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25.01.2022 How many children can fit on a bush swing? Let's see! ~TNS Early Years~

24.01.2022 It’s the simple things... This is what Nature Play for Little Explorers is! #takethemoutside ~ TNS Playgroup ~

23.01.2022 Exploring concepts of measurement and learning about length ~TNS Early Years~

23.01.2022 How does your family reconnect during school holidays?

23.01.2022 Our campfire cooking was a big hit this week, even with some tricky weather! We were reminded again that our educators really can do anything- even light and keep a fire going to cook in the rain! ~TNS Early Years~

22.01.2022 National Threatened Species day. #NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay

22.01.2022 An observant student spotted a Sugar glider who needed a helping hand in the bush today. Jemma (teacher) took good care of it until @fawnansw were able to come and collect it. Such an incredible opportunity to learn about our local species. ~ TNS Primary

22.01.2022 A 'picture perfect' morning smelling the flowers and "Looking for tadpoles!". ~TNS Early Years~

20.01.2022 Special delivery to Catherine’s office straight from the Kindy Kitchen! These delicious cupcakes were accompanied by lots of information about edible flowers. Eat your garden! ~ TNS Primary

20.01.2022 Literacy lessons in our outdoor classroom, affectionately dubbed The Shed. Some local residents might receive letters from our kindy students! ~ TNS Primary

19.01.2022 Focusing on focusing! Great camera work by Year 3/4 in the bush. They photographed a Blue-tongued lizard, wildflowers, insects and a range of birds. ~ TNS Primary

19.01.2022 At Early Years, children are given access to real tools such as hand drills, whittling knives, peelers and saws. We regularly do safety talks during Morning Meeting, teaching children how to use the tools intentionally and safely. This gives children the autonomy to use the tools on self guided projects, and be seen as capable and confident learners. ~TNS Early Years~

18.01.2022 One of our multi-age project options this term was pyrography. Today during our Showcase students proudly shared their learning journey and their beautiful wood burning art with their peers. ~ TNS Primary

16.01.2022 Meet the next up-and-coming playground designers! Students from The Nature School helped us design the new Red Ochre Park playground in Lake Innes with their ...drawings of what they hoped to see included in the playground design. Today, they were able to see some of their drawings come to life on a site visit with the project team! And they won't have to wait long to test it out as the playground is expected to be complete by the end of September. For more information visit, https://bit.ly/3m5Jaij

15.01.2022 Tool work is always exciting but also requires alot of persistence and hard work. This friend was so excited to create his own set of clapping sticks! ~TNS Early Years~

15.01.2022 To all our families and all our staff - thanks for a wonderful Term 3! ~ Catherine (Head of TNS Primary) and Jacqui (Head of Early Learning & Play)

15.01.2022 We are always thinking outside the box... which in this case is literally inside a box! We turned a shipping container into a library. Every child should have access to beautiful books. ~ TNS Primary

14.01.2022 Lunchtime nature craft ~ TNS Primary

14.01.2022 Using ‘tools’ we explore our spaces to gain deeper understanding of our environment. ~TNS Early Years~

13.01.2022 Today we started our day around the fire together toasting apple slices ~TNS Early Years~

12.01.2022 Young entomologists learning how to pin insects. (We do no harm to animals and respectfully collect only dead specimens to work with.) ~ TNS Primary

12.01.2022 Twice weekly, the whole school reads outside under the trees. It’s a beautiful way to create a culture of reading! ~ TNS Primary

11.01.2022 "Look right up there. Can you see it up there?". 'The Great Cicada Search' has continued all week, providing more wonderful opportunities for multi age learning. We'll miss all our older friends who are moving on from our EY program next year, but at the moment we love seeing them in the mentor role for our younger explorers. ~TNS Early Years~

11.01.2022 Today is Daffodil Day There aren’t many school communities untouched by cancer. Today we send sunshine and strength to those who need it, with love from The Nature School community. @cancercouncil #daffodilday2020 #daffodilday

10.01.2022 Our depth study on Koalas in kindergarten is multi-faceted, including Indigenous knowledge, scientific information, and artistic representations. Kindy were inspired by @petecromer to create their own artworks. ~ TNS Primary (Birpai Country)

09.01.2022 October School Holidays! We are now taking bookings for our October school holidays programs! These holidays are programs are: - 'Campfires & Cooking' - 'Tool work & Fire Craft' ... Our school holiday programs cater for children aged 5-12 years, and are a full day of immersion in the bush from 9am-3pm! For more information & bookings please go to www.thenatureschool.org.au/school-holidays

09.01.2022 Beautiful paper making by Year 3/4 ~ TNS Primary

08.01.2022 Our days in the bush are full of learning and adventure, but sometimes we like to take a moment to slow down and recharge ~TNS Early Years~

08.01.2022 Little fingers learning to weave. ~ TNS Playgroup ~

08.01.2022 I saw 12 legs! Whose might they be? Did I see three sheep? Or two seastars and a kangaroo? Or...???Explorations in kindy maths. ~ TNS Primary

08.01.2022 Using our space... at one of our sites, we have worked closely with @connectpmh to understand more about native plant species in the area, as well as the weeds. We normally try to encourage that the children don't pick from plants, or if they do to really think about the purpose. At this site however, we have been able to help maintain the site by weeding! What we have found along the way is that by teaching the children about the plants that are not native to the area, ...and allowing them to help manage that area, they now have an even stronger connection to their learning space, as well as what grows there. Instead of "Can I pick this?", we now hear, "Is this native?". Coming from 3-5 year olds, this makes us very excited for our future generations of carers of the land On this day, a small group decided they wanted to build a shelter with some serious walls! Knowing what they could and couldn't use, they went to work weeding the Bitou, reusing it to make this epic den!! ~TNS Early Years~

07.01.2022 Reaching new heights to create an epic zipline! Usually the best part of this type of experience is, for us educators, not the zipline but the look of amazement on the children's faces when they realise that we are up the tree! We love that we get to challenge ideas and show children that adults still definitely play and learn! ~TNS Early Years~

07.01.2022 This weekend we held our first Adventure Night - with happy campers all round! ~ TNS Primary

07.01.2022 Happy Educators Day to all our amazing educator friends! To our own TNS team, thank you for the inspiring work you continue to do each day. What a privilege it is to work with such passionate, adventurous educators! ~TNS Early Years~

07.01.2022 Year 1 students getting grubby in the garden. Hands on learning! ~ TNS Primary

06.01.2022 Being up close with nature opens a world of curious questions. ~ TNS Primary

06.01.2022 What a stunning day to finish the term on! We explored the bush and made cubbies, made muddy pies, sang and danced to Bernie's guitar, and swung like monkeys from trees in the sun... all during our 3 hour Friday morning program! ~TNS Early Years

04.01.2022 Happy Holidays from The Nature School

02.01.2022 Fresh and free. What a lovely way to describe a library!

01.01.2022 Just one of the beautiful spaces we're lucky to call our 'classroom'. ~TNS Early Years~

01.01.2022 We hope you enjoyed your delivery @empiricalhealth! These Cicada exoskeletons were collected during the week, as well as on the weekend. Our young friend here was eager to get as many as possible for the 'Medicine Man'! ~TNS Early Years~