Classrooms in the Spotlight

Room 10

Room 10’s Creative Cereal Box Challenge!

This term, the talented Year 5/6 students in Room 10 have been diving into the exciting world of visual literacy and multimedia production through a fun and creative project: designing their very own cereal boxes and advertisements!

The challenge was to create a cereal box that not only grabs attention but also demonstrates a deep understanding of visual literacy techniques. Students put their design thinking to the test as they:

• Chose unique and eye-catching names for their cereals
• Targeted a specific audience with clear marketing strategies
• Incorporated visual elements like angles, body language, colour, framing, positioning, and text style
• Created memorable slogans that stick in your head
• Presented nutritional information in a clean, concise, and easy-to-read format

But the creativity didn’t stop there! Once their cereal box designs were complete, students wrote detailed scripts for a 30-second television advertisement and brought their visions to life using iMovie to produce engaging multimedia presentations.

This project was a fantastic way for students to explore persuasive techniques, develop digital skills, and express their creativity, all while having a lot of fun along the way!

Keep an eye out! Room 10’s cereal ads could give some of the big brands a run for their money!

Room 3

In our Science unit in Room 3, we have been learning about the properties of objects and how we can make objects move such as spinning, pushing, pulling and rolling. 

For our STEAM project this term, we looked at different types of transportation. To link our STEAM project with what we had been learning in Science, we decided to make something that could transport an egg safely by pushing or pulling. We had to think of which materials would be best to build our transport out of and think about how we could make sure our egg stayed safe. Lots of us built cars or trucks. 

We built our cars and trucks out of cardboard boxes, we used skewers and bottle lids for the wheels, and we made a hole inside our boxes for our eggs to sit safely.

Room 1

❗️Breaking news❗️

The children have been working extremely hard in Room 1. Here’s what’s happening at the scene.

As NAIDOC week approaches the children have been reading ‘How the birds got their colours’ and ‘The Waakarl’. Since this, Room 1 have shown their creative side by making colourful birds and colourful Waakarls (snakes) using different medium types. The Kindergarten students even learnt about the Aboriginal flag and what the colours represent, used the Aboriginal art symbols to draw on boomerangs, as well as learning the name for the big red rock that is a sacred sight – Uluru!

It has also been reported that the children of Room 1 have green thumbs!!! They voted on building mia mia’s (shelters) for our STEM project and are only using the natural resources in our garden to build them.

Thank you for tuning in, boordawan!

Room 19

Room 19 – Creative Schools Project: Nature’s Geometry

This term, Room 19 students have participated in an exciting Creative Schools project titled Nature’s Geometry, in collaboration with our Creative Practitioner, Kate Leslie. The initiative combined Mathematics and Art, allowing students to explore how patterns, shapes, and symmetry naturally occur in the world around us.

Through outdoor learning experiences, students closely examined our local environment, identifying geometric patterns in leaves, trees, flowers, seed pods, and other natural forms. These observations served as inspiration for creative exploration using a variety of materials, including crayons, paint, charcoal, and clay. Students even applied mathematical concepts to develop their own paint formulas, replicating the colours they observed in nature.

The focus of the project was on the creative process rather than the final product. Students were encouraged to experiment with new techniques, reflect on their work, and refine their thinking. This process fosters deep learning and cultivates valuable learning habits such as collaboration, curiosity, imagination, persistence, and self- discipline.

Looking ahead to next term, we’re excited to extend this work by exploring different Western Australian landscapes—selected by the students—and learning more about how we can care for and protect our environment. Our learning will continue to be guided by student-led inquiry, helping to build confidence and strengthen critical thinking while ensuring learning remains engaging, purposeful, and connected to the world around us.

This term has been a wonderful demonstration of how creative, hands-on learning can develop essential skills and deepen students’ connection to their environment. The students are proud of their achievements and are eager to continue their learning journey next term.

Room 14

Across the year 1 cohort, our focus for STEM and Design Technologies in term 2 has been on STEM Teambuilder Bins. There are 12 STEM challenges to complete, and each challenge focuses on teaching an essential character trait such as perseverance, flexibility and creativity. These Teambuilder Bins allow students to work collaboratively whilst furthering their understanding of the STEM design process.

Students are placed in groups of 2-3 and given 20-25 minutes per station to meet the challenge. At the end of the station, students identify if they demonstrated the focus character trait for that task, and discuss what went well, what could be improved, and how they worked as a team.

The stations that Room 14 have found the most fun this term is building the tallest freestanding tower out of popsicle sticks with Velcro, designing a tabletop hockey game with Lego, and building a bridge that holds the most weight out of wooden blocks.