Hi everyone! Next week (Wk. 10) the school will be holding an assembly to help celebrate the achievements and events of term 3. The assembly will begin at 9:05am in the school gym and welcome everyone to come along. It should only last for around 30 minutes or so. THEN! After the assembly, the year […]
End of Term Assembly & Year 1 Neighbourhood Celebration! Read More »
On Tuesday, the whole year 1 neighbourhood ventured out to the Melbourne Museum! The students fully immersed themselves in the real life contexts which included exhibitions of ‘Bugs Alive,’ ‘Marine Life’ and ‘Dinosaur Walks.’ In line with our current inquiry focus of communicating important messages for our environment and the our future, students further identified
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Hello! Can children please bring their lunch and water bottle in a simple carry-bag like the one below to bring to the museum. The museum does NOT want children to bring their school bags. Thank you!
Lunch Bag for Museum visit Read More »
There are exciting opportunities for the Year 1’s coming up towards the end of this term (Melbourne Museum) and the intensive swimming program starting in Term 4. Swimming forms have been handed out to all Year 1 students. They are to be filled in and returned to your child’s home group teacher by the end
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The children are continuing to explore how we can use stories to communicate important messages about the environment for our future. Last week students began writing information texts about the environment, writing narratives told through the eyes of animals, and stories with persuasive ideas about the environment. They have been creating habitats for animals that live in
Term 3, Week 6 Learning Read More »
The Year 1’s are excited about an upcoming excursion late in the term. On Tuesday 10th September, all of the Year 1 students will be bussing to participate in an excursion to the Melbourne Museum where students will be immersed in real life contexts to be able to communicate important messages for our environment and
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“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
Students have been developing an understanding that stories contain important messages. We are continuing to develop students understanding of stories and how stories can communicate important messages about the environment for our future. The children have been responding in a range of ways investigating the stories of the rainforest, ocean and the desert. They have
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This week, the children have been responding to our inquiry provocations into stories. Each space set up to create a specific nature environment. To spark the children’s imaginations we asked them to respond by drawing the story of the desert, the story of the sea and the story of the rainforest. To deepen our investigation
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Today, we re-launched our inquiry into stories and story-telling by setting up each of the learning spaces to create a specific NATURE ENVIRONMENT! In the Art Space, we created a DESERT! In the Learning Commons, we created the OCEAN! And in the Performance Space, we created the RAINFOREST and UNDERGROUND! We filled the spaces full
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