Hills Schools Science Challenge

Congratulations to our team, who demonstrated great team work and science investigation skills in the HEC Science Challenge. Eleven schools competed in the Hills Education Community Science Challenge this week, once again hosted and organised by SVPS. The teams were […]

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Let’s Get Messy

Science Week has been full of messy exploring and investigating, as student took on the challenge of finding which everyday materials would best clean up an oil spill. This was in response to the real-world problem being faced in Mauritius […]

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Book Week Excitement

Book Week and Science Week collided today, with an explosion of colourful and creative costumes reflecting the themes of Reading is my Secret (Super) Power and Destination Moon.

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Science Challenge

Destination Moon was the topic for the Hills Education Community Science Challenge hosted by Sawyers Valley Primary School this week. Students from ten primary schools had to work collaboratively, problem solve and use critical and creative thinking as they undertook […]

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Red Cross Pillowcase Project

Red Cross Pillowcase Project A huge thank you to Clare and Colin from the Red Cross who visited on Thursday, June 9 to teach the Room 7 students about The Pillowcase Project. The project teaches children to prepare for emergencies by encouraging them to think […]

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First Aid Training

St John Ambulance trainer Megan was at SVPS today to teach students about what to do in an emergency. She told the students about DRS ABCD and taught them how to place an unconscious person in the recovery position. The […]

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Balthazar Returns

Exciting News! Balthazar is back. He arrived home today in a package delivered to the classroom. He has been on a little holiday where it is cold, but has come back to keep an eye on Room 7. He will […]

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Paper Making

During term 3 Room 6 has been learning about the properties of materials. As an extension of this we learnt how to make our own paper. First we soaked scraps of paper in buckets of water. While the paper was […]

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