This program is conducted by James Mingorance, Abby Schultz and 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, abby@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, Abby and Ben 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. Toni and Teresa are classroom assistants in the Middle School. Their 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.
Maria is the Italian teacher to the students.
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Cycle 4 Camp- Hindmarsh Island
Throughout Week 5 the Middle School students were away on an aquatic based camp at Hindmarsh Island. We did something different this year and had the Year 9 students head to the campsite a day earlier than the Year 7 and 8 students. This was because the Year 9s completed a kayaking expedition where they […]
Term 3 Occupations
Our Middle School students are hosting a ‘Market Day’ in the last week of this term where they are planning to open their school to the Southern Montessori community and to residents of Kalyra. The focus of this term’s Occupations subject is working towards this day. Our students had the choice of three groups; ‘food […]
Middle School Street Art
This term the middle school students have been engaging in a Street Art unit for Creative Expression. Students have gained knowledge and skills in a variety of street art types such as, stickers, stencils, guerrilla art, yarn bombing, graffiti and murals. As a part of the unit students researched different street artists, their methods and […]
Middle School Science
Science classes in the Middle School have a muscle and skeletal system focus for our Year 8 and 9 students. After learning about the functions and structures of muscles and bones, we have tasked our students with a biomedical engineering STEM task of making a prosthetic lower leg from readily available materials. Students have to […]