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Thank you to all the families who participated in the online Expo 2020 on Tuesday evening! The children’s work through out the year was showcased on the weblink: https://sites.google.com/phps.vic.edu.au/phpslearningexpo/live-schedule Year One Experience the 2020 Story of the children’s learning through the Year One Learning Expo website.   We have been encouraged with the overwhelming response from […]

What is the story behind the picture? Darren asked the children to take a photograph of something in nature they were curious about. We brainstormed some ideas with the children. Among their suggestions were photos of  insects, leaves, clouds, trees, or water. Darren suggested using mum or dad’s phone to take their photograph. The children

Thank you to all the children who dressed up for the Book Week Dress-up Day.  The children and teachers looked fabulous. We had a wonderful parade and Book Week Assembly. The children and teachers brought along their favourite books to share with each other.  Throughout the week we read many of The Children’s Book Council

As part of our Artist in Residence programme we have been very lucky to have photographer Darren James working with the children. Darren has a strong interest in humanitarian aid and development, healthcare, cultural identity, climate change, education, environment, hard waste management and sustainability with a focus on Pacific island nations and South East Asia.

This week our maths focus has been measurement. With Father’s Day this Sunday, we asked the children to use dad as a way to develop their measuring skills using uniform informal units. We asked, How tall is your dad? How wide is your dad? How long are his arms, legs, etc.,? Children used a range

We have been celebrating Science Week this week! Thank you to all the children for conducting science experiments. We were so excited to see all the different ways the children explored the role science and maths plays in our everyday lives. Children set up science experiments, wrote procedural texts, created observational diaries, graphed and charted

‘Although there are many things that are different between our cultures, there are many things that connect us.’ Last week the children responded to ‘what was the most meaningful part of the day for you’. The children chose their favourite experiences and shared in some detail why those experiences meant so much to them. We gathered

Our school is unique because it is made up of many cultures that come together as one. We asked the children to share with us an object from home that represents their culture. Children posted photographs of objects and shared with us the significance of their object to their family. We also asked the children

Thank you to all the children who participated in Wacky Wednesday and took part in the spirit of fun and play. Here are some photos for you to enjoy! Remember to dress up tomorrow!

We are so excited to share with you some of the learning that is taking place online.  The year 1 students have been engaged with so many interesting individual passion projects that we would like to share photos of the children and some of their work…