Happy Easter.

Wishing you all a safe and wonderful Easter break! 

Artist: Luca

Foundation Class Assembly.

On Friday we had the wonderful opportunity of sharing some of our learning, with the whole of the junior school! Getting up in front of a large crowd can be rather daunting, but our girls did such a fantastic job. We are very proud of them! 

Thank you to all of our parents who made it along and a special thank you to Mr Edwards for taking these photos:

Our People Are Beautiful!

After much hard work measuring body parts, making patterns, cutting and designing clothes, our people are finished. Alongside our discussions about how our bodies can portray our emotions, the girls have recreated themselves carefully drawing their faces and getting the length and colour of their hair just right! The notion of making dresses for their bodies was one that captured their interest and kept them motivated during the many sessions that it has taken to get to this point. It may have had something to do with those posh shoes and matching handbags.

They are all very proud of their work.

When their bodies were finished the girls were a little concerned that they had no knickers on.

They came up with the solution of painting some.

Famous Portraits.

This week Kate, Eloise, Karsimar, Joyce, Luca and Keira were invited to explore some famous portraits, to look closely at them and to share their thoughts and ideas. We asked the girls questions such as, “how do you think this person is feeling?” “What do you find interesting about this painting?” “Do you have any wonderings about it?”

As you can see from the conversations below, the girls engaged in some really thoughtful dialogue. This experience also supported the girls to understand that just as these artists have, we can express ourselves and portray our subjects creatively, through many different and unique styles.

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

 “I think he looks angry! See, his face is angry.” - Joyce
“Well, I think he actually looks quite sad. Here, his mouth looks sad and the picture is painted in sad colours.” - Eloise
“Yeah, because blue is a sad colour.” - Kate

“The background reminds me of the sea.” - Eloise
“And, to me it looks a little bit like crying tears.” - Luca

Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci

“She’s kind of smiling and kind of sad.” - Eloise
“I think she’s beautiful.” - Joyce

“The sky is grey in the background.” - Kate

“I think her hands look happy.” - Luca
“...I think sad.” - Karsimar

“She has black eyes.” - Keira

Artist: Gottfried Lindauer

“Is she angry?” - Karsimar
“I think she looks very serious. She might be thinking about something but we don’t know.” - Eloise

“It kind of looks like she has bunny ears!” - Joyce
“Oh, they’re feathers.” - Luca

“Look at the green tattoo on her face.” - Kate

Artist: Pablo Picasso

“She is so happy. The painting is a little bit crazy!”
- Joyce
“It looks like a rainbow!” - Eloise
“They’re very happy colours.” - Luca

“It’s a happy lady. Look at her hair, here.”
 - Karsimar
“I think she’s sitting on a chair.” - Keira

“She has a star on her face! I wonder why?”
- Kate
“That’s just the way the artist painted her.” - Eloise

Competition results!

The results are in for the 'Follow our blog' competition and you will all be very excited to hear that...

 Thank you so much to those of you who invited your friends and family to sign up to our blog!

 The girls are just delighted, and are very excited about the prizes. We will have a week off baking as the girls are being treated to pizza takeaways for lunch! We also won a 'free swim' so will be visiting the pool twice in one week. We will let you know what day this is, so that the girls can bring their togs in. The winning classes also won itunes vouchers for the teachers!

What an exciting competition!

Why Do Cicadas Shed Their Skin?

Our Extended Classroom.

We like to think of Mt St John as our extended classroom, as each visit to the mountain provides the girls with new possibilities for learning and exploration. There are always new discoveries to be made, new heights to be reached in the trees and new insects, plants and birds to investigate.

The natural world provides the girls with countless resources, and the open-ended nature of these resources provokes the girls to think creatively as well as to escape into their imagination when engaging with them. Nothing on the mountain carries a prescribed use, therefore inviting and encouraging the girls to think outside of the box.

Here are some pictures from our time on Mt St John this morning:

(You might like to talk with your daughter about what is happening in the photographs. I'm sure the girls will have some great stories for you!)

Me I Am.

I am the only Me I Am 
who qualifies as me,


no Me I AM has been before,


and none will ever be.


No other Me I Am can feel
 the feelings I’ve within,


no other Me I Am can fit
 precisely in my skin.


There is no other Me I Am
 who thinks the thoughts I do,


the world contains one Me I Am 
this earth shall ever see,


that Me I Am I always am
 is no one else but Me!

 - Jack Prelutsky