“RESILIENCE” IB Visual Arts Exhibition 2020 22 September – 17 October 2020 Online Exhibition Season Exhibbit Marble Gallery Exhibition live from: Tuesday 22 September 5pm This exhibition showcases the achievements of current Year 12 Visual Arts students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) at Sophia Mundi Steiner School. Each student curated their own walls […]
“Connection” IB Visual Arts Exhibition 2019 03 – 27 October 2019 St Heliers Street Gallery Cam’s Kiosk – Abbotsford Convent 1 St Helliers Street, Abbotsford Melbourne Official Opening: Friday, 11 October 4pm – 6pm RSVP: reception@sophiamundi.vic.edu.au
As part of the National Reconciliation Week, in Friday Nature Playgroup we started our morning with a cup of warming lemon myrtle tea and we shared a story about little a grey possum. As a group we sang Inanay Capuana (in the Yorta Yorta language) and the children loved calling out ‘Choo’ at the end. […]
Cyber Safety Evening Tuesday, 7 May 7-8.30pm, School Hall Class 7-10 are exploring issues in the cyber realm, and how to navigate this world safely and with critical thinking. We are having a presentation from Tony Brewin, the Youth Resource Officer from the Fitzroy Police, to feed into the conversation, looking at issues of […]
In late March, Sophia Mundi hosted the inaugural Yarra/Darebin Wellbeing Network Meeting initiated to focus youth engagement and capacity building for professionals working with youth who live, work, or play in our municipalities. This networking is facilitated by School Focused Youth Service, Berry Street, and myself (representing Sophia Mundi Steiner School). Representatives at this symposium included: Wellbeing […]
On 20 September 2018 the Australian Government announced that it will implement a new methodology used in the calculation of the Commonwealth’s needs-based funding arrangements for non-government schools. As part of this implementation, the Australian Government’s Department of Education and Training will shortly be undertaking the 2019 Student Residential Address Collection. As a parent/guardian you […]
Sophia Mundi’s Class 5 students experienced the practice of Kirtan today when Bhakti Sunset musicians Cinnamon Evans and Andre Macky visited during Main Lesson. Currently learning about the myths and legends of Ancient India, students were taught about the meaning of Kirtan in terms of classic mantras, call and response chanting and traditional instruments. Using the […]
A two-year study by researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at the University of Southern California shows that exposure to music and music instruction accelerates the brain development of young children in the areas responsible for language development, sound, reading skill and speech perception. The study of 6-7-year-old children began in 2012, when […]
By Tara Bahrampour Graham Dugoni was at a music festival in San Francisco in 2012 when he witnessed something that disturbed him. A man was dancing, uninhibited, perhaps drunk, losing himself in the moment. Some strangers thought it was funny, so they filmed it and uploaded it to YouTube. It’s the kind of […]
We welcomed many current and new families and friends to the annual sunset Community Pizza Evening on Friday, 16 February. Preparing and baking over 100 pizzas is quite a challenge but typically the process was handled with joyful ease! Thanks to everyone involved in this fun event.
