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WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING KOFI KUNKPE Traditional Master Drummer In Term 2 students will have the opportunity to participate in a series of 7 sessions with Kofi Kunkpe, experiencing traditional drumming, dancing, songs and culture from Ghana and other West African countries. This experience will commence with a performance by Kofi and other West African artists, and a cultural presentation to help […]

Numeracy In numeracy this week, we continued our exploration of analogue, 12 hour and 24 hour time as well as tackling some problems based on elapsed time. Students worked in groups as they developed strategies to work out when a series of events started, how long the series of events took, or when the series of events

Literacy In Literacy this week the students built their understanding of sugar in drinks and the related health effects.  When reading the information texts they applied the strategy of scanning to detect key information. In spelling the students used feedback from their Literacy books to begin updating their personal spelling lists and looking for common

The Preps have been reading ‘The jigaree’. I can see a jigaree. It is jumping after me. Jumping here. Jumping there. Jigarees jump everywhere! In today’s reading workshop we identified all the ‘doing words’ in the book. (Jumping, dancing, swimming, skating, climbing) We then created our own story, using their own ideas. It is called:

Welcome Picnic and Disco As we settle into the school year making new friends, reconnecting with old friends, learning people’s names and knowing who’s in my child’s class a Welcome Picnic and Disco it’s what’s needed!! Let’s welcome new families to our PHPS Community on Friday 18th March on the big oval from 6-8pm. Bring your picnic rug and picnic …

Are you ready for National Ride2School Day 2016? National Ride2School Day is back again for 2016! National Ride2School Day is Friday March 4 and is set to be the biggest celebration to date. Please remember to come to school on Friday using active transport, cycle, scoot or walk and make a contribution to a more sustainable Melbourne. The

Sound Mind, Sound Body, Sound Community Year Six students please return the Carlton Football Club consent forms ASAP. School Photos Please return the photo money and envelopes by March 11th The 5/6 Team

Sound Mind, Sound Body, Sound Community Players from Carlton Football Club will be at school on Thursday as part of the Sound Mind, Sound Body, Sound Community.  (Yes, students can wear their own football team colours – but don’t forget it is school photo time) School Photos A reminder that school photos will be taken

Dear Parents/Carers,   Just a reminder that school photos will be taking place from Wednesday 2 March to Friday 4 March. Please ensure your child is ‘photo ready’ on these days. Photo forms and money need to be returned no later than Friday  11 March. There are also a number of items in our Lost

The Preps will now required to be at school from Monday through to Friday.