First Day
First Day This will be your very first, day of school. It will be fun. It will be cool. You’ll learn a lot, and also play. With new friends, each school day. Remember to smile, and remember to laugh....
View ArticleEffort matters
Over the last few weeks at assembly I have been sharing my story of learning how to swim as an adult. I have persevered, put in lots of effort, and have made a commitment to swim each weekend. Over...
View ArticleIntercultural Understanding
On Monday 19th August the school staff will be having a full day focused on developing further knowledge and skills around Intercultural Understanding and what this looks like for the culture of the...
View ArticleStephanie Alexander Garden is coming to DMPS
This year, Debney Meadows is participating in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen gardens program. This program teaches our students to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, seasonal food. The program...
View ArticleSearching for….
In term 2. our Year 5/6 students were involved a project with The Centre for Cultural Partnerships, Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne University. The project, “Many Voices, Many Cultures” was...
View ArticleNew School
Here is another one of fantastic films and stories created by our Year 5/6 students. Fadila wrote this story and explored the emotions of starting a new school. Fadila began st Debney Meadows in 2012...
View ArticleTeachers learn too
In the last week of term the teachers all attended an after school talk by John Hattie who was talking about team teaching and planning and the importance of helping student progress in their learning....
View ArticleI kissed my mum!
Here is the last film created by our amazingly creative and inspirational Year 5/6 students. This story was written ans narrated by Hussein from Year 5. His story tells of his desire to fit in and be...
View ArticleWho lives here?
Last year in October (2013), Penguin Education came to visit our lovely preppies to introduce to them a new app called Who Lives Here? Our preppies have iPads as part of the school’s iPad program so it...
View ArticleGetting ready for 2014
Today the staff returned to work for our first day induction and preparation for a wonderful 2014 school year. As a professional learning community we discussed the direction of the school, team work,...
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