We started our excursion by learning about the history of the Footscray Community Arts Centre, the buildings and site along the Maribyrnong river. “We learned about the history of the buildings and the stories of what once happened there. It was made of blue stone and it was a piggery.” Eren. We discovered some of […]

With their introduction to making paper sculptures playful students have been tuning into the structural and physical properties of paper, including its airiness, waywardness, and at times…. need for flight!  Students are developing understanding that when we make art in 3 dimensions it is often called Sculpture and that an effective sculpture works from all

We have been fortunate to have PHPS parent and children’s writer Lorin Clarke to engage the children in an interactive writer’s workshop. The children shared what they already knew and Lorin built on their prior knowledge and discussed with them story structure and the importance of characters and settings. We will continue to build on

Celebrating the success of some of our wonderful jump ropers! Our skipping challenge champions for most improved skippers are: Prep NH – Elli Year 1/2 NH1 – Amie Year 1/2 NH2 – Hamish Year 3/4 NH – Aslan Year 4/5 NH – Kiko   Year 5/6 NH – Ash Our skipping challenge champions for the

This week, the Banyule and Inner North Moreland Division Cross Country took place.  We had three students qualify for this level of cross country competition from our school and wish to congratulate them on representing our school.   We would like to congratulate Mimi who placed 4th Claudia who placed 7th in the 9/10 year girls,

What reconciliation means is remembering what has happened to Aboriginal People and working to say sorry and come together. Alba Throughout week 5 and week 6, the children in 1/2N2 have been exploring our inquiry through the lens of reconciliatio. Through provocations, we have explored stories told by local indigenous people, dreamtime stories and the

Over the past two weeks, Neighbourhood 1 has continued to investigate nature. We developed a group definition of what it is and started exploring our own personal connections to nature. A special neighbourhood connection has been established in the planting, growing, and monitoring of our very own broad beans. Getting into the role of scientists,

Every year-group that grows through their PHPS time has a special musical ‘something’ that by the time these students are in Yr 6, I start to feel a tug at the ‘heartstrings’. Our super Yr 5/6 Uke Club, mostly made up of Yr 6s, are Ruby and Warrick’s stunning Yr2s of 2019. Ruby’s passion for