Stage 5 English Standard has been exploring a close study of the military novella, “Hell Island” by Matthew Reilly. We have looked at the way in which Reilly creates explosive action through language techniques as well as investigating the various…
Kindergarten is a buzz each week with learning new things. Here are three great things kindergarten has learnt recently. In Science last week, Kindergarten investigated how non living things are used by people for food, shelter or items. Kindergarten explored…
Last week Kindergarten read picture books and then created a sentence response to a book. Most students took up the challenge of writing another sentence, demonstrating two ideas they recalled from the picture book. Kindergarten always enjoy picture books filled…
Cassidy is developing ideas in the expressive form of photomedia under the title of the “Seven Deadly Sins”. Cassidy will produce a series of seven photographs of models in makeup to represent these seven areas. Cassidy has invested time in…
Laura has a clear vision to create a piece of furniture to cater for the teen and young adult living in the tech age. This bed side table will be equipped to charge devices, transform into a multimedia projector and…
Luke Magill is well underway in the restoration of his 1986 Honda XR600R. He has dedicated himself to the task to fully restore his motorcycle to new condition. Luke has disassembled the bike and has cataloged the parts that require…
In music, Year 6 have recently started learning about the ukulele and how to play it. We have learnt that the ukulele was designed in Hawaii after the Hawaiians saw a small guitar-like instrument, called a machete, that sailors from…
The Year 9/10 Advanced English class were asked to write a letter to Baz Lurhman to convince him to make The Alchemist a novel they have been studying into a film. Below are two excerpts from two very different perspectives.…
Each week, Year 3 looks forward to Monday afternoons with Mrs King for their creative arts lessons. This term they have focussed on painting and drawing. Students are learning how the size and placement of objects they draw create the…
As Coronavirus restrictions ease, schools are gradually returning to normal (whatever normal looks like!) At PCS we feel quietly confident that Term 3 will be full of school events, the likes of which have been cancelled or postponed since restrictions were…
