Traces of Learning

Today Traces experienced SO much Joy with 🌿Learning with children from Prep all the way to Year 6, coaching educators to ensure strong practice, with reflection and feedback for continuous improvement.

Today, we presented at at Melbourne University! Honored to share stories from our work in education alongside , sparking conversations about how we can redefine education. A special moment reconnecting with our friend Kath Murdoch — always an inspiration!

Thank you to all of our participants for the opportunity to connect, share, and learn from each other.

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It’s wonderful to be back in schools consulting on the design of rich learning experiences and environments that cultivate curiosity, relationships, community, and a sense of belonging. Intently planning with all teams to ensure curriculum and discovery flourish through Inquiry Projects. Thank you to for the passion and joy you bring to these days 🌱

We are excited to collaborate with at the upcoming ICSEI Congress in February 2025! Together, we’ll explore how our core beliefs and values guide our journey as educational leaders. Don’t miss it! 🌿

Visual Voices 💚 This project reminds us of the complexities of the child’s mind ready to be illuminated. Children at embarked on an inspiring inquiry project to uncover the concepts of expression, story, and perspectives through visual and digital media. From playing with light and shadow, paper, and various forms of digital technologies, to crafting symbolic narratives that celebrate creativity and imagination.
Theories and artefacts that reflect unique voices and perspectives—stories that shape us. Through their inquiry, students have explored how languages of learning express ideas and invite us to see the world through new lenses. ✨

Whilst we begin to wrap up and celebrate an amazing school year with our schools, we also excitedly prepare and “Sketch” our vision for Inquiry Projects for 2025. Here is our day with collaborating and unpacking 2025 Projects and ensuring Educators VOICE in the design of authentic learning that engages ALL children through context, curriculum, and joy 💚

The beginning of a new professional partnership with the team at St Clare’s in Truganina. Facilitating the design and development of new Inquiry through-lines for 2025/2026 focusing on depth and explicit use of curriculum, and authentic links to their context to ensure purpose, engagement, and joy for both children and educators 💚

An encounter with Wire - exploring the concept ‘Systems’ in dialogue with Educators at Hobsonville Point Primary School 🌿

A tapestry of First Nations perspectives as represented by Year 1-2 children in the ‘Heart Space’ 💚 Through storytelling we make meaning and understand 🌿