We will be holding a Junior School Assembly this Friday 21st June at 9:05am. The school’s proposed therapy dog, Heidi, will be introduced to the students. Heidi will be on a lead at all times and this will be a general ‘meet and greet’ session so that students can become familiar with our newest addition. […]
Junior School Assembly 21st June! Read More »
This week we had some wonderful guests come in to visit the neighbourhood about their jobs and the stories behind their jobs – linking in with one of our current inquiries of storytelling throughout our community. Geoff Brown and Kholoo from the Arthur Rylah Institute are two experienced scientists who shared not only what they
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The Year 1 students will all be involved with a fantastic Puppetry incursion coming up in Week 9 – Tuesday June 18th. The workshop program will provide a structured opportunity for all students to discover their imaginative potential in line with our current inquiry of stories and storytelling. The students will be able to develop
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This week, the students continued where they left off from last week’s valuable discussion of what messages or lessons stories hold. After coming up with four categories to place these messages/lessons into: Environmental, Feelings and Emotions (Wellbeing), Good & Evil, Cultures, students wrote down a list of messages they would like to teach/send to the rest of the world.
Learning Focus – Week 7! Read More »
Hello all! This week we revisited the students’ responses to their immersing of story books from last week. They had written what the message was and identified the importance of why we tell stories. In order to look further into the students understanding, we all agreed that there are different categories of messages within each
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During our first session this week, the students walked into their neighbourhood areas to find several books, pictures, background sounds and videos that all correlated with stories. The students were invited to read, watch and listen to the many different forms of stories and to discuss what they find. We provided this opportunity for students
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Firstly, thank you to those volunteers who came out on an overcast day for the Walkathon! It was a big success as the students had a great time walking and already we’ve had some extremely generous payments raised for the school – so THANK YOU all very much! And what a wonderful sight last week’s
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Happy early Mother’s day to all of our wonderful mothers and special carers! The turnout at our assembly this morning was so wonderful to see and it was a true community celebration. Some of the animation project students had the opportunity to share some of the work they have been doing through special animated messages
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We back in full swing for the Term and there are some fantastic opportunities for the students approaching! First of all, walkathon today was a brilliant way to bring the school community together and enjoy the occasion. Now that the event is finished, we are encouraging students to look back at their sponsor sheets, mathematically work
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Hi all, As there are plenty of events fast approaching this term, we thought it would be helpful for you all to have the following written in your diaries or keep in mind. Excursions/Incursions: In line with our inquiry of stories and storytelling for this year, the Year 1 team are busy organising some fantastic
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