Around the Grounds

On Air

David Baker and Joost Bakker spoke with Raf Epstein on Thursday about the most sustainable building in the world - The Futures Studio. If you missed it, you can hear their chat on ABC Radio

Year 3s lead Morning Meeting

Year 3s held Morning Meeting at Minimbah on Thursday, and shared feelings about beginning a new school year: the good, the bad and the cricket score. 

Swimming Carnival

Homestead 3 clinched the victory at the Pines. Sharks and flamingos wandered the pool grounds; the sun shone, and the canteen sold killer pythons. A great day. 

ECC Lyfe 

A Peek into our littlest learners' world where every day is lovely.

Home Game 

It wasn't a victory this time, but so noisy you'd have thought it was. Great game, everyone. It was the first at home for the Senior Boys on Cruden Oval.

Year 1 at Penbank

In their big, cosy classroom, Year 1s wrote about Friendship and continued their Unit of Inquiry, Where we are in Place and Time. 

Lunchtime
at Homestead 4 

Wilsons Prom

Following a seamless transition to the Penbank Homestead, Year 5 is enjoying Camp at Wilson's Promontory - a Woodleigh rite of passage. 

Yabbies are in the aquaponics pond!

Joost Bakker and the Year 10s released yabbies into the nutrient-rich aquaculture water. The yabbies are under a mesh cover, so the birds and other wildlife can't enjoy them for breakfast. Watch below...

Year 7s in the Art Room
Designing compositions, sketching then painting the greens and browns, light and shade, of foliage. Not as easy as it sounds.

The Green Roof
It's flourishing, and what a spectacular sight.

At the Farm

Have you ever seen a ladybug taking a nap? A group of Year 12s monitor insect numbers in their Unit 3 studies. Last spring, we released three valuable bug species into the garden to control aphids and thrips and they're now planning the next bug release ahead of autumn.  

Master Potter of the Mornington Peninsula
Andrew Gibson returned to Woodleigh - he worked with Year 8s this time. Andrew has a family-run studio on the Mornington Peninsula, Gibson & Co Makers.

Until we go Around the Grounds next week