After our walking excursion to the local library on Rathdowne Street, the children in Prep immersed themselves in our neighbourhood shop inquiry experience. To prepare, we explored the different denominations of Australian currency. They created their own coins by creating rubbings, and handmade notes to put into their own little wallets and purses. Each learning […]
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Book Week was a roaring success this year with so many of our outstanding students dressing up and looking amazing! A big thank you to all parents, students and teachers who put in a massive effort into their costumes, activities and enthusiasm for all things reading! This year we really focused on understanding characters and
In the country I play with the Morning Starsing the earth’s songfly with the red desert dustride with the whispering wind My Country written by Ezekiel Kwaymullina’s A wonderful reminder for all children about the importance of connection with country. After reading In My Country, the students discussed where they go with their families in
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As we continue our inquiry into artifacts and the story these special objects tell, the children are developing their understanding that artifacts can come from all over the world and are often made to fit the environment they come from. This lead us to explore different parts of the world, both close and far, through
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We have been fortunate to have PHPS parent and children’s writer Lorin Clarke to engage the children in an interactive writer’s workshop. The children shared what they already knew and Lorin built on their prior knowledge and discussed with them story structure and the importance of characters and settings. We will continue to build on
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To connect to our families and history and build a collective understanding of who we are as a community, the children have been sharing artifacts from their family. This led to a discussion with the children around the importance these objects have to us – both as individuals and families. Ronan’s Family Chair: “I think
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As we continue our exploration into the question “Who Am I?”, children responded in provocations in a range of ways. We noticed that a lot of children responded by drawing and writing about their families. So we came together as a neighbourhood and asked the children “What is a Family?” Someone who lives together with a
Building onto our focus on community and collaboration, the Prep Neighbourhood have been super busy learning all about how living and non-living things are connected. We have explored how plants and animals are dependent on each other for survival. To make this a more tangible experience, we have introduced tadpoles into the classrooms. We have been
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Book Week was a roaring success this year with so many of our outstanding students dressing up and looking amazing! A big thank you to all parents, students and teachers who put in a massive effort into their costumes, activities and enthusiasm for all things reading! BOOK WEEK PARADE We started the morning off with
For those of you interested in rewatching the Prep’s contribution to the school’s Term Two Assembly, a link has been created for you here. In it, you’ll find a small selection of videos related to our exploration of collaboration through various construction projects and a dinosaurs mural.
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