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The Olympic excitement has spread to the prep neighbourhood this fortnight and many children are eager to share their knowledge of what they have seen overnight or a favourite sport they have watched. We used this excitement during provocations, and had printouts of countries from around the world that are attending the Olympics, along with […]

We have enjoyed a wonderful start to the term in the prep neighbourhood! We kicked things off by celebrating NAIDOC week and the children enjoyed a variety of provocations that celebrated the incredible culture and traditions of our first nations peoples. The studio was buzzing with bush tucker creations – we had children showing each

Our amazing students have excelled in their learning this week. As a collective we have worked brilliantly to prepare a short dramatic production for Fridays Assembly.  Rather than share our excellent Shark Tank businesses with the school, our ambitious students wanted to share our classroom mysteries stories in an interesting performance. This performance will highlight

We have had a fun filled fortnight, with so much happening in the prep neighbourhood!  We received another voice message from our friend Grey Beard, asking the children the following: “How much loot will fit in your boat, will it sink or will it float?”  Before testing the boats, we had a go at experimenting

Now in the apply phase of our collective inquiry, the 56 neighbourhood have been getting ready to share some of our knowledge gathering when we have Senior school assembly at the end of week 10.  We have split into three inquiry workshop groups to highlight Sustainability, Citizenship and Legacy. Within our groups we have been

Bravissimo to everyone in the Instrumental Music Program for a wonderful concert which was an uplifting celebration of PHPS music. Our students moved through their pre-show nervousness to be thrilled by their achievements, and, thanks to our parents and friends in the audience, and the transformation of the gym to an evening recital venue, they

Year 3/4 NH1 https://blogs.phps.vic.edu.au/year-34-n1-2024  Duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn dunnnn…..Get out of the Water!  The Sharks are coming…………………   Relax….. the sharks have already visited.  3/ 4 neighbourhood 1 had a fantastic week preparing their business proposals for the arrival of the Shark Tank

The ongoing running of the PHPS library would not be possible without the support of our wonderful community. From reshelving books, to making collection recommendations, to helping weed damaged and outdated titles from the shelves, there is a hardworking team of volunteers behind the scenes. We would like to take a moment to thank our

What an exciting couple of weeks we have had in our learning journey. Last week, students were introduced to conceptual play worlds. Our current neighbourhood novel is The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and students have been fascinated with several themes in this book. During one reading session a note addressed to the students

In Weeks 5 and 6 of this term, the students have continued with the units introduced in the last blog post. Week 7 is Reconciliation Week so we will be exploring Indigenous ways of science knowledge as part of our shared commitment to truth telling and celebrating tens of thousands of years of sustainable relationships