We were lucky enough to have some wonderful parents in today to help us prepare for our ‘Maker Faire’ on Friday. A huge thanks to Caroline (Angus’ Mum) and Lucy and Eddie (Kitty’s Mum and Dad). We don’t want to give too much away – but here is a liitle snippet of what we worked […]
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The Preps did a practice walk around the school this afternoon and they are super excited now for their first Walkathon. A few important points: Wear suitable shoes Bring a drink bottle Return your blue sponsor form to home group teacher if you haven’t already done so! We will return them to you with your child’s
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We love having parent helpers in the Prep Neighbourhood. If you are interested in coming in and supporting our learning, pop your name onto the sign up sheet which is located in the Prep courtyard. If you have come in to help before you can still add your name to the sign up sheet. We
Last week, Tomo read the story ‘Gugi Gugi’ during a workshop that focused on deepening the Prep’s understanding of characters in stories and how to describe them. Here is a link to the story on ‘Story time Online’ http://www.storylineonline.net/guji-guji/ Today we did a letter study into ‘G’.
MONDAY Workshops (Costume, writing and reading) Projects and provocations Guided Reading / Modelled writing / Letter study Piggy and Gerald – neighbourhood viewing of stories from the series and description of characters TUESDAY Projects and Provocations Specialist classes: Blue Group: Visual Art and Italian Green Group: Phys Ed and Visual Art Red Group: Italian and Phys
The loveable Mr M.Bot has been working hard over night to produce us this……… Yes, you are correct, that is the Millennium Falcon! The excitement over the 3D printer yesterday was amazing. The students were engaged in ongoing conversations about how it works and the applications for it. We also touched on the idea of ‘Print’
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Walkathon sponsor sheets must come to school by Wednesday at the latest. Home group teachers will be writing the number of laps that your child walked onto their sheet, which then goes home that day for payment to be organised. Remember, the first home group in the school to bring in all monetary contributions will be having a PIZZA
This week, PHPS are turning into makers! We have got lots of fantastic things planned in the neighbourhood during the week, in celebration of Education Week. We will be looking at how technology has changed the way we communicate and how we can use technology in our neighbourhood. This will all culminate in our Maker
This week in the neighbourhood Numeracy This week in the Maths Project we have been looking at number and measurement. We have been measuring out heights using sting and making a collective height wall display to observe and compare the range of heights throughout the year twos. Exploring measuring height Matilda’s height measurement Literacy This
Walkathon Notices Walkathon notices were sent home with students last week. Any parents who are able to assist on the day, please fill out the ‘Walkathon Assistance’ slip and return to your child’s home group teacher as soon as possible. Please also return the sponsorship forms before the Walkathon.