2023 CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood description
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 […]
That’s not concrete – that’s now a garden! Read More »
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
GYMNASTICA FANTASTICA GOES TO BEACH and BUSH KINDER Read More »
Inspired by Grace and Mr Milligan, Year 1 illustrated a picture from the story using the Seesaw drawing tools.
Year 1 Illustrations Read More »
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
Our collaboration and journey this week Read More »
I chose to reproduce a double page spread of the book because the garden inspired people to have fun.
The Concrete Garden Read More »
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
Ardtornish Primary School, Room 21 and 22 Foundation Students Read More »
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.
Grace and Mr Milligan Read More »
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.
The Concrete Garden Read More »
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.
This group from Year 2 were intrigued by the questions in the book. They decided to create their questions based on their wonderings about whether you could teach other animals to do activities.
Can you teach a fish to climb a tree? inspired questions Read More »
This group from Year 2, loved the ribbon in Gymnastica Fantastica so decided to create their own colourful and sparkly version. They used many different materials from paper to sequins to pieces of material.
Gymnastica Fantastica Read More »
This group from Year 2 wondered where Bear was swimming when the book ended so they created an underwater scene for him to swim in using collage, materials, sequins and shells.
Bear and duck are friends Read More »
