Dear Year 2 Families, We have had a wonderful start to the year, with students settling into Year 2 life quickly and easily. We have been working hard to set goals with individuals as well as getting the Home Reading system up and running. We will be sending more resources home to support this in […]
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A healthy lunch box full of fresh food gives your child energy to play, concentrate and learn all day. What you put in your child’s lunch box depends on your child’s age. And how much you put in your child’s lunch box depends on your child’s appetite and the length of your child’s day. For
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Hello and welcome to our 2024 neighbourhood learning blog. This is the where we will document our learning journey throughout the year. The successes, the challenges, the impact and the growth. We begin the year with our initial inquiry for our Welcome Project – How do I shape my neighbourhood and how does my neighbourhood
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As we continue to work on the time machine, the next step is to build the scratch panel using 2D shapes. The children could choose a range of 2D shapes to represent the control panel and buttons, allowing us to travel through time. During this process, we explored the properties of 2D shapes, such as
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Improving children’s resilience helps them to deal with the adversities they experience during childhood. It provides a foundation for developing skills and habits (e.g. coping skills, healthy thinking habits) that enable them to deal with later adversities during adolescence and adulthood. Resilience is also important for children’s mental health. Children with greater levels of resilience
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PHPS Bazaar 2023: what an outstanding day! A massive thank you to everyone for creating a day for our kids where their ‘Bazaar dreams’ came true. All day, the excitement and joy was beaming from their faces, and it was terrific to see so many students helping out and working alongside their parents/carers. The main
The Bazaar Celebrates the Diverse Talents in our Community. Read More »
We’ve enjoyed the magic of music this week to get our bodies moving in musical chairs. It’s been a great resilience building exercise for all too! 56 students have done fitness drills and played tchoukball to practice for their tournament next week. 45 students got the rippa rugby belts on for the first time and
Moving our bodies! Read More »
Students are coming to the end of filming their collaborative films in the three production companies. As a whole neighbourhood, we had a discussion about how we were finding the film making stage of our inquiry projects so far – things we have enjoyed and challenges we have had, and then looked forward to the
Term 4 Week 8 – Film Projects Continued… Read More »