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Princes Hill Primary School Communication Blogs
‘I really enjoyed listening to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony… it really calmed me down… it was a nice break from work.’ Olivia Yr 5/6. Thank you to everyone for joining in with music online you have lifted my spirits with your responses. I’m so happy that you are enjoying freedom in your imagination and a sense …
Ciao a tutti! This week during remote learning we’ve been building our capacity to name and describe members of our family. We have had fun imagining them as superheroes, with special powers to match. We’ve looked at how to use adjectives such as ‘forte’, ‘intelligente’, ‘sportivo’, ‘creativa’, ‘gentile’. Students have used their super creative powers …
It was very frustrating finding ourselves back in remote learning at the end of Week 4 and here we are still, another two weeks to go, and we still haven’t competed in either of our Athletics Carnival or Mini Olympics event! Even though these last two weeks we have found ourselves at home once again, …
In week 5, students continued to explore the idea of transferring a 2D surface to a 3D object. It has been a recurring theme in our exploration into sculpture. Over the last few weeks we have been creating designs and working out ideas for our wire and wood sculptures. We have been thinking about the …
These drawings were of characters and creatures, both real and imagined. In week 5, students created a background or setting for the little sculptures that they will make when we are back at school. When designing these backgrounds, they thought about the creatures or characters they designed at school. Students wondered where these characters lived …
As we step, run, throw and jump closer to our Athletics Carnival in Week 5, the students are working hard training and trialing out for several events. Since we returned last week from remote learning, trials have been set for 400m and 800m within their Health & PE sessions whereas this week it was about …
Finding your own contemplative space to explore creative ideas is a positive aspect to online learning at home. From the individual student responses to the Seesaw Drumming Activities I could see what an inspiring impact the drumming program has had. Many students demonstrated their understanding of Kofi’s drumming patterns, while others chose to discover their …
Since returning onsite the students in years prep-2 have been enjoying sharing stories about ‘piatti speciali’ (special dishes) made by family members. Inspired by the much loved Italian children’s song, Le tagliatelle di nonna Pina, we have talked about our favourite foods made with love by members of our famiglia. Cooking for family and friends …
Last week, both on-line and when we returned to school, we furthered our exploration into our understanding of the body through the paper cut out drawings of Henri Matisse! Last week we drew the body inspired by Picasso and his continuous line drawings. This week we were inspired by the paper cut out collages of …