International Mud Day

Ooey-gooey, squishy, slimy, squelchy, sticky mud!

Last week, to celebrate International Mud Day, PNN hosted a Playdate with Prescott with lots of muddy activities and fun. Our little visitors enjoyed painting pictures with mud, washing and scrubbing toy cars in the carwash, playing with ‘wiggly worms’ and jumping in our mud puddle. The weather was perfect for some messy play in the mud and a hot drink to keep warm. The morning concluded with a special story time with Mrs Watson where the children helped to create ‘Wombat Stew’. It was a wonderful, muddy morning, and we look forward to having our Playdate with Prescott friends back again in Term 3 for a special weekend Family Fun Day.

The fun didn’t stop once the little ones had gone home though. Throughout the rest of the day our PPN students had a chance to enjoy the mud puddle as well. There was lots of excitement, squeals of delight and messy fun!

Mud play is such an important part of developing learning skills and sensory play. It fosters creativity and imagination, provides an opportunity to develop social skills, and is beneficial for mental health and the immune system. Most importantly, it is fun!

Year 1 Visit Uleybury School Museum

Last Friday, the three Year 1 classes braved the cold and travelled to One Tree Hill to visit the Uleybury Historic School Museum. Each class spent time rotating through three stations to experience life at school in the 1800's.

They dressed in olden day costumes and spent time in the historic school room being taught by the old school master, Mr Squire. He taught the children the strict rules of past times of classroom behaviour like giving the teacher complete attention, getting the cane and having to stand in the corner with the 'dunce' cap on for disobedience. They also had a go at using a fountain pen and ink well to write their letters and a slate and chalk to have a spelling test. The children then went outside and had fun playing with some olden times toys and equipment like hoops, puppet theatre, hobby horses, scooters and billy carts. Finally, the class got together to discuss what they had seen and completed some written activities about their experiences.

It was a fantastic day that I am sure will remain in the student's memories for many years to come.

Interschool Chess Tournament

Prescott can be very proud of each and every player, who played with great sportspanship and courage. Celine (Yr 2) played in her first tournament, and on her first game she had to play against a Year 12 student! Well done players, and a special congratulations to Isabella Gosden on winning the highest scoring girl player.

 

Year 2 Visit Tea Tree Gully Historical Museum

The Year 2s had a wonderful and very informative time on our excursion to the Tea Tree Gully Historical Museum.  We were able to experience what daily life was like when Tea Tree Gully was settled, play some old-fashioned games and tour the major historical sites of the township.  It was marvellous fun but we are so glad we live in 2023!

Composting for Nature

This week, we managed to have the final Year 2 classes come down to the veggie patch where we learnt about composting and planted some herbs and vegetables.

We discussed how important it was to compost our green waste, and the process we need to go through to have our composting system work properly for us. We then prepared the soil we were going to plant with some of our amazing compost created in our very own compost patch from our green and brown waste. Once it had been mixed through, we dug a hole, filled it with water and planted our herbs. We are excited to watch them grow and decide what we are going to use them for in the future.

Have you grown any herbs in your garden at home?