This fortnight the Year 1 neighbourhood has explored a diverse range of principles and concepts in our inquiry. Conducting research on bush tucker, students refined their search to one select plant and enhanced their understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and perspectives. Students have compiled their findings using laptops, and will begin sharing […]
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The Olympic excitement has spread to the prep neighbourhood this fortnight and many children are eager to share their knowledge of what they have seen overnight or a favourite sport they have watched. We used this excitement during provocations, and had printouts of countries from around the world that are attending the Olympics, along with
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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 we are continuing to move through the Expand phase of our inquiry. The students have begun the term by enthusiastically engaging with our current big ideas
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Neighbourhoods began the new term celebrating national NAIDOC week and exploring the way it feels to hear music and the relationship of music to mark-making. In joining together with Deb’s music program and inspired by the Spinifex Gum Collective students were encouraged to see sound and music as a painting. ‘Spinifex Gum are an award-winning
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Term 3 has begun and the students have been settling back into the routines of the neighbourhood. We had ten students selected to attend a nine day outdoor education camp at Somers on the Mornington Peninsula. Here they experienced challenges that align with our school values of expanding possibilities and strong and capable children. Highlights
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We have enjoyed a wonderful start to the term in the prep neighbourhood! We kicked things off by celebrating NAIDOC week and the children enjoyed a variety of provocations that celebrated the incredible culture and traditions of our first nations peoples. The studio was buzzing with bush tucker creations – we had children showing each
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Our amazing students have excelled in their learning this week. As a collective we have worked brilliantly to prepare a short dramatic production for Fridays Assembly. Rather than share our excellent Shark Tank businesses with the school, our ambitious students wanted to share our classroom mysteries stories in an interesting performance. This performance will highlight
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Sleep is an important part of children’s mental health and wellbeing, growth and development. Children’s sleep health is influenced by various individual, social and environmental factors. Increased knowledge and understanding of the importance of sleep health, along with the factors that impact sleep health for children and families, can help support and promote good sleep
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reclaim the Void A message to all the Weavers; ‘Well, collectively, we’ve done it! 3,000 rugs, and still collecting and counting!!! Thank you so much to all of you for being involved. I know not all of you got to completed rugs – but that’s ok. Collectively we did, and every little bit of intention,
We have had a fun filled fortnight, with so much happening in the prep neighbourhood! We received another voice message from our friend Grey Beard, asking the children the following: “How much loot will fit in your boat, will it sink or will it float?” Before testing the boats, we had a go at experimenting
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