This week we continued to explore change and how places change over time. These changes can be physical (human-made or natural), cultural (language, music and art), or social (social norms and values). Students from 3/4 reflected on how places are connected through the landscape and common features and how these impact the identity of people …
Dear Parents and Carers, Another rich and interesting week in the Year 2 neighbourhood. We have begun using Webex for maths and reading and also for catching up in our homegroups. Bird watching, Mars rover launches and musical performances have also been a feature. Read on to hear more. Seb C-M’s treehouse creation: Ava: This …
Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to our first blog post for Term 3! It has been a busy week in the Year 2 Neighbourhood and everyone has made a very smooth transition back to remote learning. We continue our inquiry into The Self – An Exploration into Individual Identity and Expression. Read on for some …
Due to the current circumstances, it is no surprise that all interschool sporting events have been cancelled for Term 3. I will continue to provide updates here as I receive new information. https://ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/NEWSCoronavirusandschoolsport.aspx
Welcome to Term 3. We hope you are all well. While we finished up Term 2 feeling the warm glow after Student-Led Conferences, many of us were disappointed to find ourselves back to remote learning this term. Student-Led Conferences highlighted some significant growth and just how digitally competent we are. Students were able to lead …
As we live through a time of huge change. Recognising how one individual can make such big changes and have such a lasting impact has really made the learning meaningful; motivating us to learn more about ourselves as potential change-makers. This week we kicked off remote learning 2.0. While this does present some challenges, our …
As we write this blog, we are a few days into our second round of remote learning. As much as we were looking forward to welcoming our preps back into our neighbourhood for term 3 we recognise the importance of our collective resilience and unity in making the most of the situation. As teachers we …
Reflecting on our Different Learning Environments Read More »
As we settle back into remote learning we will continue to co-construct our understanding about culture, and ourselves. Last term the children shared important objects from their family culture online and continued to bring artifacts from home when we returned to school including, religious icons, traditions, and family recipes passed down through generations, just to name …
Last term our focus was on the home and the work of the Kitchen Sink artists. We examined our life at home and were able to look at our home in new ways. This term we will have fun reflecting on not only our homes, but ourselves, our family, the objects we make and collect, …
Visual Art Mirka Mora – Objects, Memories and Stories Read More »
As we embark on other period of remote and flexible learning, we explore the sentiment which united Italians during their period of isolation #io resto a casa (I’m staying home)….and we will venture back into the heart of the Italian home…la cucina! (the kitchen). For many Italians cooking with their families was a great source …