Gymnastic fantastica
Diorama of a stage with the characters from Gymnastica Fantastica
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Early Childhood
2023 CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood description
1 Fraser: Nightcliff Primary School
Students in 1 Fraser enjoyed reading “One Little Duck.” They loved guessing what character they were going to meet next.
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That’s not concrete – that’s now a garden!
The Secret Book Society wanted to see if a garden can unite a community with their creative response, just like in the book. The answer is “Absolutely!” What started as a group of students drawing togther in front of the library ended up sparking curiosity and wonder in others. Within in minutes students from Prep
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GYMNASTICA FANTASTICA GOES TO BEACH and BUSH KINDER
The children of Rye Preschool had a FANTASTICA time at Nature Kinder . As a group we read the book GYMNASTICA FANTASTICA by Briony Stewart. Reading the book not only in our kinder classroom but also in our outdoor classroom at our local beach and foreshore. Each child was then invited to make their own
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Year 1 Illustrations
Inspired by Grace and Mr Milligan, Year 1 illustrated a picture from the story using the Seesaw drawing tools.
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Our collaboration and journey this week
Our preschoolers collaborated to vote for a book as part of the shadow judging for the Book of the Year Awards which aligns beautifully with the principles of the Early Years Learning Framework 2.0. This learning experience fosters a sense of belonging and agency, as children engage in shared decision-making, expressing their opinions and listening
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The Concrete Garden
I chose to reproduce a double page spread of the book because the garden inspired people to have fun.
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Ardtornish Primary School, Room 21 and 22 Foundation Students
Ardtornish PS Foundation students created these pieces of art after listening to Óne Little Duck’ by Katrina Germein and having had Danny Snell the illustrator of Óne Little Duck’, visit our school and inspire us to draw our own little ducks. Room 21 and 22 students were part of the 2024 shadow judging for Early
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Grace and Mr Milligan
This group from Year 2 created a scene from Grace and Mr Milligan. This image includes a bowl of food on a picnic blanket with a big dollop of cream on top- made from tissue paper and an apple tree.
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The Concrete Garden
This group from Year 2 created a 3D building from cardboard and decorated it by drawing features of the building and added lots of colour to show the concrete garden that was displayed in the book.
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One little duck
This group from Year 2 created an image that showed the setting and some of the characters from the book. They created 4 individual pictures that made one big picture when joined together.