Welcome back to school

7th February 2019 Welcome back to school to all students, staff and families and a very special Halls Head welcome to new members of our school community.  Our new School Motto, “Be Your Best,” is an exciting aspiration we can all relate to and value. Our new School Logo is modern, inclusive and progressive with … Read more

Shine 2019

28th March 2019 2019 will be the time for Halls Head Primary School students to shine bright, with a brand new Performing Arts extension program kicking off that is a first for the Peel Region. SHINE Stage Arts is a new initiative set to launch at Halls Head Primary School at the start of the … Read more

Nude Food

28th March 2019 Students at Halls Head Primary recently celebrated Nude Food Day by getting involved in activities designed to promote eating fresh food and eliminate waste.  This year’s theme was “Go For 5 and Get Your Greens.” Students learnt about the importance of eating five serves of vegetables daily and were encouraged to include … Read more

Nature Play

28th March 2019 A new addition to Halls Head Primary Schools playground resources can be found in the Pre Primary area, Mahogany Drive entrance. The school has invested funds to provide some natural play structures for the Pre Primary children to access and use. This will encourage nature play by including play based learning as … Read more

Piper Settles Into Halls Head Primary

28th March 2019 Piper spent the first eight weeks of her life in the NICU. During her stay she had surgery to repair a laryngeal clef among many other tests and procedures. Eventually, Piper was diagnosed with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, the second most common chromosome disorder after down syndrome. Despite how common the syndrome is, … Read more

Literacy week

Literacy week was recently celebrated at Halls Head Primary School. 28th March 2019 Students came to school dressed as their Favourite Book Character and participated in a parade. Later that day they had a “Campfire Reading” where children went to a designated “campfire station”. Groups were separated into Junior, Middle & Upper. Teachers and Education … Read more

Bees!

28th March 2019 This week, Mrs Jones our Kindy Education Assistant, shared her extensive knowledge of Bees with the year four classes.  Mrs Jones is a “weekend apiarist”, who cares for bees and collects honey from their hives. She shared loads of really interesting facts about bees and showed us lots of photos of her … Read more

Star Gazing

Stargazing Evening 28th March 2019 Halls Head Primary School had a very special night for children and families of our school community. On Tuesday 26th March had the opportunity to view the night sky at our “Stargazing at School” evening. This wonderful opportunity was presented by the Senior Manager of Gravity Discovery Centre (GDC) Gin … Read more

Ship To Shore 

28th March 2019 On Friday 15th March, Halls Head PS held their inaugural Ship to Shore Championships as a Literacy Week activity. Two students were selected from each Year 1-6 class during games in Physical Education lessons. In a closely contested final at lunchtime, four students couldn’t be separated and were crowned champions. Kloe-Rose Year 1, … Read more

Telescope Donated by the Jarvis family

28th March 2019 Today students Charlize & Kaleb Jarvis kindly donated a Celestron Inspire Telescope to the Halls Head Primary School Science department. Charlize said “I want other students to enjoy Astronomy  as I do”. The telescope can be used for astronomical and terrestrinin observing. The first students to use it after Charlize set it … Read more