents and siblings, who were able to come and celebrate our learning with us. We documented some of the displays of the exhibition and the celebration for those people who were unable to attend. We

The Prep students will be sharing our learning during the assembly this Friday. The assembly will be held early (14:00pm) at the gymnasium as it is the final day of the term. Hope to see y0u there!  

This Friday, we will be having a neighbourhood assembly in the Prep Neighbourhood Performance Area. It will be very informal. It will begin at the normal time of 3:00 and we will be presenting what we have been doing in the inquiry. Parents and carers are welcome.

Archie and Sammy shared with us their amazing home made board games this week. Board games are great because it teaches us to take turns and follow rules. It also supports our counting and subitising when we use dice. Thanks Archie and Sammy!