In case you haven’t heard the 3/4s are going on an excursion to ACMI, Koorie Heritage Trust, and State Library on Monday next week. So far we’ve had two parents generously offer to come along to help, but we’re needing a few more. It will be a full day excursion and to get full value add […]
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Today we had our first Drawing Club ran by Miela. It was a great start with 25 students from Years 1-5. You had a free choice of what to draw, most people drew fruit and beautiful patterns. Drawing helps build up our fine motor skills and our ability to visualise or observe. Hopefully next week we
Open Minded Portraits Over the first two weeks of term we have been developing deeper comprehension of what we read by creating an “Open Minded Portrait”. Students selected a single character from a book they have read and drew their portrait. On the attached ‘mind page’ they wrote from the perspective of that character. This encouraged them to ‘walk
Year 3/4 Neighbourhoods had a productive and literacy-filled Term One! We have covered the writing process and the different traits of quality writing (Ideas, Organisation, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation). Students also began to use their Writer’s Notebook to develop writing ideas, including writing on the topic of ‘Me at My Best’. We are
We hope that everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Easter break and are excited for another busy term! It is an 11-week term which means there is plenty to look out for including: ANZAC Day (Week 2) – As part of our inquiry we will be looking at how conflict has led us to work
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During this term students have been investigating the rubbish problem at PHPS. Our Science workshops focused on how science helps people to understand the effects of their actions, and working toward planning and conducting scientific investigations to find answers to questions. Below are some of the findings and observations from the students!
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Today we went a little deeper with our observations of the litter in the playground. We used some hoops to make a Venn diagram and have set up an experiment to test what happens to different matter when exposed to the environmental elements. Read more about it on our student blog and stay posted for the
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We had an amazing time at Camp Manyung and everyone challenged themselves every day! Here are just two images of many that show the confidence and caring we were lucky to share in.
The 34 neighbourhood will be hosting the assembly on Friday 17th June. We will be discussing our learning over the past term. We hope you can be there!
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Let’s rock out in May! On Friday the 27th May Gold House will be holding A Day in May which supports Challenge, an organisation that provides assistance for children with cancer. The money we raise goes to providing music therapy sessions for children who are diagnosed with cancer. On the 27th May please bring a