The Intensive Swimming Program begins on Monday the 7th of August. We are still waiting for permission forms and payment to come in from families. These will need to come in on Monday morning, the absolute latest, otherwise your child will miss out on going. We’d also like to remind you that each child is required to wear […]
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Prep children with a love of singing and music have chosen to be a part of the Junior School choir this year. There will be a performance of ‘Ain’t nobody here but us chickens’ during assembly tomorrow. Drop by a little earlier if you can and enjoy the performance! Assembly is from 3.00 in the gymnasium.
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National Tree Day On the 31st of July, students from across PHPS came together to celebrate National Tree Day by planting indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses in the school grounds. The planting site we chose was along the northern fence line. The students really enjoyed the process of beautifying our school by working with their
Monday afternoon, students from across PHPS came together to celebrate Planet Ark’s National Tree Day by planting indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses on the school grounds. The children really enjoyed the process of beautifying our school by working with their hands to transplant native vegetation (and they were all very careful when handling the plants’
We’re putting a call out for any parents who are free next week to help us out with swimming. We will be putting a timetable/signup sheet outside the neighbourhood this morning for those of you who can spare us even 2 hours. Thanks for your support!
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Good evening everyone! Just some information regarding the intensive swimming program that commences on Monday. We have contact families regarding returning the blue permission forms as promptly as possible and also ensuring that payment for the program has been made. Please ensure that your child’s swim-bag includes: * A plastic bag for wet swim wear *
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Please find attached the flyer for the approaching trivia night. All the information is on there. Perhaps we’ll see you there?
Our inquiry question for semester 1 was ‘How can we look after our environments and make them better?’ Our explorations were focused on students gaining an understanding of their school environment. We are now moving in a different direction – exploring other environments in the world and linking these to the habitats of animals. The
During writing experiences in Semester 2, students are going to be challenged with clear goals which help them to grow as writers. There is now a writing goal sheet in each student’s English book. When each child can show that they can consistently achieve their goal, they will be signed off by the teacher. It gives student’s
WEEK 1 During the first numeracy workshop of term 3, we investigated addition strategies, focusing on the strategy of counting on. We discussed how there are many different strategies for counting. Counting all takes the most time, not very efficient and we are more likely to get the wrong answer. Counting on makes it faster – depending
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