Port Noarlunga Primary School

Aboriginal Education at Porties

Aboriginal Education at Porties

Hi, I’m Shona Thompson and I’ve been at Port Noarlunga Primary School as a classroom teacher since 2011. In 2019, I began working as our Aboriginal Education Teacher (AET) on Wednesdays and continued this in 2020.This year, I am the AET on Thursdays and Fridays and...
Setting up for a year in Team O

Setting up for a year in Team O

We are a team of twenty-four Year 1 and 2 students, one teacher, a crew of student support officers and one green dinosaur. You read right—we have the kindest little herbivore named Steggy! On day one Steggy was introduced to our team in a way that would allow others...
Performing Arts with Miss Scott

Performing Arts with Miss Scott

How is it December already? 2020 has certainly whizzed by and brought all the triumphs and challenges along with it.  Students at Port Noarlunga Primary School have one lesson each week with me (Miss Susie Scott) to learn Music, Dance and Drama. Here is just a...
All things Biological in Ms Clarke’s class

All things Biological in Ms Clarke’s class

Throughout term four our class have been learning about animals and plants. I decided that we needed to have a lot of hands-on-learning activities to be successful. We were!! Benefits of Hands-on-Learning Hands-on learning is knowledge students gain when they are...
Outdoor Learning with Team O

Outdoor Learning with Team O

by Team O (Courtney Orrin), Year 2/3 students Growing evidence continues to highlight the benefits of nature play. In 2019 I had the opportunity of engaging in professional development facilitated by Nature Play South Australia. It was evident then that this was...
Mr. Wakefield’s 6/7 2020 Retrospective

Mr. Wakefield’s 6/7 2020 Retrospective

A Class Story by Mr. Wakefield’s 6/7 students Our class has done some fun and interesting activities throughout this strange year. Let us share some of our favourite moments! Noah:  This year I have enjoyed being in Mr Wakefield’s class because...