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REMINDER: Halloween Disco is THIS FRIDAY 26th OCT from 6pm – 8pm BYO dinner and drinks to the big oval for an evening of family fun. Here’s the rundown: 6:00pm Halloween craft activity (please contribute a gold coin to help cover costs) 6:30pm costume parade around the oval 6:45pm gym doors open for the disco

Yesterday the Wild Animal group went to Werribee Zoo for a fabulous excursion! The sun shone, the sky was blue and the animals were out in all their glory. We began with a safari on the bus. We saw hippos, rhinos, silver-back gorillas, lions, snakes, reptiles and much more. A special thank you to the

Here are the highlights of this week’s learning focus for the Year 1 Neighbourhood: English Over the past few weeks, we have observed many of the students engaging in the animal plays in the Performance Space. This week we will be working on writing scripts and Readers Theatre to assist the children with developing their

Cricket opportunity for girls (Year 2 to 5) Youlden Parkville Club   Girls who are interested in playing cricket are invited to take part in a free program at Youlden Parkville Cricket Club.  The club have a well organised junior program – designed to foster the skills and talents of all players and maximise participation.

To support our inquiry into sustainable future, we were lucky enough to have Kirsty from Yarra Council visit the neighbourhood on Wednesday morning to run a series of workshops investigating how, why, and what we recycle. It was a fantastic opportunity for students to share their understandings about sustainability and why it is important, and

Week 2 Learning Focus This week in the 5/6 Neighbourhood there is plenty of exciting learning happening. Here are the highlights: English Our students are revising their understanding of how to write a biography. This includes investigating the lives of the authors of some of the books we are reading in our literature studies. Maths

Hi All, Today the students were introduced to typing on a keyboard in a technology workshop. To familiarise the students with the keyboards they worked in pairs to type the alphabet before they started to type common words from their writing. This was a fantastic experience to promote teamwork and patience. Below are some photos

The Extinct Animals Inquiry Group went on our excursion to the Melbourne Museum today and we all had a super fun time.  Here are a few photos from our wonderful day. A huge thank you to our amazing parent helpers Emily, Catherine, Mina and Kelly for helping to make sure the day ran smoothly!

Walk to School has begun! PHPS will join hundreds of other schools from across Victoria to try and make active travel a priority.  Throughout October we will be recording students’ modes of travel to and from school with the goal of promoting healthy activities like walking and cycling. There are lots of ways to get