Not all of us are inspired by classics and offering Shakespeare to a young audience can be a hard sell; however, judging from the attentive audience of Just Romeo and Juliet, our artists in residence nailed it! Not only did The Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company manage to capture us with their energetic performance, but they […]
In the Year 2 neighbourhood we have been investigating rocket science. Two websites we have been using to learn about rocket science are NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory live stream and the SpaceX launches. This is leading up to this year’s Science Week which is focused on space, rockets and the universe. NASA live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaNiYPglK58
Students from the PHPS Chess Club participated in the 2019 Chess Tournament, held at Moonee Ponds Primary School. We came a stunning third place out of 11 teams and Raveena Mann earned the top girl. We also qualified five people to the semifinals, including Otto Kulpe Greer, Raveena Mann, Angus Ward, Harriet Brown and Lewis
This week, the children have been responding to our inquiry provocations into stories. Each space set up to create a specific nature environment. To spark the children’s imaginations we asked them to respond by drawing the story of the desert, the story of the sea and the story of the rainforest. To deepen our investigation
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This week (after a few attempts!) we have scheduled in our regular Library time for this term for the Year Twos. On Friday mornings, all students will have the opportunity to visit the library to return, browse for, and borrow books. We encourage all students to borrow one book that is at an appropriately challenging
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Prep – This term, the Preps are taking part in a skipping unit. They will be learning the basics of skipping, along with some games to play in groups. Those who can skip already will be challenging themselves to learn some new tricks. Year 1 – The year ones have begun a gymnastics unit. They
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This week, the Year 2 Neighbourhood met the artist in residence who will be working with us for the next four weeks. Tai Snaith, a talented illustrator, has come to help us with the illustrations for the narratives that we are currently composing. The focus in this week’s workshop with Tai was sketching parts of
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As teachers we recognise the importance of constant reflection and dialogue to deepen both individual and group understandings. As we enter the second half of the year we have reflected on our inquiry journey together as a neighbourhood to further our collective understanding of construction. To begin our term the teachers invited the children to
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Announcing… a second excursion coming up in Term 3! On Tuesday 13th August 2019 in Week 5 the Year 2 Neighbourhood will visit the State Library of Victoria. This excursion is an opportunity for students to gain a deeper understanding of the artwork of our artist in residence, Tai Snaith, who is working with the
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