“Nothing Without Joy” – Malaguzzi This quote came to mind in our planning meeting today when we were reflecting on the week the children have had in the Year 1 neighbourhood. The joy and the engagement of the children was evident, as they continued their exploration into stories of our environment to deepen our understanding […]
In the Year 2 Neighbourhood this week we went to the State Library of Victoria on Swanston Street. The purpose of our excursion was to visit the World of the Book Exhibition to better understand the use of writing, and to observe the Tai Snaith installation. Despite the grey skies and the possibility of rain,
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On Wednesday the 14th of August The Kindness group went on an excursion. We went to Rathdowne Village because we wanted to spread kindness in our community. We gave posters to people who work in the shops. The posters were to spread the kindness. When we were spreading kindness people were kind back to us.
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Our wellbeing focus for this term has been the capability of ‘collaboration.’ Students have been exploring this capability and the value that collaboration adds to our thinking and learning. We understand that much of learning is social but the skills and attributes that are required to be a good collaborator are sometimes a bit tricky!
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This week, students have continued looking deeper into their own environmental projects within the desert, ocean and rainforest learning spaces. An environmental conversation has come about in each of the learning areas outlining how each nature is affected by human impact or mother nature. Some of these examples include the cutting down of trees in
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It is fantastic to see so many children riding their scooters to school, however storage of these scooters in the neighbourhood is making movement into and out of (and around) our Green Room unsafe for students and staff. As such, we as asking students that from next week (Term 3, Week 5) to please store
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Performing hits close to the hearts of all our 3/4 students. We enjoy exploring our ideas through performance and presentation each week and are working to build our understanding of the different ways to express our ideas, creations and calls to action. This term we have been lucky enough to have had two fantastic performances
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Dear Parents / caregivers, An invitation to our upcoming documentation evening has been sent home with your child/ren. Below is an image of the invitation. An RSVP has been placed with the invitation and we request that it be returned to school by 26th August. We look forward to sharing the neighbourhood’s learning.
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Ciao a tutti! We are having a wonderful time exploring Italia during our weekly Italian sessions. Here is an update of the learning that has been happening: Preps and year 1: the prep and year 1 students have explored the shape of Italia, its flag, some of its most iconic cities, landmarks and foods. They