Page 0 Banner Photo
Cover Page
Principal's Message Banner Photo
Principal's Message
Upcoming Events  Banner Photo
Upcoming Events  Term 2 calendar:
Mother’s and Special Others Stall & Breakfast. Banner Photo
Mother’s and Special Others Stall & Breakfast. Mother’s and Special Others Stall & Breakfast., You’re Invited: Friday 12th May
IMPORTANT PRODUCTION NEWS!  Banner Photo
IMPORTANT PRODUCTION NEWS!  2023 PRODUCTION!, IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION – All 4/5/6 STUDENTS
Fun on our last day of Term 1! Banner Photo
Fun on our last day of Term 1!
Early Learning Centre Banner Photo
Early Learning Centre What is happening in the ELC, Our Learning, News and Reminders, Celebration of Learning
Prep Update Banner Photo
Prep Update Upcoming learning , News and reminders , Celebration of learning
Year 1 Update Banner Photo
Year 1 Update Upcoming Learning
Year 2 Update Banner Photo
Year 2 Update
Year 3 Update Banner Photo
Year 3 Update Upcoming Learning:, News and Reminders:, Celebration of Learning:
Year 4 Update Banner Photo
Year 4 Update Upcoming Learning:, News and Reminders:, Celebration of Learning: 
Year 5 Update Banner Photo
Year 5 Update Upcoming Learning:, Grade 5 Heroes:, Special Mentions, Homework
Year 6 Update Banner Photo
Year 6 Update News and Reminders:
Student Leaders 2023 Banner Photo
Student Leaders 2023 Message from our Sport Captains - Jordan & Jayden, Well done to our SRC representatives across the school for receiving their official badges at assembly last week 
Sustainable snapshot Banner Photo
Sustainable snapshot Sustainable initiatives happening at Hillsmeade. , Easter egg & bunny foil ball competition - winners announced, Wonder bread bag recycling program
NOTICE BOARD  Banner Photo
NOTICE BOARD NEXT ASSEMBLY -Friday 12th May, School Photos, Parenting Resources, ACTIVE THURSDAYS , BREAKFAST CLUB , ACE Foundation Free Glasses Program, ENGLISH FOR PARENTS at Hillsmeade ELC , Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund applications (CSEF), Annual privacy reminder for our school community
From Our Community Banner Photo
From Our Community
First Aid Update Banner Photo
First Aid Update
Useful information Banner Photo
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, Scholastic Book Club
View archive
Published by
Hillsmeade Primary School
82 The Promenade, Narre Warren South, Victoria, 3805, AUhttps://www.hillsmeade.vic.edu.au/hillsmeade.ps@education.vic.gov.au03 9704 6313 Facebook X / Twitter Vimeo
Banner Photo

Early Learning Centre

Enrolments are open 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

 

What is happening in the ELC

Our Learning

Reading
  • Children have been tuning into a story using the illustrations to guide them and predict what will happen next
  • Clapping the syllables contained in their names
  • Identifying the first letter of their names in its written form and brainstorming other words that start with that letter
Writing  
  • Developing and strengthening their fine motor skills through a wide range of activities
  • Incorporating writing in their play as they use symbols and marks on paper to take orders in the cafe

 

STEM
  • Developing an understanding of the concept of size, classifying items and identifying these as being “small’, ‘medium’ or ’large’
  • Studying the life cycle of plants and investigating the different parts of these, their functions and what they require to grow. To facilitate their developing understanding, the children have begun to plant seeds in glass fronted containers, which they will be able to watch grow, documenting the changes through photographs and drawings.
Inquiry
  • This term the children in the ELC are undertaking a new Unit of Inquiry, Our World, Our Future, which will focus their learning on how our actions impact the environment and sustainable practices
  • Through their engagement in small world play the children have begun to explore different types of environments, including bushland, farms and oceans, enabling them to begin to form an understanding of what we mean by the term ‘environment’ and the link that exists between the plants, animals and humans that inhabit it. 
Social & emotional learning
  • Reflecting on how the children are feeling about their return to kinder following the holiday break and how they spent this time
  • Reading stories that explore different emotions and how the characters deal with them
  • Listening to different styles of music and exploring how this makes them feel and moving to this

 

News and Reminders

  • Mother’s and Special Others afternoon

Echidna Group – Wednesday 10 May 4:30-5:30pm

Bluebell- Wednesday 10 May 5.30-6.30pm

Bilby and Wombat Groups – Thursday 11 May 4:30-5:30pm

Koala and Joey Groups – Friday 12 May 4:30-5:30pm

Celebration of Learning

Gallery Image

Through dramatic play and engagement in small world play, the children have begun to develop their understanding of different types of environments.

 

Gallery Image

The children have been planting seeds to grow flowers and vegetables. They discussed what the seeds need to grow and then read books that depict the lifecycle of these.

 

Gallery Image
The children engage in early writing experiences as they take customers’ orders in the café.
Gallery Image
Developing an understanding of the concept of size as they sort items into the categories small, medium and large.
Gallery Image
Gallery Image
Children explore STEM activities outdoors
The children engage in early writing experiences as they take customers’ orders in the café.
Developing an understanding of the concept of size as they sort items into the categories small, medium and large.
Children explore STEM activities outdoors