Hello and welcome back! Term four has arrived and this week we have all been as busy as ever. Timepieces Students are finishing up their inventive timepieces. They have been working in pairs and small groups and the creations are being used to measure important things in our every day lives. Next week we’ll be […]
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Last Thursday, the Wurundjeri Project Group ventured into the city and visited the Koorie Heritage Trust to deepen our understanding of ‘how Wurundjeri peoples have changed over time’. Our guide took us along Birrarung Marr, painting a picture of life before colonisation through stories, artefacts and descriptions of change to the landscape. She was able
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Today our music project group visited the Arts Centre Melbourne. It was a wonderful insight into how this space worked from a backstage perspective. We saw a lot of great spaces and explored how different performances are staged. Phoebe (3/4D) spent some time this afternoon reflecting on our experiences during our visit. “Once everyone in the
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Hello all! On the behalf of the current Art in Residence program the 3/4’s are involved with, Hannah is asking for some parental help! Next Tuesday 28th August, the students will be engaged with a series of hands-on, cutting and connecting together activities during their Art sessions. If you are available and would like to
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“How do groups inform or influence our identity?” Through our provocations and workshops this week we will begin to delve into the ‘identity’ part of this question by asking “What is my identity made up of?” Time of our lives The students will be starting a new Mathematics inquiry this week, which will have a
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In week two we will be continuing to explore many of the projects and ideas that we introduced last week. This week is also a busy week in the 3/4 Neighbourhood, with swimming taking place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and hosting assembly that will take place on Friday afternoon. Narratives and Character Development As
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Welcome to term 3! Hope everyone had a fun and restful holiday. We are all very excited to get back into our inquiry and to begin exploring all the new projects taking place this term. Artist in residence: Giant Grass Design This week our Artist in Residence will be introduced. This project will be led
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Earlier in the week, Viv (Saskia’s father) visited the 34 neighbourhoods to support our thinking around the design of meeting places. He presented the thinking, decision making, considerations and potential for evolution behind the design of Federation Square. As Viv guided us through the project, we began to thinking about many aspects of our design
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Firstly, a big thank you to those parents and students who participated in last week’s Family Maths night. It was fantastic to see a huge turn out and celebrate the many different mathematical concepts the neighbourhoods had on offer. It was also amazing to see the community come together, work/play and take their learning experiences back
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