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Principal's Message Prep Enrolments 2024, 20 Year and 10 Year Celebration, NEW SCHOOL VALUES, END OF TERM DISMISSAL, SAVE THE DATES - TERM 3

Upcoming Events Hillsmeade Primary School calendar:

PLEASE READ: PRODUCTION NEWS! Banner Photo

PLEASE READ: PRODUCTION NEWS! PRODUCTION NEWS!, Rehearsal day- Years 4/5/6.WEDNESDAY 21st JUNE, Rehearsal day - YEAR 3. WEDNESDAY 21st JUNE, Production night- Years 4/5/6. WEDNESDAY 21st JUNE, Main cast:

TOMORROW!National Pyjama Day

NOTICE BOARD Last day-Term 2, First day-Term3 , NEXT ASSEMBLY , BREAKFAST CLUB , ACE Foundation Free Glasses Program, Parenting Resources, ENGLISH FOR PARENTS at Hillsmeade ELC , Annual privacy reminder for our school community

Backpacks4VicKids! Backpacks4VicKids!

Little Learners Love Literacy Banner Photo

Little Learners Love Literacy Prep Year 1&2, Survey Responses

Early Learning Centre What is happening in the ELC, Our Learning, News and Reminders, Apply now to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) for 2024, Celebration of Learning

Prep Update Upcoming learning , News and reminders , Celebration of learning

ACE Foundation ACE Foundation – Aiding Casey Education

Year 1 Update Upcoming Learning

Year 2 Update

Year 3 Update Upcoming Learning:, News and Reminders:, Celebration of Learning:

Year 4 Update Upcoming Learning:, News and Reminders:, Celebration of Learning:

Year 5 Update Upcoming Learning:, Grade 5 Heroes:, Special Mentions, Homework

Year 6 Update News and Reminders:

Student Leaders 2023 Message from our Sport Leaders - Jordan & Jayden, What we have covered this term:

Sustainable snapshot World Oceans Day - Thursday 8th of June , Wonder bread bag recycling program - One month to go! Please keep collecting.

Term 2-Specialist classes Music – Mrs Lisa Scott, Performing Arts - Mrs Carmen Collins, Physical Education – Mr Ahmad Chazbek & Mr Jeff Mcgann, Visual Arts - Mrs Andrea Garwood & Mrs Lainie Owen, Digi Tech/Media Arts– Mr Hardev Singh & Mrs Janelle Struth, STEM – Mrs Carolyn Okamura, Mandarin – Miss Wei Wang

Digital Learning Managing Devices at home

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First Aid Update

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

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Hillsmeade Primary School

82 The Promenade, Narre Warren South, Victoria, 3805, AU https://www.hillsmeade.vic.edu.au/hillsmeade.ps@education.vic.gov.au 03 9704 6313 Facebook X / Twitter Vimeo

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

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

Reading	Developing auditory discrimination skills through listening to different sounds being made and repeating these Thinking about the story being told through an illustration
Writing	Writing letters of the alphabet using the visual aid ‘Tommy Turtle’, which supports the children in developing an understanding of where to start each of the letters and the direction to follow in forming these
STEM	Focus on one to one correspondence through the engagement in games with dice and the counting of items as they point to each in turn. The children have also focussed on this skill incidentally as they have counted the number of children in attendance and the number of chairs required at the table at mealtimes. Acknowledging World Ocean’s Day through listening to picture story books, including ‘The Mess That We Made’ by Michelle Lord and ‘Jelly Boy’ by Nicole Godwin. The children followed up with these stories by sharing ideas as to what actions they could take to keep the oceans clean and by experiencing what the effects of rubbish and pollution are to the waterways and marine life through small world play.
Inquiry	The children have continued to explore the Unit of Inquiry, Our World, Our Future, focusing on how our actions impact the environment and on sustainable practices They have been actively thinking about the concepts of reuse and recycle as they have engaged in imaginative play and construction using a wide range of recycled items including cardboard boxes, cones and tubes, cotton reels and sheets of card. The children have also been thinking about what they could do with their own old toys and clothes as an alternative to throwing these away
Social & emotional learning	Exploring their emotions as they place photographs of themselves on the Zones of Regulation Charts Relaxation time while listening to music

News and Reminders

National Pyjama Day – Hillsmeade Early Learning Centre and Primary School – Friday 16th June. Gold coin donation

Apply now to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) for 2024

The Department of Education has released a new statewide timeline for enrolling in Foundation (Prep) for the 2024 school year.

If you have a child starting primary school in 2024, it’s time to enrol. Make sure to submit your enrolment application by Friday 28 July 2023.

If you are enrolling the sibling of a student at our school for Foundation in 2024, and both children will be attending our school at the same time, your child is prioritised for a place at our school as per the department’s Placement Policy.