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Coburg Athletics track – THE day started with strong drizzle and it didn’t hold off until after 9am! There was even a point the District leaders almost made the call to postpone the occasion. But in the end, the sun did burst through the clouds and the event was run with full success! All 57 […]

Over the past fortnight, students in Year’s 3-6 have continued participating in a number of Athletics events at school. After the successful Athletics Carnival in Coburg, we still had a number of events left to complete; Hurdles, High Jump and other running events just to name a few. Even though majority of these events were

When Miles from Prep first heard the sound of the Federation Handbells, he said that they sounded like ’stars singing in the sky’. This wonderous observation, along with the idea that we are all made of star dust as the Preps have been remarking all week, are just two of many magical moments that have

For the past few weeks, students have been focusing on the work of Sally Smart. Kee ping on the theme of portraiture and our explorations in a range of media, students have been inspired by Sally Smart’s collage and multimedia works and her use of both 2 and 3 Dimensional elements in her large scale

Weeks 4 and 5 For the past two weeks the year 1-6 students have turned their attention to creating a 3D self portrait, inspired by Rona Panangka Rubuntja’s I’m black (Nicky Winmar), covered vase 2015, in the NGV WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture exhibition. Students used paper clay to create a self-portrait that would allow them

For the last two weeks students have focused on one work inspired by Andrew Brook’s portrait of Marcia Langton from the WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture at the NGV Exhibition. Students worked with portrait photos of themselves, embellished the background with images that speak to the viewer about who they are as a person, and

This term we will make links with the NGV Exhibition WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture. Self Portraits and Portraits: Children’s self-portraits can be windows into how they see themselves and can reveal certain aspects of a child’s world and his or her experience of self. Self-portraits provide a visual means through which children’s deepest feelings

Week 8 and 9 Over the past few weeks, students created a new work reflecting on the main themes and understandings we have drawn from the Bark Ladies exhibition at the NGV.  Students reflected on the work of the Yolŋu artists, their use of materials sourced from the country and their connection to country and

As we continue our skill development of hand and eye coordination through the code of tennis and bat-tennis, the students expressed they wanted a little home group competition! Therefore, through student agency, I worked with our health and wellbeing leaders in 56 to create a mini tennis round-robin! From setting up the tennis nets at