Please find attached guidelines that outlines general set of recommendations on how you (as a parent or caregiver) can reduce your child’s risk of school refusal and support their mental health and school engagement if they are having problems with school attendance. The strategies included in these guidelines are intended to apply to parents of […]

Greetings wonderful Princes Hill parents, carers and families! In Week 2, the students started the first of two terms of our new Specialist subject: Science and Sustainability. The second term will be in Term 4. The aim of the program is to support and deepen the children’s connection to our local natural world. Through their

Our developing inquiry into systems begins to deepen. As a neighbourhood we have delved further into how trees are part of an intricate system, how ecosystems are complex wholes containing many small parts and the many other ways in which we interact with systems in our daily lives. In the lead up to our Mothers’

Reclaim the Void In Australia we’ve dug 50,000 holes across sacred land. We dump 500,000 tonnes of fabric and clothing every year. Can we give our hands and hearts in healing to create 5,000 rugs to seal one hole? Reclaim the Void 2024 This is the question asked by conceptual artist and creative director Vivienne

The entire Year 1 cohort have been enrolled in the Premiers’ Reading Challenge for 2024. The challenge has already begun but there are still many days left to read and log books. This is an optional home-based activity to encourage and build enthusiasm for reading. There is no wrong way to participate. We have posted

As the Year 2 inquiry into Fantasy and Reality progresses, the students have been tackling some big questions about how these two concepts overlap in play, in the natural world, and in storytelling. Particularly exciting was the moment that an alien ‘hacked’ Larree’s computer, setting the students several challenges that they had to complete in

In Italian the 3/4 students have listened to the story of “IL Piccolo Bruco Affamato” (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de6l9lyAPMY. They have participated in collaborative action in class, sharing their knowledge of the story and focusing on the days of the week and numbers 1-10. Students then made mini booklets retelling the story. In small

Hello, and welcome to the new PHPS Library blog for 2024! You may be aware that our library space is currently being refurbished, based on some inspired designs by artist and PHPS community member, Elise Hurst. In 2023, Elise painted a mural on the northern library wall and it has been exciting to see the

In 3/4N2 it is all systems go.  In workshops this week the neighbourhood has begun to think both collectively and individually about one of our big ideas, that systems are interconnected. In small groups the students responded to the question, “What is a system? After some rich discussions the students then shared their developing ideas

Term 2 is off to a flying start as the 5/6 neighbourhood begins its dive into our inquiry for the year, exploring the big ideas of legacy and leadership. As we are now in the connect and then expand phase of our inquiry students have been exploring and sharing what they already understand about these