PHPS Press Club

The first episode of PHPS Press Club is finally online! You can access this on the Intranet section of the PHPS website. The login and the password for this section can be found on the next Talking Point and you can also request these through our usual neighbourhood email address phps34n1@gmail.com.

Our vision for the Press Club is for the students to take a leading role in all aspects of making TV programs, from pre-production all the way to post-production. Experiences for students may include, writing scripts, presenting in a studio, interviewing, filming, editing, music making, animating, and much more. Although the Press Club is driven by our neighbourhood at this moment, we are very excited in involving other areas of the school as things develop.

Letter and number reversals

Here is an interesting and helpful document to help with children who reverse their letters and numbers when writing.

Often, letter and number reversals are not caused due to neurological reasons but through misinterpretations and misperceptions by the child and can be corrected through regular and relevant practice. We use some of the practices in this document in our neighbourhood and we thought we share it with you so that you can practice at home.

Letter and Number Reversals

40 Hour Famine

Some students in our neighbourhood have taken home a permission form for the 40 Hour Famine which will commence at 8pm on 19th August. It is a powerful – and meaningful – way that students can experience what life is like for children who have to go without. As the students are young, we do not recommend they give up eating, but instead, they can give up something that really matters to them. The funds raised every year by the 40 Hour Famine support World Vision’s work tackling the causes of poverty, through both short-term solutions and long-term development projects.

More information on the 40 Hour Famine can be found by clicking HERE.

Inquiry Update 2

Here is another photographic update of what we have been achieving in our neighbourhood so far this term. Parents and guardians are always welcome to drop-by and watch our neighbourhood in action, and we are always grateful for any helpers during specific learning times.

Some students are working on stop motion
animation in the media room.

The TV Executive group is learning about story-boarding.

The students in the Engineering team are
designing their earthquake proof structures
using Google Sketch-Up.

A fabulous hat design by one of the students in the Fashion
group.

The Fashion group has been practicing
different stitching techniques.

The Engineering group has been completing
their wonderful earthquake proof structures.

Some fantastic clothes designs.

Students measuring out material for their designs.

Ultranet

We have been focusing on logging every students in the neighbourhood on Ultranet this week. Students have been given a new password which they should take home with them and memorise. At this moment, we are just exploring the various possibilities, but during coming months we will be using the Ultranet more frequently for our learning.

Students can access the Neighbourhood 1 Collaborative Learning Area by clicking the Collaborative Learning icon at the bottom of the screen and then clicking on "PHPS 34N1".

Collaborative Learning icon

A reminder that student login is private and is to be used by the allocated student only. If a student has forgotten his or her password, it can be reset HERE. Any other queries, please ask one of the teachers in the neighbourhood.

Neighbourhood Update - Elective Projects

Neighbourhood 1 has been very busy with our new Design and Technology projects this term. The students were given the the choice of three elective projects last term and have been working towards creating some exciting designs. The projects on offer were: Earthquake Engineering, TV Executives and Fashion Design. Through these projects, we have been focusing in depth on many aspects of learning such as explanation and procedural texts.

Here below are some photos that give you a sneaky peek into students engaging in some of the activities this week.

Spelling Activities

Here are some spelling activities you might want to have a go at during rainy days of the holidays. The activities will allow the children to practice some of the spelling skills we investigated during term 1 and term 2. Click on any of the links below and have a go!

Plurals

Prefixes

Homophones

Suffixes