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Bike Club The members of the Princes Hill Primary School Bike Club headed out for another ride today.  It was a good opportunity to practice some bike skills while enjoying the beautiful weather. Warrick (5/6 Neighbourhood) and Robert (3/4 Neighbourhood)  

Dear Parents/Carers, Professor Dianne Siemon will be presenting to parents about the teaching of mathematics from 6:00 to 7:00pm in the gymnasium Tuesday 26th April. We did not receive very many requests for childcare services so we will not be providing this service. Please respect that this is an adult only presentation. Dianne will present

Dear Parents/Carers, Professor Dianne Siemon will be presenting to parents about the teaching of mathematics from 6:00 to 7:00pm in the gymnasium Tuesday 26th April. We did not receive very many requests for childcare services so we will not be providing this service. Please respect that this is an adult only presentation. Dianne will present

Literacy This week in Literacy the students have continued developing their independent writing piece. The students are researching their chosen topic and incorporating this new learning into their writing. Prior to publishing their work each student will self-edit, including spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and other aspects such as varied sentences. The students have also been

Numeracy Our students have been continuing to explore how they can self-assess their mathematical knowledge, this week focusing on statistics and probability. We have also been continuing to target students’ ability to calculate area and perimeter. Here is Louie working out the area and perimeter of an irregular polygon.

The partnership between the Prep and Year 5 Neighbourhood has continued to strengthen this week, as the Buddies joined our bug research groups. The Buddies came to us as ‘bug experts’. They chose a bug, sourced information and shared their knowledge with the appropriate bug group. The Preps excitedly showed them the Bug Hotel in our courtyard. The

This week, students have had a great time investigating how to flip, slide and turn shapes, patterns, images and construction materials. Students used many different forms of expression to show their understandings of this mathematical concept, one as a rap song: It’s called original, then you slide it and it is the same, Then you

Many parents have requested that the video shown during last Friday’s assembly be put on the blog, so here it is (if you are viewing this as an email, you may need to login to the blog on a browser).

District Cross Country Attention all parent helpers. We would love to have some helping hands on Thursday afternoon to assist Jared and Kate and the 60-odd competitors. The event commences at Princes Park at 1:45pm, so we will be leaving the school grounds at 1pm. Please speak to Kate if you are interested in assisting

This past friday one of the guitars from 3/4 Neighbourhood Two went missing.  Would those parents with children presently enrolled in guitar lessons please check to see that they haven’t inadvertently picked up the wrong one by mistake.   Thanks in advance!