There are a variety of things you see and hear when you spend some time in our school. Right now I can hear the taping away of keyboards from my Year 8 English class who have begun creating their own…
During their library visits this term, Year 1 and Year 2 have been exploring how to design and build a solar oven in groups of three students. Students took turns sharing and suggesting ideas from what they had learnt to…
Change is as good as a holiday and this weekend the High School is all on summer holidays…well kind of! This week we ended our 2023 school year and celebrated a range of students at our Presentation Night. We spent…
Whenever you start or try something new the task can seem overwhelming as you may still be learning the skills, figuring out the routine or learning all the new information that is required. You may feel that there is so…
In my role at PCS I often get asked what students should be aiming for when they complete their HSC. Essentially, what is education all about? Well, here’s my roundabout answer… As I’m sitting in the school library writing this…
In my last article I wrote about saying goodbye to Year 12 and how significant it is to send off students you have known for so long. The longer I teach the more difficult saying goodbye seems to become! Yet…
Goodbye Year 12And just like that, another term has come to an end. Maybe it’s because I am getting older, but the days and weeks just seem to go by faster and faster! For so many reasons I would love…
Our Year 12 students are heading into their final week of High School and with that they are about to begin the final tasks of Year 12 including the HSC and their first steps into life beyond school. For some…
During library lessons last week, one of the students questioned where did last names originate from?We delved into the origins of last names linked to tribes, houses, occupations or villages; such as “blacksmith” or “from the village of Bethany”. This got…
Over the last couple of years, I have picked up 3D printing as a hobby. Most 3D printers work surprisingly similar to hot glue guns. Essentially, they use a combination of motors and heaters (as well as a complex internal computer)…
