Im proud of collaborating and mixing ideas with other peoples! Ursula As the term draws to an end, the children have been reflecting on their two terms of school. We began our reflection by asking the children what are you proud of? I’m proud of getting better at all the maths! Raph I’m proud of…
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Authentic Writing in the Neighbourhood
The children continue to be exposed to regular practice in fine motor skills and in letter formation to ensure the development of good handwriting habits. Developing their fine motor skills is key to children becoming fluent, legible and competent practitioners of Victorian Modern Cursive handwriting style. There are a number of factors that we discuss…
What happens when we collaborate?
As a team, we unpacked our observations of the children’s responses to the provocations we provided inviting them to share their wonderings. A common theme began to emerge: the theme of collaboration. We were noticing in our documenting and discussions with children that they were beginning to gravitate to others to work side-by-side on shared…
Term 1, Week 6 Learning Focus
This week in the Prep Neighborhood we are continuing to learn all the new routines there are at school. We are also focussing on collaboration, sustained effort and giving new things a go. In reading we are focussing on sharing stories as a group and drawing a response to the story. We are even having…
Learning in Prep at PHPS
The children have settled in remarkably well for their first two weeks of school. Our focus has been to orient the children to the different spaces – the Studio, the Learning Commons and the Performance Space. To give us a picture of their observations, we asked the children: “How do you think we learn in…
Meet the Teachers
Jess – 00A This is my 6th year teaching at Princes Hill Primary School. I love spending time in the outdoors and have recently made the move back to the country to enjoy daily fresh air and bush walks. I have two dogs, Charlie and Freddie. During remote learning they were regular special guests providing…
Important Information
School Website The children have specialist (Visual Art, PE and Italian) classes on Monday and Tuesday. The Prep Neighbourhood visits and borrows from the library each Friday. School Bag Items Healthy Snack Lunch box Water bottle Hat Change of clothes Sunscreen
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