Neighbourhood 3-6 Taking inspiration from participating in project Reclaim the Void, Term 3s’ inquiry related content back to local community context with students ‘commissioned’ to conceptualise, plan and design a proposal for an art installation linked to local land/community and issues that they care about. Students were invited to choose a space within the school […]
After 15 weeks of dedicated learning, ‘Tonight’s the Night’ for our Red-capped Robins. They will step out onto the stage of the Melbourne Town Hall with 150 choristers from different learning communities. We will be united as one voice, and advocate for sustainability in this year’s La Boite performance of Los Ninos. It’s been a
For our Global Community, we sing for a Sustainable Future. Read More »
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We’ve enjoyed the magic of music this week to get our bodies moving in musical chairs. It’s been a great resilience building exercise for all too! 56 students have done fitness drills and played tchoukball to practice for their tournament next week. 45 students got the rippa rugby belts on for the first time and
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The junior school tabloid sports were such a huge success! The participation of the students was incredible; they demonstrated perseverance, determination, teamwork, sportsmanship, house spirit, and showed that they really are strong and capable children. The events were chicken slinging, captain’s coming, caterpillar team challenge, egg and spoon races, sack races, team island relays, extreme
THE SMILES SAID IT ALL! Read More »
On Thursday 4th May, the weather gods were in our favour for 60 students to head to Princes Park for the annual district cross country. They were eager and excited, with a mixture of nerves thrown in too. All students ran to the best of their ability and did a wonderful job of representing our
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Collaging stories ‘Collage is putting bits of pieces of paper together to make a big bit of paper’ Hattie Yr 1 If each little bit of paper is like one of our stories, and bringing each little piece of paper together is like bringing all our stories together. ‘This will make one big story’… Lucinda
Our beautiful Mural- Our Big Story Read More »
Expo this week – HPE videos are available to view the learning journey of each neighborhood. Key learning for this week, across neighborhoods Prep – Games and fundamental movement skills. Year 1 – Dodging! The kids have been playing games and doing movement drills to practice changing direction while running. They have been practicing transferring
This week saw the culmination of the term’s work and the bringing together of all the students’ stories about their connection with nature. ‘Collage is putting bits of pieces of paper together to make a big bit of paper’ Hattie Yr 1 If each little bit of paper is like one of our stories, and
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“La musica fa respirare-music makes you breathe” (Alda Merini) This week we have been looking at the importance of musica, comunita`, famiglia and being insieme (together). We’ve explored how the Italian people used music as a tremendous source of support and reassurance during their first period of isolamento. From their balconies Italians sang, played instruments,
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