Thanks to everyone for a fabulous Term of Music, and the added adventure into the Performing Arts. What has been really evident across the Neighbourhoods is the potential to relate to the outside world through the performing arts and share how we can express our understanding of the world in multiple ways. Having the opportunity […]
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Neighbourhood 3-6 Taking inspiration from participating in project Reclaim the Void, Term 3s’ inquiry related content back to local community context with students ‘commissioned’ to conceptualise, plan and design a proposal for an art installation linked to local land/community and issues that they care about. Students were invited to choose a space within the school
Can you believe we have come to the end of Term 3? Just in time for the holidays, we have a whole lot of new books to fill the Library shelves. Along with the CBCA short-listed books for 2024, we have plenty of new chapter books, non-fiction titles, and some highly sought-after graphic novels. A
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What an amazing day we all had at CERES! Thanks to our facilitators, James and Harriet, we learned all about the water cycle, how to make a bee bath, observing and caring for Country, how to make a Warrigal greens seed pod, and how to find minibeasts in the wetlands. This has been a valuable
Inquiry: Our Systems, Our World, Ourselves Big ideas: As we wrap up the Expand phase of our inquiry, students are beginning to consider the different ways they can apply their learning in new contexts. Moving towards publishing their indigenous species reports they are considering the ways they can support the survival of their focus plants
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Deeper and deeper thinking is happening around the creation of our imaginary world. Students are continuing to focus hard on the planning, designing, building and writing of key elements of the world. They have also been engaging in workshops that prompt them to develop, consolidate and apply their mathematical skills while creating other important aspects
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We had an amazing time last week for book week dressing up as our favourite characters. Our class was graced with the presence of none other than Mr Stink, Dog Man, Gandalf, Harry Potter, Fitz, The Savages and some spectacular Greek Gods and Demigods, to name but a few. We were blown away with the
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An Author Comes to Call Following our exciting book week festivities, we’ve been fortunate to host local author (and parent), Alice Pung. During her visit, Alice talked to us about her process for drafting, the importance of cheap notebooks, AND that unlike many other professions, a writer’s tools are relatively easy to come by. She
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During our latest workshops, the children engaged in a group discussion. We compiled a list on the board of all the topics we have delved into to take action to enhance our life bubble within the natural and physical world. We have discussed how this deeper exploration has contributed to our understanding of our life
Inquiry: Our Systems, Our World, Ourselves New big ideas: Initial big idea: “A system set of parts working together or interconnected to form a complex whole.” As a neighbourhood our collective inquiry is moving into the Apply Phase. Our deep investigation into indigenous species has led us to ask the questions, “How can we make
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