Years 1 & 2 Neighbourhood 2
We started our excursion by learning about the history of the Footscray Community Arts Centre, the buildings and site along the Maribyrnong river. “We learned about the history of the buildings and the stories of what once happened there. It was made of blue stone and it was a piggery.” Eren. We discovered some of …
What reconciliation means is remembering what has happened to Aboriginal People and working to say sorry and come together. Alba Throughout week 5 and week 6, the children in 1/2N2 have been exploring our inquiry through the lens of reconciliatio. Through provocations, we have explored stories told by local indigenous people, dreamtime stories and the …
Technology is an incredible part of our lives and this week, students from 1/2N2 have been using different technology to add and build their storytelling. While in small groups and pairs, the students have been learning how to use imovie, photobook and garage band as a way to capture emotions and build understanding for the …
This week, students have been enjoying a variety of provocations into storytelling, with a focus on performance. They are developing their understanding of character development through puppet making, building their understanding of performance through using finger puppets in the performance space, and working on scripts and stories in the learning commons. Students are also interested …
The last two weeks have been all about experiencing stories in the world outside of the PHPS fence as the students from neighbourhood two experienced two excursions and two wonderful guest speakers. Our visit to ACMI saw the students participate in a Light and Shadow puppet workshop where the students drew inspiration from shadow puppets …
In Week 7 we started to explore the inquiry question ‘What is a Story?’. Since the start of the term, students have been enjoying writing and telling stories as a way to share their unique strengths and interests with others and build connections across the neighbourhood. We began to look at the elements of story …
This week we celebrate the learning undertaken in our neighbourhood for our whole school Welcome Project. It is a wonderful celebration of building a community of creative, engaged and collaborative learners. We have worked hard over the last few weeks to build routines, establish norms and expectations, as well as document and show rights and …
This past week we have been deeply exploring who we are. We noticed that we are actually a lot of different things! We wondered if perhaps we were different on the inside, or perhaps different in different places or with different people. To more deeply explore this we had a number of projects and workshops. …
Sometimes you can make new friends with your friends friends. You can then be a group Emily Students in the Year 1/2 Neighbourhood Two are settling into their new environment and are beginning to develop an understanding of the different learning spaces and our daily routines. We are building connections with each other and starting …
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