Book Week Celebration

To celebrate Book Week the Prep - 2s dressed up as book characters on Thursday. Unfortunately we weren't able to have a parade outside with the other Neighbourhoods due to the rain. There was a real buzz in the air as the children excitedly guessed each others characters and got into character. After some sharing within the Neighbourhood we visited the Preps and Year 1s in the red brick building for some shared reading. 

Week 8 Happenings

Year 2 Assembly on Friday

Literacy & Numeracy Week!

Tuesday
Art & Italian (2JB)
Italian & PE (2AK)
PE & Art (2SK)
Singing with Deb

Wednesday
The Great Book Swap! Bring a book you would like to swap and a gold coin donation. Money raised goes to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.   

Thursday
Art (2AK)
Italian (2SK)
PE (2JB)
Singing with Deb

Friday
Father's Day Stall
3pm Year 2 Assembly

Premier's Reading Challenge Deadline

Hi everyone,

Congratulations to those of you who have already finished the Premier’s Reading Challenge and have entered their books online. The deadline is fast approaching. You still have time to finish reading and enter your books online.

What you must do now: You have two more weeks to enter your books online. You must print out your book list, have a guardian sign it, and then give it to your home group teacher by Tuesday 8th September.

What we will do: One of your teachers will verify your books online to say you have met the challenge. The certificates will be awarded in Term 4.

If you have trouble logging on please let one of your teachers know as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Simone and Robert 

Enviroweek August 30-Sept 5

Next week is Enviroweek!

The Nature project group have been working on a plan to get the nest boxes that we built last year into trees around our school. We have designed ways we think they could be installed safely, researched nest box installation recommendations and explored what kind of trees around our school would be most suitable.



Matt (Zac Mile's dad) worked with the children last year to build the boxes and he is happy to help us install them. He has a 6m ladder and some ideas himself but we will need more help!

If you can help us with ideas for how we can get nest boxes high up in the trees or if you have any experience with nest boxes WE NEED YOU.  If you can help on the day of installation (day to be advised) then let Simone know.

If you have any other ideas for Enviroweek that you would like to share with the children (maybe you work in an area related to sustainability or the environment or maybe you have a fun activity to help us learn more about the environment) then please let us know!

Science Week in Year 2

This week was National Science week and our Art Studio became a Science Lab.

In the science lab a number of experiments took place, some are outlined below. The children wrote hypotheses to explain what they believed the science was behind the experiment.   

Creating a storm: We observed the impact of detergent on milk.

Aluminum & Tin Can Races with Balloons: We observed how static electricity can pull an aluminum can and a tin can.  We also timed the the races and compared the times. 

Tricky Picture: We created an optical illusion by making a toy called a thaumatrope. 

The Year 2 Neighbourhood was lucky enough to have three scientists come and share some of their knowledge with us. Thank you Carlos, Sandra and Daniel! 

Week 7 Happenings!

Book Week 2015 - Books Light Up Our World

Final week of Swimming

Monday

Swimming

Tuesday

Art & Italian (2J)
Italian & PE (2A)
PE & Art (2S)

Wednesday

Swimming

Thursday

PE (2J)
Art (2A)
Italian (2S)
Singing with Deb
Dressing up for Book Week (Children are encouraged to dress up as a book character to celebrate book week)

Friday

Swimming

Book Week Dress-up

This year Book Week is from Saturday 22nd to Friday 28th August. To celebrate the Prep - 2s are encouraged to dress up as a book character on Thursday 27th August (next week). We look forward to seeing everyone in costume. 

Collecting Plastic Bottles

The Human Body group is hoping to conduct an experiment to demonstrate how the lung works. This experiment requires 600ml plastic bottles. If you have any 600ml bottles you could donate to our experiment please bring them in.

Thank you 

Relaxation

On Monday we in began to inquire into the benefits of relaxation and meditation. Our provocation was a TedTalk delivered by Andy Puddicombe.

We talked about the benefits of relaxation and came up with some ideas about how you can achieve a meditative state.

How do you relax at home? Share with us in the comments.

Measurement: Length

Over the last few weeks in Mathematics we explored length as a component of measurement. We began our investigations into dimensions, taking time to observe the width, height and depth of various items within our local environment. We noted that length was the distance between two points and that using the metric system most of the things could be measured using millimetres, centimetres, and metres. We used a range of measuring tools, including rulers, tape measures and string.

This week we used our skills in measurement to make towers with the exact height of 55cm. Here are some photos of our proud architects...
What's the height of the tallest tower you've been in? Share with us in the comments below.

SWIMMING TIMES

Year Two Swimming Times:

Monday 17th, Wednesday19th , Friday 21st
Monday 24th, Wednesday 26th, Friday 28th

2J: Bus leaves at 9.20am and returns to school at 11am
2A (Steve): 11.25am and returns to school at 1.05pm
2S: 1.20pm- 3pm


This Monday if your child is in the Body Project Group and going to IMAX, they will attend the first swimming group with 2J so that they return to school by 11am in time to catch the bus to IMAX at 11.15am.

Please remember to pack your child's bathers, towel, goggles and a bag to put wet clothes. It would be great if your could discuss how to keep belongings safe (i.e. putting socks inside shoes, and keeping clothing in a bag).

If you're interested in helping out during swimming for one or more days please let one of the neighbourhood teachers know, we welcome parent help!

Collecting Soft Drink Cans

The Year 2 Neighbourhood will be conducting a variety of experiments next week as part of Science Week. For one of the experiments we require empty soft drink cans. If you have any empty, uncrushed soft drink cans please bring them to school. 

 

National Science Week!

Princes Hill Primary School is participating in National Science Week 2015, 15th – 23^rd August, as a way of further promoting science in our school. Science activities will be scheduled to run in each neighbourhood next week. We want to encourage children to try more science at home and at school.

We also encourage parents who are interested in science or work in a field of science to come along and talk to the children about the work that they do.  Please contact your child’s teachers to book in a time to organize a talk, demonstration or a hands-on activity that the children can participate in.

Thank you for your support.

Great Book Swap DATE CHANGE

Hi everyone,

There was an error with the date of the Great Book Swap. It is on Wednesday September 2nd.

Thanks!
Simone

The Great Book Swap

THE GREAT BOOK SWAP

As part of Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday September 3, we are holding a Great Book Swap to help raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation to buy books for remote indigenous communities who don’t have access to books. There are schools involved all across Australia and the target is $100,000 to buy 10,000 books.

If every child can please bring a book (or books) to school that they love but no longer want and a gold coin donation on Weds Sept 3, then they can be part of the book swap. By donating a gold coin, they can then swap their book for a new book that someone else has donated. 

1. Books need to be dropped off in the gym before school starts, and the swap will happen at lunch time. 

2. If you're wanting to swap more than one book, it's a gold coin for each book you want to swap. So if you swap five books, it's five coins. 

3. This year if you want take home a junior book, please donate a junior book. If you want take home an older book, please donate an older book. Otherwise we end up with lots of books for little kids, but no books for the older kids. 

4. Please don't donate school readers, library books, board books or really young picture books. Please just donate books you think someone will love!

See you all on Weds September 3 so we can raise money, and all have a terrific new book to take home.

Gardening Group This Friday 7th August 9am

Hi Everyone,

Antonija would like to extend the invite to all parents and carers would are interested in coming along to help with the neighbourhood veggie garden this Friday at 9am at the Veggie Plot near the gym.

There are lots of seedlings to be planted and plots to prepare for the neighbourhoods to plant out.

Please come along if you are free and invite parents from other neighbourhoods!

Thanks!

THE 3rd Annual PHPS TRIVIA NIGHT

THIS YEARS THEME – THE 80’s – PLEASE DRESS UP

(TABLES OF 10)

WHEN:                                  Saturday 15th August, 2015

WHERE:                                The Gymnasium

WHAT TIME:                       7pm for 7.30pm Question Start

WHAT COST:                      $10 per person

WHAT DO I BRING?         Food, drinks, humour and your favourite 80’s outfit

WHY:                                     To have some fun people!!!

HOW DO I BOOK A TABLE? Contact Kathryn Fraser on Kathryn@jonestid.com.au

(Don’t have enough for a table of 10? Contact me and I can help you out – the main thing is you come!)