Literacy This week in literacy there was a spelling focus which involved the students investigating silent letters. This is in addition to the individual spelling focus each student has each week. The students have been asked to identify the strategies that will help them improve their spelling. In reading this week the students have been investigating […]
Numeracy In the final week of term 3, we explored prime and composite numbers. We began term 4 last week by looking at triangular and square numbers. Can you see why Kit called his work below a “Face of Squares”? This week we launched into BIDMAS, which is the way we remember our order of
For those who have not yet attended our annual PHPS BAZAAR, one of the highlights of the day is the Talent Quest, where our students have an opportunity to present a special talent to the community. Poster: Harriet (Year 2 Neighbourhood)
An Exploration into the World of Contemporary Art Interpreting the traditional genre of still life in new ways with artist in residence, Soren Dahlgaard. Parents, family and members of the wider PHPS community are invited to view some of the work created by students across the whole school in the administration building gallery area. There
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On Thursday all students will be involved in an Ancient Roman games day. In multi age house groups, students will investigate the culture and lifestyle of Ancient Romans and in particular discover how the children of that time played and amused themselves. The Preps will be informed of their group tomorrow. There will be a Roman banquet
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The Preps have been learning about author/illustrators, as these people have something in common with the Preps! They have both have written story books that include their own illustrations. Following our visit from Postman Chris, the Preps were inspired to write stories about his adventures throughout the day. They began by planning their story using a story
MONDAY Fire Brigade visit the Neighbourhood Projects and Provocations / Maths Target: Rectangle Literacy target groups TUESDAY Projects and Provocations / Maths Target: Circle Literacy target groups Specialist classes Blue – Visual Art, Italian Red – Italian, Physical Education Green – Physical Education, Visual Art Buddy time Finishing off robots / Planning our assembly WEDNESDAY Projects and provocations
On Monday, Carlton Fire Brigade came for their second visit to teach the prep children about fire safety. We learnt how to make safe fires and what to do in case of a fire. The firefighters showed us their fire engine and the children were given the opportunity to use the fire hose and have a look
During Buddy time this semester, the Preps have been working with the year 5s to design and create a robot. We will be sharing our learning on Friday the 21st of October during assembly. Here is a sneek peak at them in action during Buddy time this week.
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PMP will not be on tomorrow. We hope to have it from next week onwards. If can spare one hour on Friday mornings, please pencil in your name on the PMP parent helper sign up sheet.