October 2019

Dear lovely parents and carers,   This has been another successful week.  We have almost finished laying out our collection of narratives.  The program we are using to do our layout is called Adobe InDesign. It allows us to view the text and the pictures as they will appear in the book. Seeing the layout […]

We are eager to get the courtyard construction project up and running and would love your support. If you are able to spare some time or donate materials it would be very much appreciated. At this stage we would like to welcome parents to join us to help with jobs including turning soil and cleaning

Hello! This term we are provoking the children’s thinking by presenting a different story about the environment.  Many of our discussions have focused on questions such as “I wonder why people want so much palm oil?” and “Who is responsible for all the rubbish in the ocean?” These questions have made us investigate our own behaviour, by looking

  Congratulations to Jared and Cathy for the new addition to their family. Cathy gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Friday 18th at 5:45pm. His name is Charlie Oliver Shaw. We are looking forward to Jared returning soon and recounting many tales of being a new father.    

Day for Daniel will be held on Friday 25th October 2019. The day is ‘about educating children and adults about keeping kids safe through child safety and protection initiatives.  It aims to help empower our children to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not right’. More information is on the PHPS Wellbeing

Dear lovely parents and carers, The Year 2 Neighbourhood have almost reached the final stages of editing our narratives.  This week we worked on writing blurbs for our stories.   Narrative Blurbs are short little pieces of writing to give the reader information about what your narrative is about, but they don’t give the whole story

This morning two of the Digital Leaders, Florian and Leo visited the Year 2 Neighbourhood to share their knowledge of coding. It was an educational experience. The Year 2 Neighbourhood

The intensive swimming program beings next Monday. We will be doing the sessions Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the next two weeks.   Here are a few things to keep in mind for the sessions. Students are to wear their swimming costume to school. This helps to maximise time in the water as we can get

This term, the Year 2 Neighbourhood will be going on two excursions! In Week 8, on Wednesday 27th November, we will visiting Royal Park to participate in an environmental education program run by the City of Melbourne.  The program is being held at the Australian Native Garden at Royal Park, and over a whole day the