Encounter 8: Princes Hill Primary School and MLC Kindle

Date: Thursday 29 June 2023

Time: Bus departs at 12.15pm - return to MCEC 5.00pm

Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Category: Pre-Conference Educational Experience

This tour includes morning tea.

Registrations have now closed

Program Description

Princes Hill Primary School

The learning environments of Princes Hill Primary school are unlike those of more familiar traditional schools. How are they different and why?

PHPS believes in ‘the potential of children, their curiosity and desire to find meaning in everything they experience. As participants in the 21st century, children need to understand themselves as learners – and how to work collaboratively. They need to develop skills of thinking creatively, laterally and critically. They also need to learn how to access new skills and knowledge and to engage with new technologies. The school’s beliefs about learning, pedagogical practice, organisational structures and the physical environment reflect these core principles.

New pedagogical practices are continually evolving to enact these principles through collective inquiry led research projects which incorporate the Victorian Curriculum. Children, parents and teachers are continually involved in active research, developing the evolving vision and practices of the school. This is a democratic and collaborative process in which the roles of all the participants are transformed, fluid and interchangeable.

MLC Kindle

MLC Kindle an Early Learning Centre in the broader educational environment of Methodist Ladies’ College, a K-12 Independent school in Melbourne.  Established in the year 2000, MLC Kindle was designed both with its physical spaces and philosophy inspired by the educational project of Reggio Emilia.  Since that time, the educators at MLC Kindle continue to strive to cultivate the associated principles in their daily practice.

In recent years we have been conducting whole centre research, which has made a great impact on the teaching and learning across all classrooms six weeks – five years. Early in 2023, we have undertaken a renovation reimagining of our outdoor spaces, inspired by research conducted in 2018 & 19.  2021 and 2022 research focused on the concept of Community and making kin.  In 2023 we are embarking on a new research topic, which we will love sharing with you on your visit.

Notes:

• All Educational Encounters will depart from and return to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Delegates must arrive and depart from school/centre venues via the accompanied bus tours.
• Pending unavoidable traffic delays, departure and arrival times may vary.
• All delegates are requested to arrive at the Convention Centre 15 minutes prior to their bus departure to ensure timely departure.
• The pre-Conference Educational Encounters are optional and tickets must be purchased separately to Conference registration.
• Prices include GST.
• This encounter is limited to a maximum of 45 participants.
• Priority is given to registered delegates of the 2023 REAIE Biennial Conference.

Please note for MLC Kindle:

• Each visitor will need to be digitally signed in when they enter the college premises.  The sign in process will also ask each participant to agree to child safe practices, covid safety, evacuation points and general visitor information (like no smoking).  This will take about a minute per person.
• Photos will not be permitted, in order to protect the children’s identity and MLC intellectual property.