If your child is swimming, please ensure they come to school wearing their swimming costume under their clothes. We encourage students to dress up in their house colours on the day – and there are extra points for house spirit! Don’t forget to bring packed lunch, hat and water bottle. Although there are shady areas […]
PREP: The Preps have been learning all the important things they need to know about Sport class. They learnt that the whistle means ‘Stop, look and listen’ and played some fun games to practice this. The preps learnt a much loved tagging game in the Junior School, Crocodile Crocodile – they learnt the song and
As prep teachers we recognise the significance of the transition from kinder to school for both children and families. With this in mind we have been curious about how feeling welcomed might influence a sense of belonging and connectedness and therefore learning. After the short time we have spent with this new group we have
This week we begun to explore the kitchen garden project. This is a wonderful way for our students to explore through doing, connect with their community and their natural environments. Our year 3/4’s built a strong foundation of connections and questions and we can not wait to get involved! Thank you to Marla, Marly, Nyla
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Hello and welcome to week two in the Year One Neighbourhood. The children have settled in beautifully and have continued to engage in provocations centred around welcome and connectedness. From our observations the children have been particularly engaged with the ‘shop’ provocation- where they have been developing their counting and adding skills. They have also
Drawing Our World in Pictures Line, shape and the art of Keith Haring “Children know something that most people have forgotten.” “Drawing … brings together man and the world. It lives through magic” Keith Haring This term, students will focus on the language of drawing through the study of a range of artists and their
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Ciao a tutti e benvenuti a 2020! A warm welcome back to studenti e famiglie, and of course to our wonderful new prep students! As we reconnect with the Italian language here at PHPS we will focus on ways in which we make one another feel welcome through the Italian language, through greetings and gestures,
Wow, 2020! A huge welcome to our new year 3/4 families and friends and a big welcome back to our returning families. We are so excited to use this space to share our learning this year. Robert, Toni, Simon and Matilda the 3/4 Teaching Team 2020.
A warm welcome to all our returning families, and a special welcome to our new families of the 5/6 Neighbourhood, In case you haven’t had a chance to come to school to meet our team, we would like to introduce ourselves: from left, Steve, Lucy, Praew, Jen and Kat 5/6 A: Jen Bradby –bradby.jen.j@edumail.vic.gov.au 5/6
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