As part of our Artist in Residence programme we have been very lucky to have photographer Darren James working with the children. Darren has a strong interest in humanitarian aid and development, healthcare, cultural identity, climate change, education, environment, hard waste management and sustainability with a focus on Pacific island nations and South East Asia. […]
Artist in Resident – Darren James – Photographer Read More »
Last week, interesting theories, questions and wonderings with authentic potential were uncovered in our neighbourhood in connection to provocations connected to the artist in residence program. These artists have been specially chosen from our local community as part of our whole school wellbeing project and include a photographer, musician and dancer. We were able to
Maybe if we were all quiet enough we could hear the Coronavirus Read More »
“Instead of you going really fast when you can’t focus on things, it’s going a bit slower and it helps you to have a look at it and notice more things. Claudia I This beautiful observation was in response to work the children have been engaged in with artist in residence, dance teacher Toni
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Hi everyone, Here are the links from today’s science wondering. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-10-20/nasa-osiris-rex-landing-on-bennu-explained/12745804 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/bennu-top-ten Enjoy!
‘Trees are the largest manifestation of the life-force we see. No two trees are the same, like us. We’re all a little bit different inside and look a little bit different outside. You notice that more in winter than in the summer… Trees become friends.’ David Hockney Last week we realized that many students held
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This week has been so filled with joy as we have come back to in-person school and reconnected in the neighbourhoods! Our key focus for the week was COLLABORATION and we discussed what qualities a good collaborator needs to have. We explored how collaboration is shaped by who we are working with. Through our GAME
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As transition back to on-site learning has begun again this week, we are focussed on the wellbeing of our students and the assessment of their learning needs for the rest of 2020. In the prep neighbourhood we have concentrated on observation and documentation of the children’s moments of re -connecting with their environments, friends and
Transitions to The Neighborhood – finding comfort in the familiar Read More »
Welcome back Welcome back to Term 4 on-site! This week has been a huge adjustment for many of us moving from a set working space we share with our immediate families, compared with moving into a variety of learning spaces along with 135 others. We discussed the happy and sad of change. We had some
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After so many weeks of online learning we are thrilled to all be back at school with the children! The children have settled in extremely well. Happy to be back with their friends and teachers in the familiar surrounds of the year 1 neighbourhood. Our focus this week has been settling the children back into
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Collage and Connection: This term we examined collage and connection. We reflected on our lives during lockdown and what it has meant to be isolated from friends and family and not have the freedom to travel around. To begin the process, we looked at artists and how they can help us to reflect on our
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