Term 4 2024

Tuesday 8th October to Friday 6th December (Half day)

Pupil Free Day: Friday 8th November

Term 1 2025

Wednesday 5th February - Friday 11th April 

Pupil Free Day – Friday 28th February

Public Holiday – Monday 3rd March

On the eve of Friday 1st November, parents, friends, family, visitors and staff gathered on the beautiful and energetic grounds of Parkerville Steiner College for Music Night 2024. It was a gorgeous spring evening, with the surrounding trees framing a vibrant stage in the evening light.   

After many years of sharing the performance space in various musical communities, this year is my first leading students from PSC. It was a delight to showcase the culmination of their hard work and enthusiasm, and to share a snapshot of their musical journey so far. The students are to be commended in bringing to life a truly wonderful evening with their skills, talents and enthusiasm. 

Each class group shared their work from their ensembles and bands, with Class 9 band commencing the evening with the fitting “Come Together”, then to be followed by a range of other sets which displayed their hard work and emerging talents. It was wonderful to see our newest Class 9 student, Hugo, showcase his improvisational skills live for us all, and for Yiki to step into the “tutors” band at the last minute as the bassist and rise to occasion; both students demonstrated their professional potential exceptionally well. Class 9 also lead some surprise last-minute birthday call outs, with an impromptu “Happy Birthday” lead by the entire cohort! 

Class 8 brought to life a diverse repertoire, with “Hit the Road Jack” in band, followed by the beautiful “Minuet in G” by the guitar ensemble. Class 8 finished their sets with “Somebody That I Used To Know” which was beautifully sung and supported by the instrumental skills amongst the students. Class 7 shared classic songs such as “Dreams” and “Stand By Me” with their band groups, demonstrating admirable skills in their first PSC music night with their heartfelt performances. The Class 8 guitar ensemble performed “Summer Tango”, and the vocal groups of Class 7 and 9 brought some lovely accompanied sung pieces to the evening.

It was fantastic to see the students lively dancing and heart-warming  to see them actively support and encourage one another throughout the evening. 

I would like to thank all the wonderful people on staff who helped me pull together the space, equipment and atmosphere created at Music Night; along with our instrumental tutors who have helped our students develop as musicians throughout this year. Ben (Bass- Semester 2), Cain (Drums and Guitar), Sam (Piano), Sylvia (Bass and Band-Semester 1) and Tony (Guitar; Band-Semester 2).

Katina Bay

Music Teacher

In German classes for Terms 3 and 4, Class 7 looked at designing their own Breakfast Café menu. Together we learned the relevant vocabulary, and then students then worked in groups to create their own concept of a German café and produce an appropriate menu. After this we learned about birthdays (yes, we sang!), and what our weekly schedule looks like.  

Class 8 immersed themselves in the topics of “Hobbies” and their “Family”. They learned how to ask each other about their hobbies and described their family members. Listening activities were balanced with practicing grammar and speaking as much as possible. They completed a ‘Who Am I’ poster, currently displayed in their classroom, where they mixed photos of family members with short descriptions – leaving the reader to try and match them up! Last week, we began the topic of “Clothing”.  

Class 7 and 8 have also had the opportunity to engage with the cultural topic of Oktoberfest. Hopefully they can share a few fun facts with you, if you ask them to! 

Class 9 started Term 3 by looking at verb practice, and we were introduced to the simple past tense of ‘to be’. They used this to describe the weather, their holidays and anything else they could think of. We then looked at short postcards in German, and designing true/false comprehension questions for each group to swap and complete. Finally, they had to write their own postcard in German and present it as a poster with a picture of the place they remember and five questions (in English) for the class to answer. Class 9 are practising their pronunciation as they will be taking turns reading the post cards out loud to the class as a listening exercise.  

Mary-Jo Masmanian

Class 7 & German Teacher

I celebrate myself and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

from: Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

The Autobiography Main Lesson brings an awareness of the unique value of everyone’s life.

The Class 9 child is on the brink of young adulthood, so this Main Lesson has them revisit childhood, and sharing their own autobiography is a meaningful way of expressing their journey thus far. Conversations have a special focus as memorable moments from the past are celebrated again as they are remembered. The child communicates with their parents recalling stories of how their parents met, their family heritage, their birth story as well as infant and toddler years. And then they communicate with themselves as memory is jogged by photographs and the stimulation of the senses often with the smell and taste of kindy bread and the texture of kindy crafts and toys. And finally, the child communicates with peers as they share more recent memories of school including games, plays, camps, festivals, teachers and lessons.

The Class 9 child can be quite self-centred and pre-occupied with their own inner world so looking at exceptional humans who have had to overcome challenges and hardships helps the student appreciate their own life and the lives of others. The students are required to read a published biography or autobiography and to present this as an oral report to the class.

Students are encouraged to explore who they are through daily writing practice using a reflective autobiographical style, poetry writing, speaking and visual art. Students each design a personal Coat-of-Arms representing their geographical and cultural heritage as well as their own passions and interests. Childhood games are especially enjoyed, possibly for the last time as a group. They delight in running around on the oval playing games such as chasey, cat-and-mouse, “goosey, goosey” duck and scarecrows.

Pam Moore

English & Humanities Teacher

The Red Tails Coffee Shack will now be providing a wholesome school lunch service to PSC families on Fridays only. 

We anticipate offering a two day a week service again in 2025.

All orders will need to be placed through the below site preferably the night before or by 8am on lunch order days.

Please take time to peruse the site below: Canteen-Parkerville Steiner College (square.site)

Password: steiner 

Please make sure you put your childs name, class and order day/date in the 'Add a note for the seller' section of the website at the checkout.

We are very excited to be providing this service to our families.