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25.01.2022 Early this term Michael began to make balsa planes and gave them out to the children to play with. A few Saturdays ago I bumped into Michael at the hardware shop purchasing sheets of balsa wood. What do you have planned for your weekend? I asked. Well said Michael, I have had a few requests for the planes so thought I might get some cut out ready. A few requests is an understatement. From the smallest to the oldest the children have been flying their planes, making adjustments and modifications, painting them, adjusting throwing angles to suit the breeze and fine tuning whatever needs it. It is a cycle of, take plane to top of forest garden, throw, run down hill, retrieve, run up hill, adjust, throw again, repeat until bell goes, take to Michael for repairs.

23.01.2022 Last week the children rescued a many legged crawling bug and found a safe place for it live. Today they decided with the coming hot weather, and possible fires, lightening storms and torrential rains the bugs might need some safe havens to hide in. Skinks, hopper ants, spiders and all kinds of crawling creatures were treated to new homes with complex entry and exit halls. Afterwards a quiet read in the library - the perfect end to the morning.

23.01.2022 It was lovely to meet some new families last time. We would love to welcome more. Please share our event for and wide!

22.01.2022 Come and see our school in action on Wednesday 26th August at 10am. Phone 8390 3466.

20.01.2022 Our next Playgroup is Wednesday 2nd of September and then the following one is Monday 21st September. Come along and enjoy a cuppa and a chat while your children play. No booking necessary. Call 8390 3466 for more information.

20.01.2022 As the year comes to a close the Year 7s are preparing to present their their ‘Year 7 Project’ to an audience. Part of their projects involved teaching the class. Here are two of them in action teaching their lessons! I am so proud of what they have achieved!!

19.01.2022 A HUGE HUGE thank you our lovely parents and students who gave up their Sunday to work from early morning until late on our school garden and painting tasks. Thank you to Tha'is, August & Josh for coordinating the day and to who arrived with a trailer of mulch & to Laren who cooked the BBQ lunch also to Ashley who came along early to open up the school and check we had everything needed to start the day. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers for all of your hard work Ali, Stephen & L’hibou, Tim, Melanie, Paul, Clara & Nigella.

18.01.2022 Whilst Multiculturalism is integrated throughout the Steiner Curriculum, these last few weeks in our classes we have had a special focus on NAIDOC week. Daily we have been reading and drawing from ‘Welcome to Country’ written by Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin and illustrated by Lisa Kennedy. Aunty Joy uses Story to bring people together and as a conduit for understanding Aboriginal culture. ‘Welcome to Country’ emphasises the connection to environment and community and the symbolism... of inviting outsiders to connect with the land and people of a region. First the children paint a background using the wet on wet process practiced in Steiner Schools. The next day they add new detail using crayons, pencil or layered painting techniques. The object is to keep the work open ended and reflect on the story layer each day to be ‘told’ by the work when it is finished. A challenging task requiring considered planning, a skilled eye and the discipline to know when to stop. See more

18.01.2022 Last week of term and it’s all action. Start the morning with a concert rehearsal and set up, move to in class rehearsals for year 7 presentations and the school RAP performances, then a little painting, some candle making, a bit of woodwork, some gift making for Nancy to remember us by and zoom - Monday is done!

18.01.2022 Having some Christmas fun this morning and these 3 clever and funny students came up with this. It only took them an hour to plan and create Merry Christmas everyone!!

16.01.2022 Wonderful drawings by the Steiner 3-5 class for Botany Studies...

15.01.2022 Basket Range Primary School has the most amazing nature play areas. Come and see for yourself at our next tour on Wednesday 26th August at 10am. Bookings essential. Ph 8390 3466.

15.01.2022 We are very sorry to announce that due to Covid restrictions our Christmas Market has been cancelled. Thank you to everyone who has shown interest in our market, and we look forward to seeing you all at our Winter Fair next year.

15.01.2022 Come and see for yourself :) 16 Cramond Road, Basket Range. Ph 8390 3466

15.01.2022 So the 3rd part of the story was told by an ex Basket Ranger. Enjoy!

14.01.2022 Science in the Mainstream classroom. We are learning to use the microscopes ready for our excursion to the local creek where we will find and identify the bugs we find in the water and work out what this tells us about the health of our waterways! The children are loving the microscopes. Thank you Peter Geers for giving up your time to help us with our science work!

13.01.2022 This is one of our amazing year 7 students! So proud. 3 of our mainstream students and one of our previous students (who is now at St Johns) involved in this. I will post each of the sections involving our students (if you want to see all of the sections head over to the HSTA page). Can’t wait for to see the next one!

12.01.2022 First pot done!

11.01.2022 What a wonderful day of whole school togetherness we had today. Before lunch Michael’s Class we’re playing a favourite game on the hardcourt when the older children came running out wanting to join in. Such a great mix of competition and team work. Later in the day we honoured some of our volunteers who help out regularly at the school; Judith, Peter, and Chris who gave out the reading and sports challenge medals and certificates. Big smiles all around.

10.01.2022 The mainstream children are throwing pots!!

10.01.2022 SILENT AUCTION - we have finished the first of our two gorgeous collaborative art pieces. This one was designed by one of our year 6 mainstream students. The mainstream class all created the petals and we filled in the middle with recycled beads. Bidding starts at $50 and will end at 6.30pm on Friday 27th November. ... ***The winning bidder will be announced at our Christmas Market and can collect from the school. We will also confirm the winner on here. *** Happy bidding!

09.01.2022 More microscope work with Peter. We are so lucky - it feels like we are in high school science sometimes we have learnt so much!

09.01.2022 It’s always such a pleasure to take our students places. Today we visited Norton Summit PS for a regular inter school chess competition. All of the students gained points and we came 2nd overall with one of our year 7s winning the best player of the day! These children amaze me every day. Every single one of them did our school proud!

09.01.2022 I can’t help but put up another little story. This one is called, ‘There’s a fine line between pleasure and pain’ and you will see what I mean when you look at the children’s faces. Friday was hot hot hot with a hot dry wind. We all kept in mind the possibility of fire (thank goodness the bugs had their new shelters!), and stayed close to the buildings. And yes the alarm did go off but that wasn’t the most exciting part. The most exciting part was when spraying the children with the hose, a favourite hot day activity, the children colluded to get Michael; what joy and laughter was had by all. In my experience that is a good indication of the trust and goodwill the children feel toward a teacher. Fires, storms and pestilence...I think we’ve had it all this year!

08.01.2022 What a fabulous achievement. 3 of the 8 runner up prizes in the John Gardner Christmas in Australia card competition went to students from the Basket Range Mainstream classroom! What an achievement - we are so proud of our talented students!

08.01.2022 Come along to our School Tour next Wednesday 18th November 10am- 11am. Call 8390 3466 to book a place...

08.01.2022 We are very proud of our music and drama programs at Basket Range Primary School. Talk to us about it on 8390 3466

08.01.2022 If you are thinking of enrolling your child in either the Steiner Stream or Mainstream please contact the School Office as soon as possible as places are filling fast. Ph 8390 3466.

07.01.2022 Due to a schedule conflict the next School Tour will now be on Thursday 27th August at 10am. Bookings essential. Ph 8390 3466

07.01.2022 A wee view of choir practice...this is a warm up exercise. Our music teacher Bethany is an absolute gem!

07.01.2022 Meanwhile at the Range...

07.01.2022 BAsket Range Parents we now have a private P&F group for you to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2787406441361611/?ref=share

06.01.2022 Don't forget to come along to our Christmas Market on Friday 27th November from 3:30pm - 7:30pm. Wood oven pizza, delicious ice creams, cakes, great coffee and much much more. We will also have over 12 stallholders - with great Christmas ideas. See you there :)

06.01.2022 Our parent-led playgroup is up and running again next term. Come along for a cuppa and a chat. Wednesday 5th August 9am-11am. Playgroup provides a wonderful opportunity to catch up with other parents and the children can play in our beautiful nature play spaces. Wet weather options are also available. See you there...

05.01.2022 The Year 2 children produced some beautiful work this year and none the least was their beautiful dolls that they have been knitting this semester with Sandy. You can see in their faces their sense of achievement and joy.

03.01.2022 As it seems Covid is preventing much of our fundraising efforts this year it would be fabulous to continue the silent auction of this beautiful piece on here. All proceeds will go directly into improving our very tired playground. If you would lie to make a bid please do so on the original post Bidding is currently at $60.

02.01.2022 Wow another of our very talented mainstream students - this time from year 6!

02.01.2022 The mainstream children will be making beautiful pots this term... here’s Claire practicing her skills!

01.01.2022 Playgroup provides a wonderful opportunity to catch up with other parents and children and is held on the Basket Range Primary school grounds in the nature play spaces, forest and next to the cubby. Extreme weather options are the heated undercover area or a small room in the main building near reception. We encourage families to wear sturdy shoes and to bring wet weather gear/hats/sunscreen according to the season, as we are outdoors more often than not. The next playgroup ...will be on Monday 16th November from 9-11am Playgroup runs on the first Wednesday and the third Monday of the month. Upcoming dates: Monday 16/11 Wednesday 2/12 ( final playgroup for 2020) **Please note that all families attending are asked to please sign in at the front office before joining playgroup. This is especially important for Covid contact tracing and during fire season.