Building onto our focus on community and collaboration, the Prep Neighbourhood have been super busy learning all about how living and non-living things are connected. We have explored how plants and animals are dependent on each other for survival. To make this a more tangible experience, we have introduced tadpoles into the classrooms. We have been…
School Bazaar!
We were so pleased to have the bazaar back again at Princes Hill this year after a two year absence! As always, we used the experience of the bazaar for meaningful teaching moments in literature and numeracy. Here are some examples of the children’s reflections and experiences of their time at the bazaar. Enjoy!
The Return of the Brunswick Fire Station Crew
This week we had our second visit from the local fire crew. Getting to see them taught us lots of valuable tips about how to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe in emergencies. It was an exciting experience to see a real fire truck in action and get to talk to some genuine local…
What’s been happening in the Prep Neighbourhood…
Park Excursion to Railway Park. We have been supporting the children to build their communication skills, in particular, develop their capacity to encourage and affirm others using oral language. To begin, we focused on children naming and celebrating their classmates personal strengths. We observed the children beginning to show an awareness of giving positive feedback….
Welcome to Term 4
Welcome back to term four – my, how the year has flown, it’s hard to believe we are starting our final term for 2022. We hope that all the children enjoyed their holidays and are feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and ready for another great term of Learning and Teaching. In term 2 we began an inquiry…
BOOK WEEK
Book Week was a roaring success this year with so many of our outstanding students dressing up and looking amazing! A big thank you to all parents, students and teachers who put in a massive effort into their costumes, activities and enthusiasm for all things reading! BOOK WEEK PARADE We started the morning off with…
Father’s and Special Carer’s Assembly
We read and responded to ‘Love Was Hiding’ by Jennifer Loakes and Jess Racklyeft. The children were asked to think about how fathers and the special people in their lives show them that they care. They created artworks and writing to match. Scroll down for a link to the video we shared at the assembly.
Getting our hands dirty!
Clay is a wonderful medium. It allows for exploration that builds over time, based on a child’s individual needs and interests. Working with clay is very supportive of a child’s fine motor skill development. Clay is an extremely responsive material which makes it even more appealing to young children. It has therapeutic qualities which benefit…
Visiting our local library.
This week, the prep neighbourhood went on a walking excursion to the Carlton library in Rathdowne Street. There were two reasons we organised this excursion. One reason being that Book Week is fast approaching, so it seemed an ideal opportunity to explore our local library and share our love of books. The other was to…
NAIDOC Week Art Studio
Natural materials are a big part of Aboriginal arts. To connect with this, children searched through a selection of natural materials and placed these over a piece of cardboard which they covered using torn pieces of bark sheets as a background. The paperbark mosaic formed the backdrop whilst stones, paper bark, leaves, shells, gum, nuts, twine…