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  • From Stars to Black Holes

    Hello to everyone. We have had a fabulous couple of weeks ’fine tuning’ ideas for the Neighbourhood bell soundscapes, and learning songs for the Father’s and Special Carer’s Day Assembly and the Ringing in the Galaxy concert. The Instrumental Music Assembly saw students break through their initial nerves and then beam with a sense of…

  • Bells, Steel Drums and…

    … this Friday is our third Instrumental Music Assembly. It’s been a magical couple of weeks of imagination, sound, new ideas and singing. We have been finding out about the steel drum and the steel tongue drum, and expanding our palette of percussion and bell sounds to express our wonder about the galaxy. The School…

  • ‘Stars Singing in the Sky’

    When Miles from Prep first heard the sound of the Federation Handbells, he said that they sounded like ’stars singing in the sky’. This wonderous observation, along with the idea that we are all made of star dust as the Preps have been remarking all week, are just two of many magical moments that have…

  • School Choir Launched!

    Top of Term 3! Welcome back to school and I hope everyone had an enjoyable winter break. It’s finally happened, so now it feels real: our After School Choir, led by Emily Hayes, had it’s first rehearsal last week and we’ve already done our first performance! The choir was very excited to sing for Hannah,…

  • Bravo to Everyone!

    Take a bow everyone! We have had three terrific performances in the last two weeks which have resonated in our hearts with warmth and pride. Thank you to the whole school for your moving singing of ’Dream Baby, Dream’ in our Reconciliation Assembly, and to all our Year 3/4 and 5/6 Instrumental Music students for…

  • Growing through music.

    Brrr, winter has arrived, but it is with warmth and optimism that we celebrate the meaning of Reconciliation Week, the joyous return of our evening Instrumental Music Concerts and our dream to launch our new school choir. We hope you were able to join with our community as we shared our understandings and dreams for…

  • Dream Baby, Dream

    Hello everyone, have you noticed that as the autumnal colours brighten our days are getting nippier! We are about to welcome in winter, and as we do, our school will come together to deepen our ongoing growth and understanding of our First Nations people. Reconciliation week will culminate with our Reconciliation Assembly on June 3rd.…

  • Sunshine, Teddy Bears and Steel Tongue Drums

    Welcome back to Term 2 everyone. It seems to have been a wonderful holiday break with many families able to head away from Melbourne for a change of scenery. We have plenty of exciting adventures in music to look forward to this Term so I’m very happy to be back and swinging straight into action…

  • Celebrating the end of Term with Performances.

    After many, many months, our whole school gathered to sing! Congratulations to everyone for an uplifting and meaningful Harmony Day Assembly, and BRAVO for sharing our Harmony Day sentiments through your fabulous singing. Bravo too, to all the students who signed up to perform in the ‘End of Term Variety Concerts’ for the Yr 3/4…

  • The Federation Handbells come to PHPS

    Hello everyone, we are very excited to announce a magical music workshop experience for our students in Term 3. Many of our community will have heard the beautiful sounds of the Federation Hand Bells, either at the Melbourne Museum or in community and festival performances. We are thrilled that our students will have the opportunity…