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…

Hello to everyone! We have galloped into November and it feels like a Spring Music Carnival in our neck of the woods (move over horses). In the past couple of weeks we have enjoyed the Specialist’s Assembly, The IM Assembly and End of Year Concert, and umpteen Neighbourhood Variety Show performances across the school as…

Hi everyone! Well, if the above quote makes you think of music, as you drool, you are well on the way to unravelling the mysteries of the treble stave: BRAVO! In the past couple of weeks Yr12 Ngh1 has been striding into basic music theory as a way of getting a head start, or a…

Welcome back for Term 4, and goodness, how did we get here so quickly? Every term is packed with stimulating events, but Term 4 has extra tinsel on top as we ‘clock off’ the weeks towards the end of year holidays. This term offers some wonderful opportunities for our musicians to shine and these include…

There is a little magic in the air: spring blossom and holidays are upon us, and the school grounds are looking refreshed and feel great after the kind TLC of Sunday’s working Bee! It’s been a fantastic Term of music making and togetherness as we gathered to honour and celebrate important events and achievements in…

‘Congratulations to all our performers for your outstanding development and commitment to learning your instruments. Thank you for what you bring to our community.’ Esmé. The Instrumental Music Assembly and Concert on Friday of Wk6, topped off a fantastic week of activities which included the Junior Tabloid Sports and the Year 3/4 camp, yet we…

‘Kofi and Bassidi taught us super, super well, and brought everyone alive.’ Elliot Yr3 Hello and BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO to everyone! What a sensational afternoon of drumming energy and joy we had last Friday. Four weeks of Drumming Workshops with Kofi and Bassidi have felt more like a festival of rhythm, and the final performances were…

‘Are we all ready?’ ‘Yeah!!’ ‘Are we all ready?’ ‘Yeah!!’ ‘Are we all ready?’ ‘Yeah, yeah yeah YEAH!!!!’… and the Preps are pumped and drumming! It’s been a terrific couple of weeks of drumming energy, joy and release, but also one of focus and great team work. Skill expectations that were tricky 2 weeks ago…

Hello to everyone, welcome back to school, and, what a beautiful start we have had to this Term with our NAIDOC Week Assembly. As ever, there is much to look forward to this Term and already we are surfing the waves of rhythm with the return of Kofi and his African Drumming Program. Our Instrumental…

Upon release of his 2016 album Let Love Rule, Archie Roach said “I wanted to write about love, or a willingness to love all people. We are closing ourselves off and not letting people in. And not just in the sense of not letting them into the country, but not letting them into our hearts,…