October 2019

Phys Ed Happenings

During term 4, some Prep Phys. Ed. sessions will be run by coaches from Youlden Parkville Cricket Club. The preps will be learning activities each week to strengthen their hand eye coordination and practice skills necessary for cricket (throwing, catching, batting and fielding). This experience also helps promote interest in the sport of cricket and

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Regional Athletics

On Wednesday, a team of 16 PHPS kids competed in the Northern Metropolitan Region Athletics Championships at Meadowglen International Athletics track. There were students from 161 schools at this event and PHPS had the most individual entries with 19 (and 2 relay teams). What an amazing achievement for our school! Well done to all students

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Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart 2019 was a great success! Thank you to the following students for their efforts fundraising. Together they have raised $3,589.71  for the Heart Foundation. Prep –  Mia, Lola V, Olive, Vivienne, Arlo, Owen, Claudia I and Lucinda Year 1 – Evie H, Felix Year 2 – Sophie, Theodor, Tao, Scarlett Ht, Thomas

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A Day at the Museum

Yesterday the preps ventured out of school and made their way by tram to the Melbourne Museum for a day full of curiosity and exploration. Equipped with their personal documentation memo pads each child recorded their observations and wonderings and many were brave and had a go at writing. Children interacted with many fascinating artefacts

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Further Developing Our Communication Skills to Take Advantage of Social Media

Last term we chose a topic relating to our inquiries into social, emotional, physical, spiritual and mental aspects of ourselves to research. We then wrote a formal Information Report.  Our Information Reports were a highly structured piece of writing that informed and educated our audience. This term we are beginning to look at Infographics. We

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Welcome to Term 4!

Hello and welcome to Term 4! In Term 3, the student’s explored the wonders of our natural environment – focusing on the desert, the ocean and the rainforest. This term we are provoking the children’s thinking by presenting a different story about the environment. We’ve been looking at a range of issues that can have

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