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At Princes Hill Primary, we believe in the importance of fostering a love of reading. All children are encouraged to read regularly at home. Children at the school can borrow books from the library where library books and take home books are stored. Library Books Now that our new library system is up and running […]

Blog Post Written by Poppy  T. Photos by Magnus W-S Mapping In the mapping provocation we were making maps of the school, our neighbourhoods and spaces. We persevered and worked together. We made illustrated maps that we coloured some in and we measured. Graphing For our graphing we firstly made tally’s ,then and then we

This week the Year 2 Neighbourhood started thinking about how cooking and recipes are connected to our Inquiry question ‘Why Write?’. We decided that cooking and baking would be a good way to explore how recipes are used and why they are important while we explore how food is selected and prepared for healthy eating.  It

  This Friday the Preps, Year Ones, and Year Twos are holding our inaugural Junior School Assembly. We will be gathering at 3pm at the Stage on the Mini Oval (in the south/east corner of the school grounds) to share some of our learning from the first few weeks of term. We hope that you

Due to school photos happening all of Week 7, our excursion to ACMI at Federation Square has been moved to the following week, and is now planned for Tuesday 19th March 2019 in Week 8. There have also been some slight amendments to the program at ACMI that the students will participate in. Students will

Here’s what’s happening in the neighbourhood’s this week, Mapping and learning spaces As we continue to explore mapping, students will be learning about scale using informal and formal units. We are developing our illustrated maps and creating symbols that represent culture and nature in the world around us. Key vocabulary includes; measuring, scale, symbols, compass,

Hi All, Please see below the interview times for tomorrow. Please ensure that you arrive on time as we have a tight schedule. If you are running late or you can not attend due to illness please contact the office. Prep Interview Schedule 20_32019-2jlz0o2 Thanks, The Prep Team

Construction and Co-Construction Over the last 3 or 4 weeks we have observed, listened to, and documented a multitude of construction in the Prep Neighbourhood. We have provoked, watched and at times guided dominos being constructed to fall down ramps, ant houses being built with sticks, paper aeroplanes being made, a group of children attempting

Hi everyone, Apologies for not getting the schedule guide out sooner! Below is the outline of the happenings for the remainder of the week. Tuesday Provocations (invitational mini workshop based on teacher observations and children’s interests) Circle time Fruit (healthy) Snack Lunch Mindfulness Handwriting Workshop Big Book Workshop Numeracy Exploration Workshop Recess Shared Reading and

Term one is turning out to be a busy one! Below are a couple of important reminders. Working with Children’s Check: As we start to think about excursions and camps we are going to be looking for parent helpers. If you may be interested at any point this year please arrange your working with children’s