Prescott Primary Northern eNewsletter

School Highlights

Food Drive for ADRA

Last Friday a literal pile of food headed out the front doors of PPN. The food was collected as part of our Pyjama Day, and will be used to Bless South Australian families doing it tough through the work of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia. In particular, the food will be distributed by the Para Vista Adventist Church’s own ADRA Food Pantry to support people in our local community.

A big thanks to all PPN families for your contributions and generosity, and to the people of Para Vista Adventist Church for reaching out in love to families in our community.

Book Week is Here!

Book Week is here! And it has been a great success so far. On Monday our students had the opportunity to share some time with their buddy class reading a book and making fun crafts. Our visiting author, Katrina Germein, has spent two days sharing with us about being an author and encouraging us all to be storytellers. And in the library at lunchtime some of our Year 6 students have been holding story time with craft activities.

There is still lots of fun to come! Tomorrow our students are encouraged to donate a new, or like-new book, or a gold coin during chapel that will be used by Backpacks for Kids SA to support children in foster care. And on Friday we will have our Book Week costume parade. We are looking forward to seeing all the amazing costumes!

Thank you to all our PPN families for supporting Book Week and helping us to foster a love of reading in our students.

Year 4s Snooze at the Zoo

In what is likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, our Year 4 classes took turns sleeping at Adelaide Zoo last week. Not only did they get to sleep within earshot of the animals, they were taken on an exclusive night walk through the zoo and special ranger talks. The excursion, which formed part of their Science studies, was not only a great learning opportunity and a whole lot of fun, it was their first experience of school camps – helping to build their resilience and independence. They returned tired, but full of joy and already anticipating their Year 5 camp next year.

A big thanks to all our staff and volunteers who helped make the experience happen, and to our families who helped prepare the students for their first school camp!

Wonderful Wasps

Book week is such a wonderful, exciting week at school, with author visits, book activities, and a dress up day. We continued the book week excitement in the nature play space this week, braving the wild and windy weather to make a nature craft in the theme of wonderful wasps by our visiting author Katrina Germein. The students could choose to make a wasp out of Nature pieces and playdough, create a wasp's nest out of bits of recycling or make their very own wasp using recycled materials such as egg cartons, paint pens and paper. The students loved making their own wasps out of different materials, with many students making something very creative.

This is another example of how we can extend children's learning, taking it outside, using recycled materials to engage students in the wonderful characters and themes of books. What books have you read that you can make a nature craft with your family this week?