Museum Book

BUILDING A MUSEUM – YEAR 3/4 LEARNING INQUIRY 

Exploring the concept of creativity, our inquiry started by looking at what inspires us as individuals. A collection of artefacts we called ‘seeds’ was used to explore how we can relate to one another, helping to identify what connects us as a community. We displayed these artefacts in a ‘Seed Wall’, which allowed us to develop questions around how artefacts of importance are displayed and organised. This directed us to ask: how do we share important cultural knowledge? These ideas built momentum and moved us to investigate museums. We then developed our own PHPS museum based on the children’s curiosities, interests and their links to our community. Through a relationship with Museums Victoria, we were able to install our exhibits at the Melbourne Museum to gather feedback and identify areas for improvement. The inquiry has culminated in a special PHPS Museum being set up at the school. The detailed journey of our yearlong inquiry has been documented in this special book.

Museum Opening

The ¾ neighbourhood is proud to unveil the PHPS Museum!

Drawing on our yearlong inquiry into knowledge, curation, exhibits and museums, the time has finally come to share our learning with the community.

Come and pay us a visit to learn about our inquiry and many of the diverse topics explored by the children in the 3/4 neighbourhood.  Located in the 3/4 neighbourhood, the museum will launch with a grand opening this Friday the 11^th of December and remain open to visitors from Monday 14th to Wednesday the 16th next week.  Our museum will be open to visitors from 10-2 daily.

Hour of Code

Next week is Hour of Code week. 

The Hour of Code is global movement with the goal to bring coding to every student in every school. It's an annual event initiated by code.org that runs throughout Computer Science Education Week, 7-13th December. 

Children in our neighbourhood will have opportunities to experience Hour of Code throughout the week and we are looking for parents who would be interested in helping. You don't need to have experience in coding to assist as you can learn along with the kids! But if you do have experience in using robots, making circuits, using arduinos or coding games and apps it would be great to share that with the kids.