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Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2022

This week, as part of Keep Australia Beautiful Week, our students have taken up the challenge to become a ‘Sustainable Superhero’.

Keep Australia Beautiful Week is an annual initiative developed by the Keep Australia Beautiful campaign that provides an opportunity to educate and inspire all Australians to take action on sustainability and litter. This year’s focus is on ‘Waste Reduction’ and at PPN we are challenging our students to look for opportunities to reduce waste, educate others and think about the changes they can make to become more sustainable.

Our teachers will be on the lookout for ‘Sustainable Superheroes’ who are making an effort to keep our school looking beautiful by reducing waste and adopting sustainable practices. One student from each class will be nominated by their teacher for their participation, and will receive a prize and recognition in Assembly in Week 5.

We encourage all our PPN families to take up the challenge to reduce waste and adopt sustainable practices that will help keep Australia beautiful.

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Book Week Parade

The Book Week Parade is one of our favourite Book Week events and we are excited that families will be able to join us this year. The parade will take place on Friday August 26 in the Para Vista Adventist Church Hall.

Lowers (Foundation - Year 2) 9.15am - 10am

Uppers (Year 3 - 6) 10.15am - 11am

Please note that due to limited space and COVID guidelines we are asking that only one parent or guardian attend for each family. If you have children in both the lower and upper parade you will be able to have a parent or guardian attend both events.

Please keep an eye out for a booking form that will be sent via email early next week. We understand that this may be disappointing but appreciate your assistance.

Year 1 Kazoos

Our Year 1 students have had a lot of fun learning about sound in their science classes.

Each student was able to make a Kazoo (a simple musical instrument), and really advance their understanding that sound is made up of vibrations, and the vibrations move through the air as sound waves.

With Kazoos in hand (and mouth) our students explored how these vibrations can move fast or slow – depending on how high or low the pitch is when they blow the kazoo.

The kazoos made it easy for students to not only hear but feel these vibrations as they played.

What a fun way to learn!