This week, within the Inquiry provocations, the children have been designing our future in the areas of transport, housing and gaming. The technologies of these three areas seem to have a large cross-over zone through which similar technologies may be embraced to streamline life. The children are being involved in conferences regarding the decisions they have […]
It has been a great week this week! In numeracy we continued exploring mapping and directions regarding the Bazaar. The kids have had fun programming robot bee’s (Bee-bots) to navigate specific directions based on what the children did at the Bazaar. In Literacy we investigated poetry through shapes and alternative vocabulary. In the Inquiry there
Happenings Week 7 (last week, slightly late sorry) Read More »
Hello community, The annual end of year instrumental music concert is approaching on Friday the 2nd of December. Each year the music recital showcases the amazing talents of our students and is a fun and entertaining evening of music, collaboration and community. You are invited to attend the recital even if your child is not
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Thanks to Tina’s fantastic organisations and contacts, Princes Hill Primary School was able to enjoy weatherman Mike Larkin from the Channel 10 news team broadcasting the weather from our school! There were students, parents and teachers in the live cross to the 3/4 Neighbourhood and it was a fun way to spend the afternoon between
Happenings: PHPS & Channel 10 News Weather Forecast! Read More »
This week our inquiry takes a turn towards the future. We have explored changes in the past to the present and identified why these changes have taken place. We are thinking about what we need to consider to make decisions about the future and what information helps us to make a decision? Provocations: Designing transport
Hello Parents! There are two things that the school Bazaar requires your support with: Signing up as a volunteer helper! Donating to the neighbourhood hampers! Helpers needed … In order to staff and run all stalls at the Bazaar parent volunteers are in high demand. Some stalls have already been excluded from the day as
Action required: Bazaar engagement! Read More »
Hello lovely families This week throughout the Inquiry we are continuing our exploration of change over time, cause and effect through design and investigating daily life. The provocations around the neighbourhood all research these concepts as we continue analysing daily life from then and now! In Literacy, our exploration for poetry has continued developing from
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With just over a week to go, we only have 140 parents signed up to help out at the Bazaar – under half of the volunteers required. This number is very low considering how many children there are, hence the number of parents. Some of the stall WILL NOT run on the day if we
Action Required: Parent helpers for the Bazaar! Read More »
This week has been a fantastic week, albeit short due to the Melbourne Cup! Here’s a snapshot of what’s been going on .. In Literacy we have been finishing off our persuasive texts; the children have been composing letters regarding something they would like to change. They have had to form arguments and supporting statements!
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Dear Parents and Carers, Just over 3 weeks to go until the Bazaar! The Spinning Wheel hampers for the Bazaar are now in your child’s neighbourhood. Please donate according to the hamper theme for your child’s home group (see below). We look forward to another year of generous, good quality, non-perishable donations! ALSO, beginning this
ACTION REQUIRED: Bazaar Donations! Read More »