Students are coming to the end of filming their collaborative films in the three production companies. As a whole neighbourhood, we had a discussion about how we were finding the film making stage of our inquiry projects so far – things we have enjoyed and challenges we have had, and then looked forward to the …
This past fortnight Neighbourhood 2 have been getting very serious in their weaving together of all the many elements of film making we have been hard at work on, the; character development, setting production, script writing, table talks, filming and production company meetings. We have also been working with Deb to develop our musical considerations …
How can we draw on the films and videos around us to make a master film in our production companies? This was a key question explored by the neighbourhoods this week. Students in each of our three production companies have been working hard, polishing sets, editing scripts, developing sound scapes and readying the camera equipment. …
Students in the 1/2 Neighbourhood 2 started Term 4 working in their three Inquiry groups – Team Toys Productions, Pickle Family Productions and Paw Armadillos Productions. All students have been very engaged in developing characters, settings, and story lines – taking ownership over the project and collaborating successfully within their groups. Week 1 and Week …
Over the last few weeks, we have continued to build our understanding of stories and how stories are created. Our big ideas that we are investigating are ‘Films are developed with a big idea first’ and ‘Films have a message and purpose’. Through provocations and in workshops, students worked to identify the main themes that …
Term 3 Week 6 – Developing Our Production Companies Read More »
Book week really is one of the biggest weeks in the school year! Pure joy and excitement as we drive head first into quality books, stories, characters and imagination. This year, book week was even bigger and better, with two full days of whole school celebration as well as all the learning undertaken through workshops …
We started our excursion by learning about the history of the Footscray Community Arts Centre, the buildings and site along the Maribyrnong river. “We learned about the history of the buildings and the stories of what once happened there. It was made of blue stone and it was a piggery.” Eren. We discovered some of …
Term 2 Week 8 – ‘Tell Your Story!’ a workshop by the Footscray Community Arts Centre Read More »
What reconciliation means is remembering what has happened to Aboriginal People and working to say sorry and come together. Alba Throughout week 5 and week 6, the children in 1/2N2 have been exploring our inquiry through the lens of reconciliatio. Through provocations, we have explored stories told by local indigenous people, dreamtime stories and the …
Term 2 – Week 6. The Ongoing Story of Reconciliation Read More »
The last two weeks have been all about experiencing stories in the world outside of the PHPS fence as the students from neighbourhood two experienced two excursions and two wonderful guest speakers. Our visit to ACMI saw the students participate in a Light and Shadow puppet workshop where the students drew inspiration from shadow puppets …
Story Telling in the Real World – Term 1 Week 10 Read More »
This week we celebrate the learning undertaken in our neighbourhood for our whole school Welcome Project. It is a wonderful celebration of building a community of creative, engaged and collaborative learners. We have worked hard over the last few weeks to build routines, establish norms and expectations, as well as document and show rights and …
Sharing our learning through the Welcome Project – Term 1 Week 6 Read More »