In 2008 Streeton will be home to a new Discovery Centre. The centre will be used by the Junior School (Preps, Grade ones and Grade twos). The centre allows students to learn through an inquiry based curriculum. An inquiry based curriculum allows children to be actively involved in their learning, and to revisit and redevelop their understandings as they experience more. The children will be encouraged to investigate, and explore ideas to seek further knowledge. The Discovery Centre integrates a variety of curriculum areas, such as visual arts, performance arts, role plays, science, writing, problem solving, maths, speaking and listening, reading, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Term 1, 2009

Under the Big Top

This term we have been investigating the circus. In the discovery centre we have had activities involving; painting a clown's silly face, creating an acrobatic performance, dressing up like clowns and ring masters, making a semetrical clown bow tie, making a clown's hat, making circus puppets and putting on a show, and building a circus ring full of animals.

"Juggling was easy, because I practised with the scarves" - Student Comment



"I painted a face with lots of colours" - Student comment



"The circus tent was fun. We were very silly clowns" - Student comment



"It was very hard to balance on the stilts" - Student comment.