Prep Neighbourhood
Princes Hill Primary School Communication Blogs
The journey of learning about creativity has led the Prep neighbourhood to explore what happens in our brain and how the human brain functions, the role of our environment and communities in inspiring us to view the world differently and explore its possibilities; and most recently to explore the role of mistakes in learning. Mistakes …
As our collective inquiries into ‘creativity’ continued to find interesting project pathways in our Neighbourhood, remote learning was upon us, ‘creating’ its own interesting opportunities to further explore these pathways in different environments. These pathways include using our courtyard garden to inspire and create, the continuing discoveries about creative storytelling in both the Learning Commons and …
Over the last few weeks, the Prep Neighborhood has continued to be provoked by experiences that have allowed us, as educators, to document and analyse different ways in which children create. In response to this documentation, we have begun to plan and facilitate a series of workshops that further develop the children’s understanding of creativity …
For us, documentation is part of the daily life in the schools. It is one of the ways in which we create and maintain the relationships and the experiences among our colleagues and the children. We think of documentation as an act of caring, an act of love and interaction. Carla Rinaldi …
Term 2 has begun in earnest in the Prep Neighbourhood. We have been very keen to capitalise on the excitement generated by understanding what it means to become a writer and the important place writing has in our world. We set provocations to encourage children to recognise the multiple ways we communicate as communities, including …
Over the last couple of weeks in the Prep Neighbourhood, we have been privileged to witness a writing explosion! The authentic provocations provided in our unique spaces coupled with the gentle challenges and support provided by the teachers has created a fertile environment for beginning writers. It all began with an encounter in the playground …
This year’s preps children have commenced their first year of schooling following the complications of 2020 and COVID. We were conscious of this unique set of circumstances and as such we were receptive to observe, listen and document the children’s transition into their new environment and community. As we set about collecting and analysing the …
As the students continue to settle and resettle after our brief encounter with remote learning, we continue to observe students’ needs and interactions with each other and our learning spaces. Throughout the Neighbourhood, we have encountered continued interactions relating to organisation and classification. Furthermore, in the past week or so, we are beginning to see …
As we welcome the new community of Prep children to PHPS, we are conscious of the need to go slow and to make connections to the childrens’ prior understandings. For some this will have been a kindergarten or long day childcare setting. For many it has been an extended time at home with families grappling …