Specialist PE Classes

If you were to walk past the Covered Outdoor Learning Area during the school day, you would see a whirlwind of action. Our specialist PE teacher, Mr Campbell, takes each class for 45 minutes once a week to teach our students new skills and activities. We asked a collection of our students what they enjoyed the most about Specialist PE Classes and here are some responses…

I am enjoying PE lessons with Mr Campbell. I like the game EndZone the most. - Ared 5A

I really enjoy Mr Campbell's lessons because the games are always fun to play. Kara 5A

What I really enjoy about Mr Campbell's PE lesson is that we do fun warm ups. It helps us with our skills. - Allaire 5A

Mr Campbell is very creative and has lots of games for us to play. - Ashton 5A

'The best thing about having PE classes with Mr Campbell is...

- 'playing basketball.' - Shiven FA

- 'bouncing basketballs.' - Ocean FA

'I love PE classes because...

- 'we get to run and jump and skip.' - Gracie FA

-'sometimes we play new games.' - Amreen FA

- 'we do more activities.' - Jasdeesh FA

- 'we get to act like animals and freeze.' - Aesha FA

I love the Target Game that we  play for PE. It's lots of fun. Bahni 1B

I really like throwing games, where you have to throw as far as you can. I'm good at that. Charlie B 1B

PE is one of my favourite subjects because it makes you strong and I want to learn new skills so I can be a better player. - Jaskaran 3A

PE is one of my favourite subjects because we play so many games, like basketball and netball, and Mr Campbell has many games to play so we get fit. - Gem 3A

Year Level Service Projects

Years 2C and 7 completed an act of service for our school last Friday by picking up rubbish around our school and watering the Nature Playground.  Each year level will take a turn at organising a service project this year.  Please come by and see our "Branching Out With Jesus" service tree growing as the year goes by.  It is located outside Mr L and Pr T's office.

Rearrangements during North Wing Building Project

Dear PPN Parents,

2019 is going to be a very exciting year at Prescott Primary Northern. Over the holiday break, our Nature Playground was completed and the students are making great use of the area and it has been wonderful to have more space for our students. Over the next few months, we will be undertaking a building program that will transform our undercover area outside the Year 3, 4 and Canteen area and provide us with some amazing new learning areas. As with most developments, the building project will present us with many challenges as we work around the builders and tradesmen and will impact significantly on activities that take place in the undercover area and back oval. I apologise now to students, staff and families for the interruptions and inconveniences we are going to have to endure to achieve our goals. To help school life run as smoothly and safely as possible, we would like to outline some of the changes we need to make.

1. Assembly: Starting next Monday, Assembly will be held in the covered area of the Basketball Court. There are some seats around the edge of the court by the Year 5 and 6 classrooms where parents can sit if they wish to join us.

On rainy days, we have made alternative arrangements to have an Assembly in the Discovery Centre for the Foundation, Year 1 & 2 students and anyone receiving Awards, and the Year 3s to Year 7s will have the Assembly livestreamed to a classroom for them to observe and join in.

2. Morning Drop Off: When the gates open at 8.30am and students arrive, the Year 3s to Year 7s will wait on the seats in front of the Year 3, 4 and Canteen area and will be supervised by the usual duty teacher. Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 will wait quietly under the verandah in front of the Year 2, Discovery Centre and Year 1 Rooms with an additional duty person being assigned from 8.30am to 8.40am after which, the classrooms will open as usual.

3. Before School, Recess, Lunch and P.E./Fitness Access to the Back Oval: A laneway from the double gates from the back carpark will be made to allow building personnel to access the construction site. Gates will be put in this laneway part of the way along to allow student and teacher access to the back oval. This will be a fenced laneway for safety. Access gates will be opened as required.

4. Year 3 – 7 Toilet Access: Year 3 – 7 students will only be able to access their toilets from the Music Room side of the toilet block. There will be no access to the toilets from the Back Oval side during the construction period.

5. Afternoon Pick Up: This will be the trickiest and most inconvenient time of the school day during the construction. There are 4 groups that our students fall into at the end of school each day. 1) Students picked up from their classrooms by parents, 2) Students who go to myOSHC, 3) Bus Students, and 4) Students who are taken/go to the Back Cover area to be picked up by parents.

Adjusted plans for each group

1) Students picked up from their room by parents - will continue as it is currently.

2) myOSHC Students – Mondays to Thursday afternoons myOSHC students will go to, or teachers drop off at the Discovery Centre in the area by the main entry door and they will wait INSIDE that room with myOSHC staff member and then be taken over to myOSHC in the hall. Fridays, students go to Discovery Centre as normal.

3) Bus Students – Bus students will continue to wait in their bus places as normal.

4) Students to be picked up by families – Students will remain in classes until 3.30pm to be picked up. A bell will go at 3.30pm and the remaining students will go/be taken to the area outside the Year 4/Canteen/Yr 3 classrooms to be picked up. This will mean more students will be collected from classrooms, rather than out the back of the school allowing a smaller group to go out to wait at 3.30pm. F, Yr 1,Yr 2 to wait near the Canteen/4B Room, older students to wait down by 4A, 3B, 3A.

6. Other ways to make things easier – Families picking up F,1,2, students who park out the back to come through the court rather than by the main back gate by the Year 6 rooms.

7. The gate by the shed near the Basketball Court will open at 3.10pm to allow another exit/ entry point and duty teacher will lock it up at 3.45pm.

8. If you are unsure of any of these plans, please just check with the Duty Teacher and they will help you out.