This program is conducted by James Mingorance and Benjamin (Ben) Noble. 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 james@southernmontessori.sa.edu.au or benjamin@southernmontessori.sa.edu.au. Our teachers will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible during classroom breaks. Thank you.
James, Ben and Abby (currently on Maternity Leave) teach our foundation Middle School or Cycle 4 class consisting of Year 7, 8 and 9 students. They work in a team teaching environment and integrate the curriculum as appropriate to provide rich learning experiences. The Middle School program fosters self-directed learning and aims to provide an environment in which the students are engaged in practical work with nature, while being involved in meaningful and purposeful work that contributes to the adolescent community. Jodie is a classroom assistant in their class. Her primary role is to provide extra support to allow James, Ben and Abby to work with children in small groups and meet their individual needs.
Adele is the Italian teacher to the students.
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Middle School News
Last term in Science we focused on Chemistry, in particular acids and bases. We began the topic by studying the differences between acids and bases. We looked at regular household items, made predictions about whether they were an acid or base, and then tested them through a Science experiment using a pH indicator. We did […]
Italian Cycle 4
Ciao Cycle 4, If you would like to do some Italian revision over the holidays these links are a good starting point: Italian noun endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxbovzc6yM Italian noun endings exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLENGfLGkZs Personal Pronoun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWO_T_Y6F4 Definite article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C86ZBw37LU Definite article exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edZCDqK3YB8 I hope you have an enjoyable and safe holiday spent with family and friends. […]
Cycle 4 News
This Term, the Middle School students have had a unit of inquiry based on architecture. Students were tasked with having to build a scale model of a house they designed to fit on a 400 square metre block of land. They had to adhere to some strict ‘council regulations’ set by the teachers, as well […]
Cafe Update
Calling all glass jars and swing top bottles of any size! The Middle School will be expanding our range of products. The Year 7 students are currently undertaking a food preparation Occupation. Every Wednesday, small groups have been making lunches for the rest of the class; picking the menu, shopping and preparing everything from scratch. […]