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mappen - how things change

16/5/2022

 
This term, during our integrated studies program (MAPPEN), we are learning all about how living things change (before / after). To help us observe changes to living things, we planted strawberries, lettuce, rocket, rainbow silver beet and kale seeds in our MPPS garden beds. We cannot wait to watch and document our seeds growth/changes over the course of Term 2 and 3.

Buddies

11/5/2022

 
Our Buddies Program is held once a week and involves students in Year 6 and Prep. 
Each prep child is paired with a grade 6 child and they participate in a range of activities such as sport activities, outdoor games, craft activities and using technology.
The aims of the Buddies Program are to:
  • Ease the transition into primary school for the prep children by providing them with a safe, reliable and positive buddy
  • Develop leadership skills amongst the Year 6 students
  • Foster a strong sense of school spirit across the school
  • Enhance the school culture of looking after and caring for others around us
Our Buddies Program began on Friday 6th May. Take a look at the Preps meeting their Grade 6 Buddy for the first time. 

Happy Holidays

9/4/2022

 
Can you guess which special visitor left us goodies in PLC?

MPPS Colour Run

9/4/2022

 

hARMONY DaY

8/4/2022

 
At MPPS, we came together to celebrate Harmony Day on the 21st of March. Created in 1999 to celebrate unity and diversity, Harmony Day was originally an Australian celebration but is now marked worldwide by conscientious citizens. In PLC we practise harmonious habits every day by learning about and following our CARE values. To commemorate Harmony Day this year, the preps drew pictures of themselves doing something kind on an orange hand. Take a look at our PLC display for Harmony Day.

Respectful Relationships - Our Personal Strengths

8/4/2022

 
We have been learning how to name and celebrate our personal strengths such as HELPFUL, KIND, PATIENT, BRAVE, NEAT, HARDWORKING and FRIENDLY. We displayed our personal strengths on our celebration tree. 
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Mathematics

7/4/2022

 
As a part of our mathematics program, the preps thoroughly enjoyed learning how to ask and answer yes / no questions by practising surveying their peers and tallying and displaying their results on simple graphs using unifix blocks. 

Writing Language Experience - Our Families

5/4/2022

 
We created play-dough family portraits to represent the different families in PLC. We used interesting describing words to write a sentence about our family.  

Mathematics - position obstacle course

28/3/2022

 
We have been learning about and using the language of location and direction, such as forwards, backwards, on, in front, behind, up, down, over, under, around and in-between. We enjoyed designing and building obstacle courses and moved puppets into different positions. 

Mathematics - position and location

23/3/2022

 
We have been learning about and using the language of location and direction, such as forwards, backwards, on, in front, behind, up, down, over, under, around and in-between. We enjoyed moving our Rosie the Hen puppets into different positions and locations on our playground. 
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Principal's Welcome
    • Our Vision
    • Staff
    • Partnerships
    • In The Press
    • School Policies
    • Construction Timeline
  • Our School
    • Learning Communities >
      • Student Leadership
      • Plenty Learning Community >
        • 2022 Plenty LC Blog
      • Simon Learning Community >
        • 2022 Simon LC Blog
      • Carome Learning Community >
        • 2022 Carome LC Blog
      • Yan Yean Learning Community >
        • 2022 Yan Yean LC Blog
      • Performing Arts >
        • 2022 Performing Arts Blog
      • 2022 Visual Arts
      • 2022 Physical Education
      • 2022 Japanese
      • Education Support
    • Wellbeing >
      • Respectful Relationships
    • MPPS Celebrates >
      • World Teachers' Day
      • Marvellous Maths @ MPPS
      • Principals' Day 2020
      • NAIDOC Week 2020
    • Sustainability
    • School Calendar
    • Canteen
    • School Times
    • YMCA Before and After School Care Program
    • Parent Information
    • Whittlesea Music
    • Community Information >
      • Community Partners
      • What's Happening in the Community?
  • Enrolment
    • Enrolment Enquiries
    • Pathway to Prep
    • Enrolment Pack
  • Contact Us
  • Compass