Every year-group that grows through their PHPS time has a special musical ‘something’ that by the time these students are in Yr 6, I start to feel a tug at the ‘heartstrings’. Our super Yr 5/6 Uke Club, mostly made up of Yr 6s, are Ruby and Warrick’s stunning Yr2s of 2019. Ruby’s passion for …
Design and Scientific Thinking As a neighbourhood the 4/5 students have begun to think more about the many connections between design and science and how designers play a role in harnessing our scientific understandings. One example of design and science that was discussed was the now commonly seen drone. As a group we considered how …
So far this term, we have had a number of students selected to represent our school at the School Sport Victoria for a number of sports. We have had students trial for soccer, footy, netball, and basketball. Congratulations to all of our students for taking on this challenge and trialling in their sport! We would …
Congratulations to these super runners (along with Maggie) who are off to represent our district at the division cross country being held at the end of this month! We are so proud of you!
On Thursday 4th May, the weather gods were in our favour for 60 students to head to Princes Park for the annual district cross country. They were eager and excited, with a mixture of nerves thrown in too. All students ran to the best of their ability and did a wonderful job of representing our …
What an exciting fortnight Neighbourhood 1 has experienced! We went on our first excursion to the Beinart Gallery to see the new Sean Tan – On My Way to Paradise exhibition (thank you to everyone who volunteered to assist!) and used his works as inspiration for our own ideas about change and how animals and …
Design This term the ⅘ neighbourhood have jumped straight back into our design inquiry. Students are investigating a range of design avenues from fashion to coding. We have conducted workshops which have looked into the design process and how design can be used to solve problems and create better outcomes. One such workshop focused on …
Welcome back to Term 2! Neighbourhood 1 has hit the ground running with lots of exciting projects underway, many carrying on from last term. Students have returned to school with energy and enthusiasm to engage deeply in our inquiry and workshops. All homegroups have settled into their new learning spaces quite nicely and teachers are …
To connect to our families and history and build a collective understanding of who we are as a community, the children have been sharing artifacts from their family. This led to a discussion with the children around the importance these objects have to us – both as individuals and families. Ronan’s Family Chair: “I think …
The last two weeks have been all about experiencing stories in the world outside of the PHPS fence as the students from neighbourhood two experienced two excursions and two wonderful guest speakers. Our visit to ACMI saw the students participate in a Light and Shadow puppet workshop where the students drew inspiration from shadow puppets …
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