This semester there have been many moments when we felt gratitude to other people in our community. When we express our gratitude it improves our wellbeing and the wellbeing of those around us.  After taking some time to reflect and ponder, these are a few heartwarming examples: Ivy: Ayshe and I are making a surprise…

The 3/4 neighbourhoods returned last week from a fantastic three days at Weekaway Camp, near the town of Lancefield. Despite some very cold and wet weather, it proved to be a positive and life affirming experience for all involved. Here are some camp related thoughts from our neighbourhood: Sumaya : My favourite activity was the…

Welcome to the ¾ NH2 blog post for Week 6: How can camp help us learn more about ourselves as a community?  As you know, camp is coming up next week and lots of people are very excited about it. We are going to Camp Weekaway on Monday for 3 days and 2 nights. Reminder…

Dear parents and carers, In our last blog post, we introduced our project groups and now we would like to tell you about how they are going. For those of you who are keenly reading our blog each week, you should have an idea of what each group is working towards.  Short Story Collection Elias:…

Welcome parents and carers to the Term 4 Week 2 3/4NH2 blog post, This term we have been working in our project groups. Each project group consists of students who are focussing on a particular aspect of our inquiry into community, wellbeing and belonging. Each group is focusing on one area of learning that has…

In 3/4NH2, students have begun working in four project groups connected to our inquiry this year – Together we are stronger, an inquiry into communities, belonging and wellbeing. Each project group has an outcome related to contributing to our community. Community House Group Ivy Belle- Our plan is to help people’s wellbeing and to deepen…

For the last couple of weeks we have been learning about how public art tells a story. In the coming weeks, we are planning to visit the Moreland City Council (Merri-bek) offices to talk with Mayor Mark and the public arts officer. We are hoping to learn more about the decision-making process that the council…

Over the past two weeks, as a Neighbourhood we have been focussed on portraiture as a way to tell a story. Portraits tell a story by showing what the subject is feeling (Zoe). You can tell by the background what the subject did in their life (Hattie). For example, if the background is words or…

This year, our inquiry is helping us better understand ideas of wellbeing, community and inclusion. Learning about the power of ‘yet’ connects to our inquiry because if our community embraces the power of ‘yet’, we can work together to have a growth mindset. If we are trying to do something that we can’t do yet,…

“Together we are stronger”  “Belonging”  “Wellbeing” “Community” This is our final blog post for Semester 1. Over the year so far, we have investigated our understanding of belonging to strong communities. We have look at the big ideas of: Belonging What are communities? Which communities we belong to What makes an Australian? Elimination of Racial…