SCHOOL CARD ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS FOR 2021 CLOSE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19 If you are yet to pay your school fees and think you may be eligible for Government School Card Assistance, you will need to apply at the school or online at sa.gov.au/education/schoolcard before Friday the 19th of November. Paper application forms are available from...Read More
It has been arts and crafts time in my Year 8 HASS class recently; for the last two weeks, the students have been designing totems inspired by the Polynesian gods that we have ben studying – they have used either cultural artistic styles or imagery that symbolises the traits of their chosen God. They’ve done...Read More
PLHS sent four teams to the Ravendale Sporting Complex today to compete in this year’s Super 8’s Cricket carnival. By all accounts, it was a wonderful day, well organised and delivered by Navigator College. Other competing teams came from St. Joseph’s School, Tumby Bay Area School and Cummins Area School, with great displays of skill...Read More
In recent years, Week 5 in Term 4 has become PE Week – to kick off this year’s event in the Gym at lunchtime, Mr Boyd West’s Stage 1 (Year 11) PE class took on the staff in a fast-paced and friendly game of korfball. The Dutch game of korfball is similar to netball and...Read More
We are delighted to share the exploits of Year 9 student Piper Wilkes with our school community. During NAPLAN testing earlier this year, Piper performed remarkably well, particularly in his Writing test – he recorded an outstanding Band 10 result, the highest possible achievement score. Piper was the only PLHS student to receive a Band...Read More
Pop-Up Medics will be making their second visit to PLHS for 2021 on Monday November 8th (Week 5). They will be administering booster shots for the following immunisations that Year 8 and 10 students received back in March: Year 8’s will get their second dose of Gardasil (booster)Year 10’s will get their second dose of...Read More
Wednesday November 3 ~ Saturday November 6 Students will be able to access a COVID-19 vaccination clinic based in our Resource Centre next week, from Wednesday November 3rd to Friday November 5th. Although the schedule is still being finalised, it is likely to be: Wednesday – Year 8’s & Year 10’sThursday – Year 9’sFriday –...Read More
Congratulations to the following middle school students who earlier today received certificates as recipients of Term 3 Academic and/or School Values Awards: YEAR 10 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Lucy Bennie, Ella Campbell, Kyla Cullen, Saranda Edwards, Eliza Hartwich, Shana Pomeroy, Jemma Rawling, Denise Sadiwa, Cody Selwyn-Shore, Amelia Stevens, Taya Watherston & Kit West YEAR 10 MERITORIOUS EFFORT:...Read More
In this edition of the PLHS Podcast, we chat to Senior School Assistant Principal Miss Bambi Britten about the important upcoming end-of-year events and key dates for our Year 12 and 11 students. As usual, the recording concludes with a gag, this time inspired by Bambi’s young daughter Poppy and her love of cows.Read More
Congratulations to the following senior school students (pictured above) who earlier today received certificates as recipients of Term 3 Academic and/or School Values Awards: YEAR 12 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Ellie Akehurst, Darcee Azzopardi, Liefja Branford, Ursula Clarke, Ashlee Cocks, Shauna Little & Imogen McGown YEAR 12 MERITORIOUS EFFORT: Emily Berryman, Ashleigh Carpenter, Mardia Enge, Metasebiya Ford,...Read More
