Junior Years News

Mambourin Gardens

Some recent improvements around the college have been the establishment of raised herb and vegetable garden beds.  There may be a few budding Horticulturalists among our Prep and Year 1 students.

Year 2 Werribee Mansion Excursion

Last week the Year 2s went to the Werribee Mansion as part of their Where we are in Place and Time unit of inquiry.  They certainly learned a lot about what life was like when the Chirnside family lived in the house in the 1800s.

I learned that there are different ways to wash clothes and you have to do it by hand.  There was something called the dolly that you had to twist and turn to clean the clothes.  So you didn’t hand really wet clothes on the line, you put the clothes through a machine called a wringer to get the water out. Jayaani A

In the time when Werribee Mansion was built, hunting was an important sport.  There were deer heads up on the walls.  Also, the paint on the walls of the dining room used to be poisonous because they used a toxic chemical to make the colour green. Naira S

I found out that it took 6 days to do the laundry at Werribee Mansion in the olden days.  I think it was a hard job because they didn’t have any electricity and had to do it all by hand. Dhyan C

I learned that people used heat to power up the water so that it would kill the bacteria and germs. In the house they had gas to power up the lights and not electricity.  The men used to have a special moustache cup where there was a ledge that stopped their moustache getting wet when they drank tea.    Atharv P

As part of their recent PYP Unit of Inquiry, students read Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighbourhood by Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell.

Based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe Something Beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation—and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big.

Welcome to the Year 3 Wonderlands

The Year 3s were inspired by the main character in the story, Mira, to create their own murals to make their hallways more beautiful, colourful and welcoming. Each class worked together in small groups to create and bring to life their design using vibrant pastel crayons. All class murals were then joined together at the top of the stairs outside the Year 3 classrooms.

In the murals, you will find illustrations related to the school community, our many faiths and some abstract art.

On Wednesday 27 April, Mrs McAuliffe used the giant scissors to cut the ribbon and officially open the mural.

Next time you are in the Junior Years building you can experience this beautiful mural for yourself.

Maria Denholm and Lara Ronalds

Junior Years