PHPS Book Week News: Escape to Everywhere! Hi everyone, we are the Blue House captains. This year we are hosting Book Week. Book Week will be from the 28th of August to the 1st of September. The theme for this year is: Escape to Everywhere! On Wednesday 30th of August we will be having our […]
As we explore different roles in the film making industry we are looking at Foley artists. Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. So we could better understand how sounds are produced we are creating a musical ensemble using our
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This week we continued our investigation into procedural texts, starting with a workshop in the kitchen making Honey Joys. Ruby is contributing this recipe to the cookbook, and it was a great opportunity for students to work in groups to measure out the ingredients and follow the method that was outlined in the recipe. 56
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That’s right, camp is just around the corner! Everyone is very excited about our trip to Canberra and can’t wait for the time to arrive and most of the camp planning has been finalised. Today all Year 5/6 students found out who was in their cabins and activity groups and yesterday you would have received
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Hi everyone, we are the Blue House captains. This year we are hosting Book Week. Book Week will be from the 28th of August to the 1st of September. The theme for this year is: Escape to Everywhere! On Wednesday 30th of August we will be having our annual indigenous book swap which will be
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We are almost there, only 3 sleeps to go! Please read the information below regarding our camp process for Monday morning, we have also included the bus lists for you too. Monday 21st of August, 2017 What’s on for today? YMCA CAMP ANGLESEA 08:45 – 09:00: Find your bus area and sit
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Athletics Day Despite a weather enforced change of location the Athletics Day commenced yesterday to great success. The events held included discuss and shot put, long jump and triple jump and the 1500m. Congratulations to all the participants and those who helped cheer others on! The 5/6 Team
Inquiry Week 4 was dedicated to preparing for the wonderful assembly we shared last Friday the 11th. All the children worked really hard to learn the words to not one, but two new songs about friendship and connection and the whole assembly was really lovely! Well done to all the year 1’s! Here is the
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The students have been engaging in some animation workshops this term. We have learned that there are some important rules to follow when making animation. These include: Keep the camera still (and if working on a mat, keep the mat still too!) Move things we are animating a bit at a time Make sure our
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This week we saw our Earn and Learn provocation encouraging students to display the PHPS value of “Expanding Possibilities”. Neighbourhood Teacher P. A. Students have been working on reporting the research they have been doing over the last two terms into a informative text. Narrowing down all research to define a manageable report has been
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