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Following on from our initial inquiry around building and understanding ourselves as part of a community, we have begun to explore concepts related to communication and how our approach to this may change depending on circumstances. We have unpacked the idea of sending and receiving a message being something like throwing and catching. If you…

This coming Thursday (10th August), the Preps will be participating in a whole-school drumming performance to showcase what they have learnt working with Kofi, Bassidi, and Deb. The Prep’s performance will be split across two separate sessions. First session ~1:00 – Connie’s class (00A) will be performing with part of Robert’s group (00B): Jamal, June,…

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…

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!

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…