Prescott Primary Northern eNewsletter

School Highlights

Year 5 Visit Monarto Safari Park

Year 5 students had an exciting day exploring Monarto Safari Park! They saw lions, giraffes, rhinos, and more during a guided bus tour through the open-range zoo. Students learned about animal habitats, conservation, and how zoos help protect endangered species.

The giraffes were a big hit, walking right past the bus windows! A hands-on workshop also gave students a chance to explore animal adaptations and ask lots of great questions.

Thanks to our staff and parent volunteers for making the day a wild success!

Book Week

Year 3 Turn the Volume Up

At PPN we love to make learning real. Last week Mrs Buys led her Year 3s through an exploration of volume as part of their maths studies. Pencil and paper were replaced with tubs of water, measuring cups, bottles and syringes as students got hands-on with the concept volume.

Farewell Exchange Students

Our Year 5 classes grew for the last few weeks as we welcomed exchange students from China. Zijun and Zirui have spent time immersed in an Australian classroom, surrounded by the English language and many friendly faces. They even got to take part in the excursion to Monarto Zoo. This Friday is Zijun and Zirui’s last day – we wish them all the best as they home with fond memories of PPN.

Nature Play with Water

This week, we played with water and created puppet birds, and what beautiful sunny weather we had to do it in!

We have a beautiful bamboo water trail that can be open ended and used in many different ways. The students had fun making little rivers and then connecting all of the bamboo pieces together to make one big water trail. Water containers circulated and were shared amongst many students as they travelled to and fro the water pump.

Water is such an important source of life for us as humans, and a beautiful tool to use in play. How can you use water play in your house this week? As Spring is felt in the gardens at PPN, our young ones enjoyed decorating their own finger bird puppets which, when ordained with feathers, came to life and flittered around the nature play. I hope you enjoy the weather change and the promised forecast of a mild and enjoyable Spring season.