We educate the whole child

At Princes Hill Primary School, we believe in education for the whole child. Our approach is holistic recognising the context of family, home, and community in a child’s life.

We cater to the varied needs and passions, inquisitive endeavours, and creative expressions of up to 450 children from the surrounding neighbourhood.

Our experienced educators strive to constantly inspire and encourage the children to pursue their very best.

"We believe in education for the whole child.”

We educate for a changing world

The doors at Princes Hill opened in 1889, but our pedagogy is firmly positioned in the 21st century. We offer a rich educational program underpinned by the new Victorian Government Curriculum F-10, which aims to give students the skills they need for work and life:

• English
• mathematics
• scientific knowledge and skills
• resilience
• respectful relationships
• use of digital technologies
• the arts, humanities and languages
• health and physical education
• the capacity for critical and creative thinking and expression.

We seek to foster children’s creativity, social flexibility, initiative, and innate curiosity so that they may thrive in, and contribute to, an ever-changing world.

We support children’s development in three important ways:

1. LIFELONG LEARNING

Our approach asks children to grow and call on creative, lateral and critical thinking, and to be able to use their skills regularly throughout life. Collaborative learning promotes technological literacy, teamwork, problem solving through discovery, and the independent use of critical and creative thinking, and ethical, intercultural, personal and social capabilities.

2. WELLBEING

Wellbeing is about young people feeling safe and motivated in their learning, and developing healthy lifestyles through positive social, emotional and physical choices. The hallmark of a safe school is whole school wellbeing. For us this means all members of our school community feel a sense of belonging, and are valued, respected and free from discrimination and harassment.

3. LITERACY AND NUMERACY

Literacy and numeracy competency are essential for living and learning in the real world. We offer meaningful contexts in which children can acquire these skills, and varied opportunities for them to make relevant connections to their new understandings and to apply their knowledge in new ways.

"Our vision is to nurture in children a desire to learn throughout life and to develop the capacity to exercise judgement and responsibility in matters of morality, ethics and social justice.”