Pakenham Primary School

On Wednesday, 2nd June, more than 230 students from Years 3–6 travelled to the Casey Fields Regional Athletics Track in Cranbourne to compete in the annual PPS House Athletics Carnival. This marked the highest student participation in our athletics carnival to date.
Despite the cold conditions, all students demonstrated outstanding persistence, resilience, and sportsmanship as they competed across a range of events, including shot put, discus, long jump, relay races, and sprints.
A sincere thank you to our dedicated staff and volunteers for their efforts in organising and running the events, and to the many parents, carers, and friends who came along to support and encourage our students throughout the day. It was a fantastic celebration of participation, teamwork, and school spirit. 🏃🏆🎉

Congratulations to this week’s student achievement award recipients and our AFLW team 🎉✨🏉

On Monday, the Year Ones had an Indigenous Art and Storytelling incursion. We were visited by Boonwurrung man, Steven, who spoke to us about Aboriginal culture and showed us some artefacts, including a kangaroo and possum skin, spears, shields, and eel nets. We also learnt and danced to the Betayla (whale), Babarka (Dolphin), and Biyidan (shear water bird) songs, accompanied by the didgeridoo and clapsticks.

Steven brought along a beautiful artwork which we all added our handprints to in crushed ochre. The 3 outside circles are knowledge circles that represent our 3 year one homegroups. The inside circle represents the 3 classes coming together for Ngargee (ceremony) and cultural learnings. Our school logo of Frankie Feather has been incorporated into these knowledge circles. The background shows where the school is located on Boonwurrung country. The yellow at the top represent the hills and Bunyip state forest and the blue at the bottom represents Murranbiik (Western Port Bay). The whole art piece is looking from the eyes of Bunjil flying over Birranga (country).

It was a great day and the bubups (children) had fun and learnt a lot.

Congratulations to our Girls Football Team, who were runners-up at the Pakenham District AFL Girls Gala Football Day last Wednesday.
The girls showed tremendous resilience, persistence, and skill throughout the day, especially in the wet and cold conditions at the Pakenham ovals. We are incredibly proud of their teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship.
Well done to all the girls on a fantastic achievement! 🏉

Congratulations to this week’s student achievement award recipients and the winners of our Book-fair ‘front cover design’ competition 🎉✨📖

Today we celebrated Education Support (ES) Day at our school, ahead of the official day tomorrow, 16 May. Our ES staff are truly the heart of our school community. Every single day they give so much of themselves to support our students, staff and families with kindness, patience, compassion and dedication. We are so incredibly grateful for the countless ways our ES staff go above and beyond to help our school thrive. Thank you for the care you show, the relationships you build, and the difference you make in the lives of our students and school community each and every day. We appreciate and value you more than words can say. 💙

Congratulations to this week’s student achievement award winners 🎉✨😍

We would like to wish all of the Pakenham Primary School community a Happy Mother’s Day! 💕

Congratulations to this week’s student achievement award recipients and the winners of our Mother’s Day raffle 🎉✨😍
Huge thank you to the PFA for preparing the raffle and everyone who donated 🫶🏻

Yesterday, 60 of our students proudly represented our school at the Pakenham District Cross Country Day. Every participant competed to the best of their ability, demonstrating remarkable persistence, determination, and courage. There were some outstanding individual performances, but as an overall school team, we did exceptionally well. Out of eight competing schools, Pakenham Primary School achieved an awesome overall result, earning the runners-up pennant. This is a fantastic accomplishment for our team. Congratulations to all students who took part, and a sincere thank you to the parents, friends, and family members who came along to support them throughout the day. 🏆