Year 2A Learning outside the walls of our classroom
As well as our usual curriculum learning within the classroom, the Year 2 girls enjoy exploring and taking our learning to other areas of the School. During Wellbeing sessions, the girls have very much enjoyed sanding sticks which they collected from the ground in the gardens nearby our classroom.
Art smocks on, sandpaper in hand, calm conversation, patience, and the development of fine motor skills have all been a regular part of our week as the girls have sanded their sticks, changing the rough natural exterior to smooth textured wood. The girls marvelled at the changes in colour as they sanded away, revealing magic and surprise below the surface.
One of our favourite places to visit is the Farm. The girls were thrilled to get to meet the calves this week, spend some time with the chicks, weighing and measuring them for our maths unit on weight and graphs, and feed and hold the chickens in their new yard.
The conversations had as we meander back up the hill are always enlightening and engaging. The walk back up the hill seems to get easier each time, with the girls needing fewer and fewer stops along the way.
The girls all agree that we are very fortunate to have access to such beautiful grounds as a part of our everyday at school.
Michelle Gluskie | Year 2A Teacher
Year 6 Camp
Following our girls study on the Government, the Year 6 girls and boys attended Parliament in session and visited places of national importance including the War Memorial, Art Gallery and Questacon, Flying from Melbourne to Canberra they spent three nights and action packed days in Canberra last week. Read the report
