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Princes Hill Primary School Communication Blogs
Ciao a tutti! We have been building the story of our families, learning to name the members, describe them, talk about special dishes made for us or with us to share….This week in Italian we have been exploring and sharing aspects of our cultura. We have learnt to name elements of our family’s heritage and …
Last week, we explored pattern. After creating a spirit creature, many students found it difficult to create a repeating pattern on the ‘skin’ of their creature. So, this week, we explored how to create a repeating pattern and how to build on a motif to create a complex pattern. We asked, what is a pattern? …
Prep Last week students embarked on a treasure hunt! Artists are curious about the world they live in. They find and collect things and sometimes just keep them until they find a use for them. Artists love to play around with the materials they find. Finding and collecting objects to use in an artwork is …
‘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 …