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Welcome back to school everyone. It is soooo good to be back, and to feel uplifted by how happy we feel being together again. There are plans afoot to make 2022 another year of wonderful ’Adventures in Music’ for whole school experiences. Although we patiently wait for the safest of COVID times before resuming singing, …
A very warm, summery welcome back to school to our Princes Hill school community! Right from the first go in Week 1, we’ve spent a good amount of time setting expectations and mutual agreements of Health & PE as well as mixing teams/years together, having the chance to introduce new members. It was also an …
NGV Bark Ladies: Eleven artists from Yirrkala Through an examination and exploration of the art works in the NGV Bark Ladies Exhibition this term, students will reflect on and develop their own drawing and painting skills. Developing an understanding of the work of the eleven female artists from Yrrikala, and their world view, will help …
Bravo to all out Instrumental Music students for their wonderful performances in their IM Neighbourhood Concerts on Friday 26th November. Due to safe COVID practices, we really missed sharing our achievements and having a hearty sing-along in a big evening concert with our families. Instead though, we were delighted that the performances were enjoyed by …
We all waited such a long time for the restrictions to ease in returning to school. But an even longer time, in fact, in celebrating both our senior school’s athletics events as well as the junior school’s Mini Olympics. In our final week for the year (Week 11), the senior school will wrap the year …
As we near the end of the school year, we are enjoying reflecting on our learning, through playing language games, teaming up to test our knowledge with a variety of fun Kahoots, interacting in our Italian circles, sharing some memories and learnings, viewing Muzzy (il grande Muzzy!), creating pictures together that sum up the term’s …
This week, we used paint to apply colour to our collaborative pieces. Many students felt colour was an amazing way to investigate emotions, especially when they had more than one emotion drifting in and out of their minds simultaneously. They used colours to define these emotions. Their banners were a symbolic expression of their collective …
We have had a wonderful couple of weeks with the rhythm of the drums pumping a vitality and joy around the school. These workshops have absolutely driven our COVID cares away, and we feel strong, positive and connected. Our Drumming and Dance workshops came to and end with a sensational expression of celebration as we …
I asked the students this week ‘what has been your favourite part of Health & PE since we have returned to face to face learning’ to which I had several positive responses, of course – being together with friends, playing sport with people, working together in team situations etc. But one student in Year 4 …
Andra` tutto bene…..as our exploration of emotions and empathy continues, we have been creating collaborative posters to depict learnings and understandings around emotions, the experiences of the Italians, our own experiences, our strategies for coping and resilience, our ways of maintaining connection and community. We have expanded our vocabulary to describe ’emozioni’ and to identify …