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Inquiry:  Our Systems, Our World, Ourselves Big ideas:  As we wrap up the Expand phase of our inquiry, students are beginning to consider the different ways they can apply their learning in new contexts. Moving towards publishing their indigenous species reports they are considering the ways they can support the survival of their focus plants […]

Deeper and deeper thinking is happening around the creation of our imaginary world. Students are continuing to focus hard on the planning, designing, building and writing of key elements of the world. They have also been engaging in workshops that prompt them to develop, consolidate and apply their mathematical skills while creating other important aspects

Inquiry:  Our Systems, Our World, Ourselves New big ideas:  Initial big idea: “A system set of parts working together or interconnected to form a complex whole.” As a neighbourhood our collective inquiry is moving into the Apply Phase. Our deep investigation into indigenous species has led us to ask the questions, “How can we make

This year’s Book Week theme is Reading is Magic – and as the Year 2s know, magic is a wonderful aspect of fantasy that we can explore. As part of our engagement in this exciting time of year, the students have been delving into the magic of visualisation and the way that written words can

Over the last two weeks, the 5/6 Neighbourhood have worked in project groups to deepen their understanding and think of ways to create a product that reflects our inquiry into legacy, leadership change and impact.  Community expertise and resources are invaluable to our inquiry projects! We encourage any members of the school community to let

Students have been challenged to design a sustainable, green, classroom of the future.  We have begun by researching sustainability and green buildings, sketching building concepts with sustainable features, investigating architectural drawings (with engineering design in mind), and started creating floor plans for our possible future neighbourhood.  We have been measuring the classrooms and the fittings

If there is a theme running through all the activities that have been blossoming in Music and Performing Arts across the Neighbourhoods, and yes the apple tree outside stage door is about to burst into flower, it would have to be collaboration. Individual skills and gifts don’t often have the opportunity to shine via a

As the Year 1 neighbourhood moves through our inquiry cycle, from connecting our ideas, to expanding our knowledge, we come to the next stage: applying what we know. What started as a small idea to reinvigorate our courtyard space has taken a journey through workshops, research, special guest speakers and a conceptual playworld – all

National Science Week Demonstrations: Science is all around us and the Preps are always keen to understand more about the world, so we’ve spent some extra time this past week discussing and observing science in action. To get started, we unpacked what ‘science’ means to them. This year’s theme was ‘Species Survival – More Than

In the apply phase of our inquiry, students are continuing to work towards creating our imaginary world. Each line of inquiry group is responsible for different elements of the world including plants, animals, labs, libraries, play things and play spaces. The natural world of our imaginary world will include interesting plants and mythical creatures, and