School Highlights
It is a pupil free day this Friday 7th March and a public holiday on Monday 10th March.
Student Leaders Up Their Skills
As part of PPN’s encouragement and capacity building for student leadership across the school, our 2025 Student Leaders took part in the Dream and Lead Conference in the Adelaide Convention Centre on Monday. Put on the Youth Leadership Academy Australia, the conference gave the students new ideas and skills for bringing student led change to the school and their communities.
Art Club News
Art Club kicked off in Week 3 this year, welcoming enthusiastic Year 3 and 4 students. With an overwhelming number of eager participants, we were able to offer places to 25 students. Throughout the semester, students will explore a variety of mediums, media, and artistic topics, encouraging them to experiment with different techniques and express their creativity.
Our first project is a creative take on The Great Wave, inspired by the famous artwork by Hokusai. Using textas, pencils, and oil pastels, students are learning to layer colours, blend textures, and capture the movement of waves.
As the semester progresses, students will have the opportunity to create a range of unique artworks. Some will also get to select their favourite piece to enter into the art competition at the Royal Adelaide Show. We look forward to seeing their creativity shine!
Year 6’s High School Sneak Peek!
This week, our Year 6 students had a taste of high school life with their annual visit to Prescott College!
From whipping up some delicious vegetarian pizza scrolls and learning how to wash dishes (future MasterChefs in the making!) to putting the finishing touches on their woodwork projects, there were plenty of smiles all around. It was also a great chance to catch up with some familiar faces, as old PPN scholars now at the College, reunited with their younger schoolmates.
A huge thank you to Prescott College for welcoming us once again. We loved seeing the fantastic teachers, chaplains and facilities, and we’re already looking forward to making more memories in 2025 as we return for more exciting lessons in Science!
Ice Painting
It has been another warm weekend and start to the week this week. We were back in the nature play space, enjoying the warm weather in our beautiful playground. Because the temperature has been quite warm, it was another opportunity to play and create with ice. Playing with ice can take on my different forms and this week, the students were able to use the coloured ice to paint a picture onto white paper. They displayed their creativity by painting animals and other shapes and patterns to create an ice painting. They were pleased with creations and were excited to try it at home. Have you painted with coloured ice before? Why don't you freeze some coloured water and give it a try!
