English Writing an essay What is a community? In our inquiry, we are exploring our place in the world, and what it means to belong to a community. Is being part of a community important? Why? Students can write their own essays, on which communities they belong to. The first step will be to make …
Weekly Program Activities Monday 28th February – 4th March 2022 Monday 28th February 2022 Silly Star Wars and games on the oval Squishy Turkey’s Science experiment Art: Board game design Tuesday 1st March 2022 Hunter & Flags on the oval Cooking: Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday Art: Stained Glass windows with Gigi & Iggy …
After a great start to the school year, students have well and truly hit the ground running in the 5/6 Neighbourhood with plenty of wonderful learning, sharing and collaborating happening. Student learning continues to be facilitated through workshops and provocations that link to our Inquiry concept of “Community”. We are all part of a community …
Hello to everyone. This Term is romping along and I am loving how our music sessions are unfolding across the Neighbourhoods. The question above has emerged as an observation from the Yr 5/6 students as they were watching an animated response to Ligiti’s 1958 electronic sound piece ‘Artikulation’. There is a resonance with the Yr …
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The grade 2 neighbourhood has been taking flight in recent weeks, using our minds to explore the world that we live in and our connections to it. Through engagement with provocations about landmarks, BTN investigations as well as writing letters to our future selves, the students have been working hard to make connections between themselves …
An important part of establishing our new neighbourhood community centres around supporting children to develop a range of dispositions that will support them as lifelong learners. These dispositions include but are not limited to perseverance, curiosity, bravery, focus, independence, resilience and emotional intelligence. Our inquiry approach at PHPS offers the perfect opportunity for the development …
Week 3 saw the senior students engage with the annual Swimming Carnival, which was held this year at Fitzroy Pool. It was a fantastic occasion which allowed the Year’s 4-6 to challenge themselves in four different swimming events; Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke as well as Butterfly. There was also the opportunity for our Freestyle Relays, which …
We were very proud of our year 4 students who attended the swimming carnival on 16th February. They had a wonderful day. We certainly have some talented swimmers. Here are a few images from the day!
5/6 students who are impacted by COVID, can engage with the following learning opportunities while at home: Projects and Provocations – location in the Student Shared Drive on Google Drive (all students have access to this) Reading – write a summary, response to what was read, a book review Numeracy – daily practice of maths …
Continuing with our exploration of our world, and unpacking the question ‘How does the past impact on who we are today and how we express ourselves’ we are diving deeper into our provocations, making stronger connections and asking great questions. We have kept our provocations similar this week, using our workshops to unpack and explore …