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25.01.2022 The children enjoyed time in the garden watering the vegetables. Today they noticed there were a lot of bees buzzing around the flowers.

24.01.2022 A container of small sea animals was brought out, and the children delighted in exploring them, comparing them with images they saw in a reference book, and learning the names of various animals.

24.01.2022 A child brought in some watermelon to share with his friends to celebrate his birthday. When we had finished he shared the skin with our wonderful worms in the worm farm.

21.01.2022 Many of the children relished the chance to dip their hands in this oceanic blue jelly today, while still others looked on with curious disgust, refusing to touch it but unable to look away!

20.01.2022 Beautiful autumn colours to make beautiful artworks.

20.01.2022 Yay! It’s the weekend. What adventures do you have planned?

19.01.2022 The teachers are always amazed at what yummy, nutritious lunchboxes the children bring in. Thank you families for helping us promote nude food & health. Food for growing bodies, mind and souls!

19.01.2022 Sometimes we all need a bit of me time. Our quiet area in the corner of the classroom provides children with a space to retreat to, where they can spend some peaceful time with their own thoughts, reading a book, watching the fish, or just relaxing in our spinning egg chair.

18.01.2022 This toy (intended primarily for children to practice their balance while pedal-walking) was used by several inventive children who enjoyed rolling it down a slope and watching the caterpillars engraved on the pedals move comically up and down. They couldn’t stop laughing at how the caterpillars looked as if they were chasing people!

17.01.2022 The Monday/Tuesday class’s whale craft earlier in the week led to this surprise for the Thursday/Friday class: a whale migratory path on the wall towards the bathroom! If your child attended Blue Gum this week, ask them what a baby whale is called - most of them will remember it from our discussions & explorations!

15.01.2022 Each year on 8 June we celebrate World Oceans Day. As a provocation to start a conversation and inquiry we set up a shark washing experience. As the children washed the sharks we talked about how we need to look after all the living creatures in our ocean. Some animals who have been impacted by oil spills really do need washing.

14.01.2022 We love our beautiful oceans and today we thank Mother Ocean for all her precious gifts.

13.01.2022 Montessori‘s number rods help to emphasise the difference between a quantity and the corresponding symbol that represents it. The physical nature of the materials lets the child make their own observations about quantities. This child, for example, remarked as she lifted out the ‘10 rod’: wow, this is so much bigger than the other ones. Extension games (such as those seen in these videos) can be played to help reinforce the understanding of the number symbols.

13.01.2022 Several of the younger children accepted an invitation to engage with these wooden sewing cards. With time & practice, we teachers see how children learn to refine their movements & master skill sets. A popular extension to this activity is sewing around hole-punched cards with plastic needles, before progressing to sewing buttons with metal needles and thread. The first button sewn is often a source of great pride for the child!

12.01.2022 Our regular Thursday ‘Mystery Object’ session was enhanced by a child bringing in an object to share with the rest of the class. We tried using different senses to see if we could figure out what it was: touching it, smelling it, shaking and listening to it... can you guess what it might be just from the photos?

12.01.2022 The Dressing Frame is a key Montessori Practical Life material which helps children develop independence and self care as they learn to fasten different clothing fasteners. The frame holds material and Velcro straps. This activity provides children an easy way to develop their self help skills.

12.01.2022 This child found blue and green strips of paper, he used his own creativity to make a whirly animal.

08.01.2022 We had the perfect sunny afternoon to do a bit of spring - make that winter - cleaning! The children enjoyed getting out their scrubbing brushes and washing our mats.

08.01.2022 The children were very curious when Julie brought out an exciting-looking tray of various items: experiment time! they took it in turns to pour water, oil and drops of blue colouring into a jar, and watched as waves were made when the jar was gently rocked side to side.

08.01.2022 Children love this whisking activity. They use pure soap flakes mixed with water that they collect for themselves in a small ceramic jug. They pour the soap flakes in and mix with their choice of utensils, either a whisk or a pair of beaters. The children delight in seeing the bubbles foam up. They imagine they are making bubble bath, cooking food, making potions etc.

07.01.2022 So many things to do with branches! After enjoying a bush cubby and a teepee earlier In the week, the children decided to dismantle everything and build this lean-to to enjoy the afternoon sun.

06.01.2022 Exploring what we might find on the ocean floor.

06.01.2022 These bead chains prepare children for multiplication as they skip count in constant intervals. This child is counting each section of 8 beads, matching the tags of multiples of 8 to the corresponding section.

06.01.2022 The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889. Today June 2020 the children were inspired to create their own version. This then led to lots of discussion about the colours and patterns in the original artwork.

05.01.2022 This child is learning the names of the parts of a flower. After she matched the cards and wrote labels on her pictures, we then found a flower and identified the different parts.

04.01.2022 Today we had a delivery. When the children opened the box they discovered a new Pink Tower. The Pink Tower is the one Montessori material that most people will recognise. Often called the ‘symbol of Montessori’, it is a welcoming sign in any Montessori environment and a favourite with educators globally.

03.01.2022 Our compost in a jar looks like it’s nearly ready to use on our garden. These photos are from over the last 8 weeks. It’s amazing how quickly it turned from waste to food for the vegetable garden and it has been really interesting to see it decompose in the glass jar.

03.01.2022 Yoga is a regular activity in our classroom. The children love the challenge of placing their bodies in different positions and sometimes marvel at how the world looks from a different perspective!

03.01.2022 Two children spontaneously asked for red, yellow and black paint so they could paint the Aboriginal flag together.

03.01.2022 The children used bubble wrap to paint this picture. As they painted they said pop! pop! pop! Experiential colour and texture fun but also aesthetically pleasing!

03.01.2022 Our colour boxes are a useful tool in helping children identify different tones, colours & shades. Here, a few children enjoy finding objects from around the classroom that match the colour tiles they have chosen.

03.01.2022 Our ocean peg puppets swam around the classroom this afternoon, having a nibble of their owners’ fingers, and talking to friends.

02.01.2022 The children used their skills in colour and shape recognition to help match each fish to its friend in this fun collage activity today.