There’s something special about Year 6 Camp at PPN. Over three days students learnt to surf, rode mountain bikes, built rafts, explored Victor Harbour by boat, built and rode billy karts and competed in beach Olympics (amongst other things). But that’s not what made camp special. 

Over the last few days our Year 6’s made life-long memories because of the people they’ve shared camp with. We couldn’t think of a better way to mark the end of primary school and the beginning of the next chapter of their lives.  

A big thanks to all the students for bringing listening ears and willing attitudes. Thanks also to Mrs Lomax for volunteering her time to make camp great. 

ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) and AMC (Australian Mathematics Competition) Certificates 

Each year students are selected to participate in the ICAS and AMC competitions. This year we had over 85 students who participated in academic competitions for Science, Mathematics, English, Digital Technologies, Spelling and Writing. Last week during Chapel they were all presented with certificates as an acknowledgement of their involvement of these challenging exams.  

In Australia, High Distinction certificates were awarded to the top 1-2% of students, Distinctions to the next 10%, Credits to the 25% following, then Merits and Participation certificates after that. We congratulate all the participants for their best efforts on these challenging academic exams. Again, Prescott academically rose to the challenge, with many Distinction certificates and a few High Distinctions awarded to students in our school. Students that received High Distinctions and Distinction awards will again be acknowledged in the Graduation ceremony in Week 9. 

Mrs. Vice