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Princes Hill Primary School Communication Blogs
Making the block or stamp and printing our fabric… Students were asked to close their eyes and drop into the feeling body, carefully drawing an object from nature. From there, students refined their design using fine liner and watercolour pencils. Carefully adding detail, they experimented with the positioning of their object to help visualise their …
Over the past two weeks, students have been engaging in a variety of racquet skills and games which have included bat tennis, racquet tennis, catching, throwing, balancing, juggling as well as working in small teams. Continuing our focus for student agency, I asked for students to come forward and suggest any known particular games or …
Ciao a tutti! Over the past two weeks students have been enjoying imagining and designing their own Italian mascots, accompanying them with descriptions in the target language. It’s been a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with adjectives that we already know and of course to discover new ones, through authentic Italian texts, videos, discussions etc. We …
There is a lot of excitement amongst our super Instrumental Music Students as tomorrow they will have an opportunity to perform live for our wonderful school. Due to COVID, it has been more than a year since we have enjoyed this opportunity. It will be special for the students who are so proud to …
As we returned to school after the recent lockdown, we had all crossed our fingers to have our swimming carnival re-scheduled – and we succeeded! What a day it was! From the nervous racers to the incredible house coloured costumes, the carnival itself was a fun-filled day for all. Besides the chanting and cheering on …
Term 1 weeks 3 and 4 Re- configuring and re-shaping our sense of togetherness through the medium of textiles This week we have spent time further developing our ideas and understanding of textiles, stitched lines and how images can be transferred from one medium to another. Collaging further using the papers we created for the …
Last year, in response to the Covid 19 lockdown, students were given the opportunity to engage with 4 Artist Residencies: an Artist in Residence, a Photographer in Residence, a Musician in Residence and a Dancer in Residence. These residencies formed an integral part of a planned Arts Festival (March this year) that gave students a …
Ciao a tutti e benvenuti all’italiano 2021! This year all students will be participating in combined Italian and performing arts learning experiences. Students will be engaging in dance and movement, singing, body percussion, drama, role play and puppetry, whilst exploring Italian language and culture. Thus far this year we’ve been settling back into routines, such …
Re- configuring and re-shaping our sense of togetherness through the medium of textiles The story as it unfolds… Last term we examined our relationship to the land, our ‘oneness’ we felt with nature as a response to the Kent Morris, Never Alone installation. We created a large scale collaged mural with artist in residence, Sarah …
Welcome back to a fun filled 2021! What an enthusiastic return we’ve had in Health and Phys Ed this term! I’m so excited to be taking over the reigns of Maddy from last year and looking forward to getting to know every student throughout the school. The first few weeks this year has been a …