Happenings

  This term, the Year 2s have started to look at different countries around the world and have started to research and collect information about places that they have a connection to or are interested in. Last term, Jen introduced the students to a great picture story book called ‘The Travel Bug’ by Benjamin Gilmour. We […]

This Wednesday was the first of several golf sessions to be held for interested year 4s at PHPS. Though we were using soft rubber balls, the clubs and the fun were real! Throughout the four-week course, the students will have the benefit of PGA golf coach Sienna Lambert from Riverside Golf and Tennis Centre to

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

The PHPS choir is up and running! Please see Deb for details, here are the lyrics to our song: There Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens. Alex Cramer and Joan Whitney 1947. Sung by Louis Jordan Verse 1 One night farmer Brown was taken’ the air Locked up the barnyard with the greatest of care

ANZAC day Children explored what ANZAC day is and why we celebrate it through film, picture story books and research. Throughout the week children created posters, animations and PowerPoints to share what they had learnt. On Friday at assembly, Daniel S and Tem had their project shared to the whole school community.   Powerful Words As

A message from the Premier “I wish every child and student undertaking the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge in 2017 a fun, enjoyable and fulfilling experience. I look forward to hearing about their discoveries, adventures and achievements.”             – The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, Premier of Victoria To complete the challenge: Prep, Year 1 and Year

At the end of last term, we introduced a ‘Neighbourhood Map’ on a table in our Inquiry Area, that shows the school and surrounding suburbs. Today students had the opportunity to place their photo on a location on the map that they had a connection with and then write about this connection – for example, students chose places

Students are having a blast working through their Maths Daily 3 Provocations this week. Students have the opportunity to engage mathematically in the following areas: Maths by Myself: Setting new Mathematics SMART Goals and providing evidence of their mathematics learning, daily problem solving questions and challenges (using addition, subtraction, multinational and division operations) The challenges