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As we close in on another term, mostly at home, we’ve come to realise (again) how important our physical exercise really is not just for our bodies, but our mindset too. Over the last two months, the students have had a strong focus with our athletics carnivals – preparing, training, building fitness hopefully towards a […]

Sending Messages of Hope in Small Things- This week we will find imaginative ways to send messages out to the world using pattern ideas we have developed over the past few weeks. This week we shared a message to the world that help to lift people’s spirits and create a feeling of well-being and happiness.

Prep students Last week I was so impressed with the amazing Stick sculptures the Prep students made! They were wonderful! What I noticed was that the Preps all experimented with a range of materials to create really original sculptures. This week, we continued playing around with sticks and we made a dwelling or home for

’Not Giving Up Just Yet’ is the title of a ‘Bluey’ episode we enjoyed in Music this week. The relatable scenario of failing at something, feeling defeated, problem solving and then succeeding, had a very special music score underpinning the emotional journey of the characters: Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ from 1824. All the students responses

As we continue to wait for hopeful news on the return back to face to face learning, the students have been busy consolidating on their fitness skills by engaging in a number of fun and exciting physical activities. Because of the recent curfew in Melbourne, we are still awaiting on setting a date for the

Ciao a tutti! We have been building the story of our families, learning to name the members, describe them, talk about special dishes made for us or with us to share….This week in Italian we have been exploring and sharing aspects of our cultura. We have learnt to name elements of our family’s heritage and

Prep Last week students embarked on a treasure hunt! Artists are curious about the world they live in. They find and collect things and sometimes just keep them until they find a use for them. Artists love to play around with the materials they find. Finding and collecting objects to use in an artwork is

In week 5, students continued to explore the idea of transferring a 2D surface to a 3D object. It has been a recurring theme in our exploration into sculpture. Over the last few weeks we have been creating designs and working out ideas for our wire and wood sculptures. We have been thinking about the

These drawings were of characters and creatures, both real and imagined. In week 5, students created a background or setting for the little sculptures that they will make when we are back at school. When designing these backgrounds, they thought about the creatures or characters they designed at school. Students wondered where these characters lived

As we step, run, throw and jump closer to our Athletics Carnival in Week 5, the students are working hard training and trialing out for several events. Since we returned last week from remote learning, trials have been set for 400m and 800m within their Health & PE sessions whereas this week it was about