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Principal's Message Prep Enrolments for 2025 NOW OPEN! , Applications close July 26th, Term 2 Events, Parent Teacher Interviews, Student Illness, Celebrating Birthdays at school, Forward Planning - Save the Dates!
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Upcoming Events  Hillsmeade Primary School calendar:
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NOTICE BOARD Next Assembly , Hillsmeade commemorative “brick” , Curriculum Days for 2024 , Wellbeing Dog Trial, BREAKFAST CLUB , Canteen, C.S.E.F., How Hillsmeade will communicate with you in an emergency., ACE Foundation Free Glasses Program
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STUDENT LEADERS and SRC The Good Friday Appeal Fundraiser
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Mental Health and Wellbeing
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Specialist classes
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Early Learning Centre Our Learning , News and Reminders, Celebration of learning, Enrolments for free 3 and 4 year old sessional kindergarten. 
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Prep Update Upcoming learning: Term 2, Weeks 2 & 3, News and reminders: , Celebration of learning:
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Year 1 Update Upcoming Learning -Term 2, Weeks 2 & 3 , Celebration of learning:
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Year 2 Update Upcoming learning in Year 2 , Hillsmeade Heroes, News and reminders: , Year 2 Healthy Me Day and Easter Hat Parade 
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Year 3 Update Upcoming learning: Term 2, Weeks 2 & 3, News and reminders , Celebration of learning
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Year 4 Update Upcoming learning:, News and reminders: , Hillsmeade Heroes:, Celebration of learning:
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Year 4 Camp Rumbug Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 August 
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Year 5 Update Upcoming Learning for Term 2,  week 2&3, Hillsmeade Heroes, Multiplication Masters, 100 Second Challenge
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Year 6 Update Upcoming learning:, Homework:, News and Reminders:, Maths in 6A, Debates in 6C, Year 6 Kindness Award, Star Students of the week 
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2025 Year 7 Information 2025 Year 7 Transition Applications, Secondary School Open Nights
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Out of School Hours Care Check out what’s happening at  OSHC!, Our Learning, News and Reminders, Celebration of Learning
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First Aid Update Covid-19 Update
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Useful information Keep Up to Date, Arriving Late - Late Pass Essential, Student Collection, Attendance, Uniform, Canteen, Staff Carpark, Reports , Parent-Teacher Conferences, Email, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, Student Mobile phones, Scholastic Book Club
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Early Learning Centre

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Ms Katrina
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Ms Jacqui
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Our Learning 

During this fortnight in the 3 and 4 year old kindergarten, the children have been undertaking learning in the following areas: 

Reading
  • Learning to decipher what a book is about through looking closely at the cover illustration. 
  • Understanding properties of a book-Front cover, back cover, spine.
  • Borrowing books from the ELC Library to read at home
  • Letter recognition of name
  •  Reading name tags 
Writing  
  • Developing a hand preference through drawing and painting experiences
  • Developing and refining fine motor skills through the use of playdough, threading and clay.
STEM
  • Exploring the concept of size (Small/medium/large) and ordering items accordingly 
  • Colour Mixing – primary colours through paints and light tables
Inquiry
  • Exploring the Unit of Inquiry: How we express ourselves through art
  •  Pipe cleaner exploration-Twisting, bending, shaping, joining
  • Exploring brush strokes and differen sized brushes
  • Drawing with grey leads, experimenting with line, shading, pressure of pencil. 
  • Learning property of materials without adhesives. Creating with paper-folding, rolling, scrunching.
Social & emotional learning
  • Continuing to build the children’s understanding of a range of emotions, how these appear through facial expressions and possible events that may lead to us feeling that way. 
  • Zones of regulation
  • Singing emotion songs
  • Exploring strategies to support regulation 

News and Reminders

  • Mothers and special others evening May 9th 4pm-6pm.
  • Kinder photos-May 13th-17th-Please prepay if you’d like photos taken.

Celebration of learning

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Exploring the properties of paper.
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Threading
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Exploring colour mixing
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Creating with pipe cleaners.
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Manipulating and creating with clay.
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Exploring the properties of paper.
Threading
Exploring colour mixing
Creating with pipe cleaners.
Manipulating and creating with clay.

Enrolments for free 3 and 4 year old sessional kindergarten. 

Enrol through Casey Council for Hillsmeade Kindergarten. 

Long Day Care enrolments with kindergarten is through the ELC office.

You can contact the ELC or pop in for a visit for enrolment inquires.

Phone: 9704 6313 - Option ELC

Email: elc@hillsmeade.vic.edu.au