This program is conducted by Michelle Young and Lea Simmons. Parents are usually able to quickly catch up with teachers at drop off or pick up time. However, if you require a more formal appointment, please arrange a mutually convenient time. Teachers can be contacted by phoning the school or alternatively you may wish to email them.
Their email address is michelle@southernmontessori.sa.edu.au or lea@southernmontessori.sa.edu.au. Our teachers will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible during classroom breaks. Thank you.
Michelle and Lea teach a Cycle 3 class. Lea takes the class on Mondays and Tuesdays and Michelle teaches from Wednesday to Friday. Teresa is a classroom assistant in their class. Her primary role is to provide extra support to allow Michelle and Lea to work with children in small groups and meet their individual needs.
Our Cycle 3 teachers work closely together to plan and implement the curriculum and ensure that the children’s experiences are consistent in both classes. Our Cycle 3 classes are multi-age, allowing each child the opportunity to learn from others and the flexibility to develop, both socially and intellectually, at their own pace. Children usually stay with the same teacher for three years, developing strong teacher-student relationships and a deep understanding by the teacher of individual student needs and abilities.
We look forward to working with you this year.
Michelle, Lea and Teresa
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Michelle and Lea’s Class – Term 2 Plans
Welcome to Term 2. We have had a great start to the term. Our Cultural Studies work this term comes from Montessori’s first great lesson, The Formation of the Universe. Last week we shared the story together and focussed our work around our solar system. We modelled our solar system in several different ways to […]
Michelle and Lea’s class
Our class has had a great start to the year. New students have settled quickly and old students have enjoyed the mentoring role and taking on increased leadership roles in our class and school community. Our trip to the zoo for an overnight stay has been a highlight of our Zoology topic. We have also […]
National Science Week at SMS
August 12 – 20 saw organisations and schools across the country celebrate National Science Week. Many of our classes took this opportunity to focus activities and lessons around science; for some classes this was a one-off celebration with a science focus for the day, whilst others have engaged in longer units of work over several […]
Cycle 3 Excursion to Maritime Museum
In Week 2, the Cycle 3 students headed to Port Adelaide for the day. Our visited centred around activities at the Maritime Museum, learning about Migration linked with our Australian History topic for the term. Students were able to explore replica cabins from different vessels used by groups to migrate to SA across the years […]