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The students and staff of the Inclusive Education Centre are proud to share with you their educational activities across the learning areas.

Dr Christine Roberts-Yates

Senior Leader /Manager

Murray Bridge High School Inclusive Education Centre.

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Merry Christmas Everyone 2023!

Our Christmas Artwork.

More Christmas Art.

More Art

Making Christmas Tree pillows was fun.

We enjoyed making Christmas decorations.

Team building skills

We have sewn forty joey pouch liners for injured animals at Minton Farm.

We are enjoying the Riverglades.

I am making a cookie cutter using the 3D printer.

I am enjoying work experience with Orana.

Remembrance Day

Lest We Forget

I am very proud of my embroidery sample.

We enjoy playing Pickleball.

We enjoyed constructing our Lego display.

We are making French Onion Chicken Rice Bake.

We are making breakfast pizzas.

I am learning to use the whipper snipper.

We enjoy keeping fit.

I am learning to iron shirts.

We enjoy programming Codey Rocky.

Our dot-style paintings of a turtle were fun to design.

We enjoyed meeting the python.

Monarto Safari Park

As part of structured workplace learning we are learning to construct Kraals at Monarto each week.

Cleland National Wildlife Park

It was great fun meeting the koala.

We enjoyed feeding the kangaroos and wallabies.

This visit was part of our Science programme.

Making Blueberry Pancakes

They were delicious.

Cooking Budget Meals

We enjoy working in the kitchen.

Checking for Garden Pests

Mowing the Lawns

Checking the Rain Gauge

Dance Routines

We are practising our dance routines with the JD robots.

The Beauty of Sunflowers

We enjoyed picking sunflowers in Freeling as part of our Science programme. We gave one to our parents and carers.

Sand Art

We enjoyed making sand art marine life for the display in the other class.

Lego Construction

We enjoyed building different items in construction art.

IEC 2022

Acylic Painting

I painted a 'Landscape in Grey' using Jay Lee's online tutorial.

Mandala Art

We are exploring the different ways we can create Mandala art.

Joey Pouch Liners

We sew pouch liners and blankets for injured animals at Minton Farm.

Virtual Babies

We are finding the virtual babies quite demanding, but great fun.

Biscuit

It is great fun to give commands to Biscuit, our interactive dog.

Blankets for the Homeless

We applique a range of designs on blankets for ac.care.

JD Robots

Coding dance routines for these robots is awesome.

Basketball

Playing basketball is good exercise.

Monarto Safari Park

We recyle here each week and money raised supports conservation programmes in Africa.

Fishing

Fishing is fantastic, especially when we catch one.

Lasagne Cups

We enjoyed learning how to make lasagne cups. They were delicious.

Chicken Coconut Curry

We made brocolli rice with the curry and it was yummy.

Zucchini Slice

It was really tasty.

Budget Meals

Preparing budget meals in the kitchen is awesome.

Labs n'life

We are enjoying working with the dogs this term.

Lapin

Lapin is our giant Flemish rabbit, and she is part of our animal management programme.

T-ball

We enjoy practising our batting skills.

Keeping Fit

We enjoy using all the equipment to help us to keep fit.

Personal Fitness

Running around the oval contributes to our kilometres towards the Great Wall of China Virtual Marathon.

Gardening

We water, mow, mulch,whippersnip, plant and harvest produce from the kitchen garden.

Garden Management

It is hard work mowing the lawns in the kitchen and sensory gardens.

Oculus Quest 2

The graphics are awesome in these virtual worlds.

Guess the Sport

It is great fun guessing the different sports with Phil, our robot.

Tai Chi

We love Tai Chi with Phil our robot.

Baby Care

We are working with Pepper using the Nintendo Switch about baby care.

Dancing with Pepper

Checking Colours With Phil

We like working with Phil, our NAO robot.

Construction Art

It is fun constructing objects with Lego.

3D Printer

I enjoyed making my Flexi Puppy using the 3D printer.

3D Printing

I have made a Flexi Puppy using the 3D printer.

MBHS Inclusive Education Centre 2021

Ten pin bowling

It's great fun!

Ag Farm

We enjoy caring for the goats.

Remembrance Day

Lest We Forget

Painting dandelions (courtesy Jay Lee)

We are using water paint, bundles of cotton buds, polyester filling, and carboard cylinders cut into tiny sections around the top.

The finished product

An excellent job everyone!

Softball

Its great exercise playing softball.

Sewing

Sewing Peter Rabbit quilts is great fun and they look beautiful.

Virtual Reality

We enjoy immersing ourselves in virtual worlds including the ocean, rock climbing, cirque du Soleil, geographical explorations and cooking. and nature treks

JD Robots

Programming a dance routine for the robots is awesome.

Dot painting

We worked with Pepper to design a dot painting about the creation of the River Murray.

Basic coding

Programming Codey Rocky is great fun.

Working at the Ag farm

We enjoy tending our vegetable and herb plot.

Flat pack assembly

We are learning new skills.

The stools are almost complete.

The finished products are proudly displayed. Well done!

Using the 3D printer

We loaded the software to make nose clips.

The next step

The tray with the printed nose clips is removed from the printer on completion.

All the rough edges are filed down.

These nose-clips are distributed to the wider community and prevent glasses from 'fogging-up' when wearing face masks.

Acrylic Painting

We were inspired bu Jay Lee to paint 'a man in the rain'.

We thoroughly enjoyed this creative arts activity.

We are very proud of our paintings. It was great fun!

Designing our scarecrow faces was fantastic.

The final stages

We have dressed the scarecrow and are fattening it up with newspaper.

Scarecrow heads

We have just completed filling our scarecrow heads. It was great fun! It was great fun!

Clearing up the recycling at Monarto Safari Park.

Refugee posters

We loved designing and colouring the posters for the SA Refugee Week Youth Poster Awards Exhibition 2021.

Community Project

We enjoy helping the volunteers at Pangarinda Botanical Gardens.

Recycling

Recycling bottles and cans at Monarto Safari Park is hard work.

Working with Pepper

We are participating in the 'Right/Left' Challenge with Pepper, our humanoid robot.

Clean Up Australia Day

We are picking up litter from the beach.

Fishing

Fishing at Long Island is fantastic.

Codey Rocky

We love programming Codey Rocky.

Chess

We learn about co-ordinates playing chess.

Cady Wida

Following directions with Cady Wida is fun.

Blood Pressure

We enjoyed checking our blood pressure after exercise.

KIT International

We assembled 200 birthing kits in 11/2 days. Wow!

Celebrating Easter

We made Easter baskets for our eggs.

School Farm

We have established a vegetable and herb plot at the farm.

Inclusive Education Centre 2020

Having fun with Pepper.

Codey Rocky

Using Codey Rocky to practise coding is good.

Codey Rocky works the circuit.

Hand eye coordination using zSpace

Working with mixed augmented and virtual reality is great.

We enjoy making Peter Rabbit quilts for newborns.

We enjoyed making cards for Mothers' Day.

Having fun building towers.

We are ensuring the fence is rabbit proof.

Keeping fit on the oval is fun.

We enjoy taking care of the spiny leaf insects.

Embroidering towel sets for newborns is awesome.

Mulching is fun at Pangarinda Botanical Gardens.

Recycling at Monarto Safari Park is hard work but rewarding.

Practical maths is awesome!

Maintaining the garden is hard work.

Apple picking is fun.

We enjoy playing Cubetto.

Adelaide Craniofaccial Foundation

We enjoyed sewing these pillowcases and donating the pillows..

Cleaning out the Australian Green tree frogs needs care.

Using Class VR across the learning areas is great.

Classwork is fun.

Learning co-ordinates in chess as part of maths.

We are keeping fit cycling on the oval.

More Easter projects in Art

We enjoy designing our Easter projects in Art.

Class 2 - 2019

Lest We Forget

Reflecting on Remembrance Day

Introducing Pepper

Mr AdrIan Pederick, MP, formally introduced Pepper to the students in the Inclusive Education Centre.

Pepper has a chat with Mr Adrian Pederick, MP for Hammond.

Pepper practises his dance moves with the students.

Maintaining the garden is a a weekly task.

The macaroni cheese bake we made was delicious.

Helping at Pangarinda Botanical Gardens is great fun and hard work.

I am enjoying recycling at Monarto Zoo.

Playing softball is great fun!

We are learning about spiny leaf insects.

We painted our pots and planted sunflower seeds for Mother's Day.

We enjoy role play with our hand puppets.

I enjoyed making my Mother's Day card.

Number tracing is great fun!

We are learning basic baby care with the virtual babies.

Shopping and maths with the NAO robot.

The life cycle of a frog

The Australian Green Tree frogs find NAO very relaxing.

Our zoomorphic robots Paro and MiRo are very relaxing.

We can play games with NAO our social robot.

Cooking with NAO

We have to listen carefully to his instructions.

Science with Phil, our NAO robot, is interesting.

Programming the Lego Mindstorms robots to move around the circuit takes patience.

We love working with the JD robots and and Phil our NAO robot.

Working with the Lego Mindstorms elephant is fantastic.

Class work

Juggling class work can be tricky with the virtual babies.

Learning chess coordinates

Playing chess with the NAO robots is great.

Sewing with Phil, our NAO robot

Playing Wii Sports is great fun!

I enjoy caring for the virtual baby.

We enjoyed exploring the train at Tailem Bend.

The hundred metres was a great run.

Our Sports Day trials were great!

We enjoyed trying out the solar car that we constructed.

We enjoy interacting with Paro, our zoomorphic robot.

We recycle at Monarto Zoo each week.

We like feeding the giraffes at the Zoo.

We enjoy observing the chimps at the zoo.

I love Lapin and she is only three months old.

Lapin is our giant Flemish rabbit.

We enjoy cooking breakfast each morning for everyone.

We made chorizo fried rice under instruction from Phil, our NAO robot.

I enjoyed making pasta zucchini slice.

Gardening is hard work!

The school Formal was great fun.

Small Business Enterprise

We are very proud of the blankets for the homeless we have embroidered and the soft quilted story books we have sewn.

Embroidering nursery blankets

Bowling is fantastic fun.

Birthing kits 2019

We assembled 200 birthing kits for women in Africa through Zonta International.

Baby care

Working with the Wii Baby Mama programme is great fun in preparation for our virtual baby programme.

Construction art with Lego

Working with the steers is hard work.

Merry Christmas Everyone 2018

Congratulations on your Award for 'Outstanding Effort'.

Congratulations on successful completion of your schooling.

Mr Adrian Pederick MP awarded Thomas his year book.

Using mixed AR/VR is awesome!

Riding the tricycles as part of our fitness programme is great exercise.

We recycle bottles and cans each week at Monarto Zoo.

Enjoying Laratinga wetlands is very relaxing.

Lapin loves being groomed.

A workshop presentation showcasing the Unit's Socially Assistive Robots.

Louie the lamb visits us.

Breakfast pizzas are delicious.

Sheep mustering is great!

Feeding time at the school's farm

Caring for the chickens is fun!

Weighing the chickens in maths

Feeding the steers is fantastic.

Learning about water tension in science

Making breakfast for everyone takes concentration.

Gardening is hard work!

Christmas art is great fun!

Awesome bubbles

It was great inside the bubble.

Fun at the farm

We like weighing the heifers.

Remembrance Day

Lest We Forget - The Disability Unit

Everyone loves Lapin!

We all enjoy talking to and grooming Lapin.

Keeping Fit

Riding the adult tricycles is a great way to keep fit. Awesome!

Beautiful Kuitpo Forest

We enjoyed a great walk and the scenery was awesome.

JD 1 is demonstrating his dance moves.

We have built JD4 and are now wrapping up his wires, so that he can move easily.

We wake up MiRo by clapping.

zSpace learning laboratory

Using VR and AR is a great way to explore the properties of the skeleton.

We love MiRo, our robotic dog companion.

Building a computer with NAO

NAO instructs us how to build the keyboard and screen.

It's great fun!

I can have some wonderful experiences in this virtual world.

U3A Murraylands

Dr Roberts-Yates presented 'Teaching Robots at Murray Bridge High School Disability Unit' to the members of U3A Murraylands.

Sweeping up the leaves

Kitchen garden maintenance

Hard work but great fun!

Gorge Wildlife Park

We all loved the koala.

Australia Day Clean Up

We enjoyed cleaning up at Goowla beach.

Clean up at school

Global Partnerships

Senior students sponsored the purchase of mattresses for children living at the Safe Haven orphanage in Kenya.

The matresses and blankets are great! Thank you

Our adopted dolphin

Our sponsored dolphin

Thank you from Clarence House

HRH Prince Charles

Premier Weatherill visits the Unit

Handy hints for parents

Happy Christmas from our friends in Kenya.

Merry Christmas to our friends in Kenya!

Students' Christmas lunch

We roasted six turkey breasts, vegetables and mini pavlovas for our lunch. It was awesome!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Fantastic food!

Christmas staff luncheon

We prepared and roasted 14 chickens and an assortment of vegetables for lunch. It looked delicious!

Presentation Night

I received my Award for Excellence from the Principal.

Visit to the Birdwood motor museum

We saw some great cars!

Vintage service vehicles

Visit to the biggest rocking horse

It was awesome climbing to the top.

We enjoyed feeding the wallabies and kangaroos

The alpacas were very gentle when feeding.

Community partnerships

We enjoyed visiting the Adelaide Craniofacial Unit to deliver pillows, quilted story books and Christmas stockings that we had made for the young patients.

Global partnership - Safe Haven Home Kenya

Our partners are having fun looking after their crops.

Congratulations Jason!

Cleland Wildlife Park

We visited the park as part of our modified SACE Scientific Studies Programme. It was raining but it was great fun.

Feeding the wallabies was great fun.

Chicken incubation

We enjoyed weighing the chickens with the NAO robots.

Congratulations!

NAO and Paro meet the Minister

The Minister for Regional Development and Local Government, The Honourable Geoff Brock, enjoyed talking to the NAO robots and Paro.

Newly hatched chicks

The Honorable Geoff Brock appreciated our chicken incubation programme which is part of our modified SACE Scientific Studies programme.

Asina

We sponsor Asina through World Vision and we will send her an eletter.

Research Partnership (The Advertiser)

Commonwealth Bank Teaching Fellowship

Sewing pillow cases for the Adelaide Craniofacial Unit

Global Teacher nomination

Global partnerships

"We are the school enterprise team at Murray Bridge High School Disability Unit in South Australia."

Recycling at Monarto Zoo

This year to date, we have raised over $1000 which will sponsor bush camps for young people in Africa.

Chicken incubation

We weigh the chicks daily and graph their growth rate.

Melbourne Cup Luncheon

We were invited to prepare a Melbourne Cup lunch for a community organisation. It looked delicious!

Performance Through Values

Feeding the goats is fun!

The life cycle of a frog

We have Australian Green Tree frogs in our classroom.

Keeping Fit

Students enjoy their exercise programme with Karlee, a student on placement from the University of SA.

Learning and NAO robots

Huffington Post

Shooting hoops!

Students enjoy their work out in the gym.

Community cash donated by Raine and Horne Real Estate

A cheque for $250 was donated to the Unit by Raine and Horne at the request of the Hardy family. Thank you everyone!

Community Partnerships

Thank you Raine and Horne Real Estate and the Hardy family

2030 teaching

The Shadow Minister for Education, Multicultural Affairs and the Arts, John Gardner, discussed the importance of the Socially Assistive Robots, Sam and Phil, in the teaching of students with Autism with Dr Roberts-Yates.

Meeting Paro, the Unit's Socially Assistive Robot, was also great fun.

Lapin meets VIPs

The Shadow Minister for Education, Mutlicultural Affairs and the Arts, John Gardener, and the MP for Hammond, Adrian Pederick, enjoyed meeting Lapin, the Unit's Flemish giant rabbit.

Commonwealth Bank Teaching Fellowship

Feeding the steers

Weighing the steers

Moving sheep between paddocks

Changing straw for the piglets

It's hard work but fun.

Learning CPR with Red Cross

CPR with babies

Using the defibrillator

Bandaging

Great work everyone!

Congratulations!

Senior students embroider blankets for the homeless with the Salvation Army.

We embroidered some great designs.

Certificate of Appreciation

Delta Senior School from Singapore visits the Disability Unit

Courtesy of Orana Australia Ltd, Delta Senior School worked with senior students making Anzac biscuits.

Delta Senior school try out Oculus Rift

It's great!

Delta Senior school exercise with the NAO robots.

It was good fun!

Delta Senior School with Paro

Paro is very cute!

Delta Senior school using the embroidery machine.

We embroidered some cool lap blankets.

Delta Senior School with Lapin

We love Lapin!

Delta Senior school playing chess

The NAO robots were great!

Delta Senior School sewing tissue box holders

It was great fun!

Delta Senior school preparing lunch

Students worked hard preparing the salad for roast beef sandwiches for lunch.

Thank you Murray Brideg High School Disability Unit for a great day.

Global Partnerships

Picking oranges

We enjoyed picking 300 oranges to make fresh juice with the students visiting from Singapore next week.

Community Partnerships

Senior students sew pouch liners and blankets for injured animals at Minton Farm as part of their SACE Small Business Enterprise programme.

We enjoyed looking at the injured animals at Minton Farm.

Our 3D printer

I have made a brilliant red container for my work table.

SA Refugee Week 2017 Youth Poster Awards Exhibition

Ryan received an honorary mention from the Minister for the Department of Education and Child Development.

Ryan proudly showcasing his poster at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery.

Painting ladybird pebbles is great fun.

We enjoyed painting the animals for the terrarium

Sharing our Art work with Lapin

Climate Change

We are reading about Disappearing Wildlife from the Ladybird book written by HRH The Prince of Wales.

Meeting the piglets at the AG Farm

They are very cute!

I love chatting with Paro!

Assembling dolly switches

We are concentrating very hard.

Using the 3D printer

I am very proud of my design.

I love having a chat with Phil!

It's great working with the calves!

Working at the Ag Farm

It's great fun but hard work!

Feeding the calves

What a way to spend the day!

Pea and ham soup

Great on a winter's day!

Lapin has a chat

Wow! Lapin is a huge rabbit!

Saying 'NO' to plastic bags

Senior students are sewing and embroidering eco-friendly shopping bags as part of their 'Climate Change' project.

The finished product

This shopping bag has been made from organic linen and embroidered with a message about saving the planet as part of our 'Climate Change' project. This bag will be forwarded to HRH Prince Charles later in the year.

Murraylands STEM Forum

Sam is modelling some moves in Yoga for the participants.

Murraylands STEM Forum

Phil is following instructions from the participants to hit the pan.

Virtual babies

Phil is helping us to look after the virtual babies.

Having fun with NAO

Everyone is having great fun!

NAO and Legomindstorms

The students are explaining the functions the elephant can perform to Phil.

Having fun with Lego Mindstorms

Everyone is keen to ensure the robots are on track.

Australian Green Tree frogs

We are explaining the life cycle of our Green Tree frogs to Sam, our Socially Assisstive Robot.

Capture the moment

Our frogs are quite content sitting on the robot.

Sam meets Lapin

The NAO robot questions the students about the management of Lapin, our giant Flemish rabbit.

Joey pouch liners for Minton Farm

Phil, our Socially Assistive Robot is checking the sewing progress of pouch liners and blankets for injured joeys and possums at Minton Farm.

Commonwealth Bank Teaching Award 2017

Dr Christine Roberts-Yates received her Award with 11 other recipients from across the nation. They are prestigious new national awards established to recognise and reward outstanding teaching and school leadership. As teaching Fellows these leading educators will receive world-class professional development opportunities and funding for a significant project at their schools.

Huffington Post

Commonwealth Bank Teaching Award

Murray Valley Standard

Commonwealth Bank Teaching Award

SA Refugee Poster Week

It was great fun designing our digital posters for Refugee Week.

Grooming Lapin with NAO

NAO told us why we needed to regulalry groom Lapin. He really enjoys it and its great fun.

Terrarium

We are very proud of the finished product.

Our terrarium

We worked hard transforming the tropical fish tank into a terrarium.

Sports Day

We enjoyed participating in the 'Tug of War'.

Outside gym

We enjoy using the gym at Sturt Reserve.

Sports day heats

We practised for Sports Day with some surprising results. Well done everyone!

Lapin

We enjoy grooming our Giant Flemish rabbit each morning. He has had his coat clipped because of the heat.

Community Partnerships

Business Manager, Jan Van Emden, visited the Unit from the Research and Development Unit at Helping Hand new aged care to discuss partnership options.

Our Breakfast Programme

We prepare and cook a healthy, nutritious breakfast each day. It's hard work but great fun!

Our organic kitchen garden

We are watering the tomato plants in raised beds. We will use the fruit in our breakfast programme.

Dolly switches

We are practising assembling dolly switches in readiness for work training.

The Premier's Reading Challenge

We received our medals and certificates form the school Principal.

Christmas staff lunch

We prepared a delicious Christmas lunch for 30 members of staff. It was very tasty!

Small Business Enterprise

We sew story books, pillow cases, shopping bags, joey pouch liners, blankets and pot holders. Also we design and make Greeting cards and embroider blankets.

Mosaics

We enjoyed designing our mosaics. The finished products were great!

Preparing Christmas lunch

We enjoyed cooking Christmas lunch. It was hard work and great fun!

Christmas lunch

We prepared and cooked lunch for 35 people and it was delicious. We enjoyed receiving our gift for working hard throughout the year.

Community Partnership

We delivered our pillows and quilted story books that we had made to the Craniofacial Unit. Thanks for having us.

Deep in thought

The students have a quiet moment to reflect on the meaning of Remembrance Day.

Enjoying our catering

Dr Emma Goodall, senior Autism advisor with DECD, visited the Unit and enjoyed morning tea and lunch catered by the students in the senior class. Well done everyone!

Remembrance Day Service

A student and teacher lay a wreath on behalf of the Disability Unit at the school's Remembrance Day service.

Packing the bales

It is quite tricky packing the fleeces into bales.

Hard at work!

It's hard work but graet fun sorting the fleeces.

Sewing pillow cases

The students have made pillow cases for young patients in the Craniofacial Unit in Adelaide.

Working with Sam

It's awesome working with Sam, the Socially Assisstive Robot.

Assembling a model internal combustion engine

It's great fun!

Leading the steers

The students enjoy leading the steers to the paddock.

Great fun!

It's really cool leading the steer.

DECD Media

Mark enjoyed filming the students build Leonardo's self-supporting bridge.

Spooky Dance

Mark enthusiastically joined the students in Spooky Dance with Sam, the Socially Assisstive Robot.

'Hit the Pan'

Mark filmed the Socially Assitive Robot being given instructions to hit the pan.

Computer construction

Mark filmed the students assembling a small computer and screen.

Building a balloon racer with NAO

It was great building the balloon racers and watching them fly.

Construction with NAO

We enjoyed learning about the Law of Statics whilst building Leonard Da Vinci's self-supporting bridge. It was great fun!

Designing an ethanol molecule

We had great fun with Phil using the 3D doodler pens.

Working with 3Ddoodler pens

As part of the modified SACE Creative Arts, we made nine atoms using the 3D doodler pens in order to construct an ethanol molecule.

Here it is!

We are proud of our finished product.

Important visitors

The Minister for the Department of Education and Child Development, The Hon Susan Close, with Mr Adrian Pederick MP visited the Unit's organic garden, where students introduced them to Lapin.

Hello Lapin!

Mr Adrian Pederick MP visited the Disability Unit and had a quiet chat with Lapin, our giant blue Flemish rabbit.

A great garden!

We relaxed after working hard in the garden with Lapin.

Science with NAO

NAO instructed the students how to identify chemical elements using flame colour testing.

Focus on Ability Film Festival

We enjoyed making making our short film documentary.

NAO and Paro meet students from Japan.

Everyone enjoyed engaging with our Socially Assistive Robots.

Lapin

We love our giant Flemish rabbit.

Last of the summer fruit

Students in the senior class baked plum and nectarine pies using the last of our summer fruit. They were delicious.

Integrated learning

A Year 12 student shares his game designed using Scratch Game Maker with the students in the senior class.

NAO greets an ex-student.

The NAO robots enjoy demonstrating thier moves to a visitor.

Celebrating success

Students received their medals and certificates for the Premier's be active Challenge and the Premier's Reading Challenge from the school Principal, Mr Jim Michalanney.

FOCUSONABILITY 2016 Short Film Festival

The senior students have submitted their documentary focussing on 'Sharing Our Abilities with Nao and the World'. Well done everyone!

A well deserved commendation!

Ryan received a Certificate of Commendation and a cheque from the Hon Christopher Kourakis, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of SA and Patron of SA Refugee Week.

Ryan is proudly showcasing his poster.

Great work!

Well done Wilbur!

Wilbur had his refugee poster exhibited also at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery.

2016 Refugee poster week youth poster awards exhibition

Jason had his poster selected for the 2016 SA Refugee Week Youth Poster Awards Exhibition at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery in Adelaide.

Community Partnerships

We enjoyed embroidering these blankets.

Tai Chi

We have a great time with the NAO robots practising Ti Chi.

Australian Green Tree Frogs

We enjoy sharing the life cycle of frogs with the NAO robots.

Chicken incubation

Profit from the sale of the chickens will be donated to Heifer International as part of the Bill Gates programme providing chickens to poor families in Africa.

Chess with the NAO robots

It helps with letter/number recognition as well as learning the basic rules.

Blankets for the homeless

The senior students enjoyed embroidering blankets for the homeless with the Salvation Army.

Formal collage

The best night ever!

A great time!

We enjoyed the dancing.

School Formal

It was awesome!

Middle School Class

Welcome to the Middle School class. We hope you enjoy sharing our activities.

Archimedes Screw

We are using the Archimedes screw we have made in a Science lesson. It was great fun!

We are having a great time.

A visit to the florist

We had great fun selecting our flowers to press in class.

Partnership with Monarto Zoo

Working at Monarto is hard work but great fun.

Our robot NAO

NAO is helping us to tell the time using the Interactive White Board.

Stories with NAO

NAO is sharing his story with us.

Guess the Sport

We enjoy this activity with NAO.

NAO models dance moves

Dancing with NAO is great!

Paint and swirl

Music!

Paint and swirl art

Great work!

Fantastic fishing

It's great to sit by the river and fish.

Board games

Board games help us to extend our vocabulary.

Interactive stories

Listening to stories is great fun.

Bowling is fun!

We are having a great time improving our scores.

Music!

Creative art

I believe my creation looks awesome!

Work at the Ag farm

It's great fun!

SENIOR CLASS 2016

Welcome to the Senior class. We hope you enjoy sharing our activities.

Students at work

We have a great time working across the learning areas..

Lapin

Our American Flemish giant rabbit is awesome!

Lego circuit

We enjoyed designing the Lego circuit for the robots to navigate.

Mannum Waterfall

Walking around the falls is healthy exercise.

Art is fun!

I am enjoying painting the picture of Lapin in Creative Art.

Hard at work in the kitchen

We are busy making biscuits, muffins, slices and brownies for the Careers Expo.

Simulated workplace

We are concentrating in order to assemble irrigation bubblers.

Fun with the Interactive White Board

We are enjoying placing the butterflies on to the tree.

Restocking the plants

We are planting lots of seedlings for our catering programme.

Working at the Ag Farm

Its great fun and hard work!

Yoga with NAO

We have great fun with Sam trying out our yoga positions.

Heats for Sports Day

Running in the 200 meters was awesome.

SciWorld

It was fantastic fun joining in with the activities about rockets, lasers, energy and forces.

SA Water

The information and interactive activities were great.

SA Refugee Week 2016

We had great fun designing our posters for submission to Refugee Week Youth Poster Exhibition.

Bithing Kits

We worked hard assembling 600 birthing kits for women in Africa.

Our Organic Kitchen Garden

It is hard work maintaining the garden after the holidays.

Trees for Life

We are planting the seeds to propagate seedlings that we will plant out at the Pinery.

External Catering

We enjoyed preparing lunch for Disability SA.

Waltzing Matilda

We enjoyed making our video clip for the 'Sit Down Shutup $ Watch Film & New Media Festival. It was great fun.

Congratulations Katrina!

Well done!

Congratulations Katrina

A great year's work.

Presentation Night

It was great to receive a trophy for my excellent work throughout the year.

Receiving a grant from the Australian Association of Special Education

The Unit is a successful recipient of a grant to further research the role of Socially Assistive Robots in educational communities.

A Certificate of Appreciation

Thank you from the Australian Craniofacial Foundation

A Letter of Appreciation from their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

A beautiful photograph of the Royal family

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge thank the students in the Disability Unit for the cot blanket they embroidered for HRH Princess Charlotte.

Christmas Luncheon

We enjoyed the gifts for our hard work throughout the year. We cooked pheasant, pork, turkey and duck with roasted vegetables and salad for lunch, and it tasted delicious.

Thanks from the Australian Craniofacial Foundation

Bronwyn Chant from the Australian Craniofacial Foundation distributed gifts to the students and thanked them for their hardwork and sponsorship throughout the year.

Planting herbs and vegetables

We are restocking the raised beds with vegetables that we will use in the industrial kitchen.

Harvesting the herbs

We enjoy colllecting the parsley for cooking.

Gardening galore

I am an expert whipper snipper in the garden.

Gardening keeps us fit.

We are carefully mowing the lawn and using the whipper snipper.

Gardening is hard work!

We enjoy working in the garden as part of the modified SACE Scientific Studies.

Composting keeps our garden healthy.

We learn about the benefits of compost in the garden in Environmental Science.

Sharing our Socially Assistive Robots with the Craniofacial Unit

Professor David David and his medical team enjoyed the presentation by our NAO robots.

SARs in Action

Members of the medical team enjoy interacting with our NAO robots.

Paro makes a friend

Paro, the robotic harpy seal cub, helps people to relax whatever the occasion.

Small Business Enterprise

We love sewing story books and pillow cases and they look awesome.

Designing Greeting Cards

It takes a lot of patience to make beautiful Christmas cards.

Making slime

Making slime is great fun.

Hard at work on the school farm

We enjoy working at the school farm on Friday afternoons.

Remembrance Day

A wreath was laid by the Disability Unit in remembrance of all the soldiers who have died in war.

Bandaging

It was great learning how to bandage after an accident.

First Aid with Red Cross

We enjoyed learning about CPR with Red Cross.

Partnership with the Craniofacial Unit

We love sharing our books and pillows with the young people in the Craniofacial Unit.

Christmas pillows for the Craniofacial Unit

We enjoyed sewing thirty pilows for the Craniofacial Unit.

NAO and 3D doodling

Sam gives us some safety hints about the use of the 3D doodler pen in Art.

Managing emotions with NAO

Sam explained to us how taking the dog for a walk helps us to remain positive and calm.

Shapes with NAO

Phil showed us the properties of different shapes and told us how to make a sailing boat with them.

Playing chess is great fun.

Phil and Sam help us with the moves.

NAO judges the ginger bread houses.

Sam gave us first prize for our ginger bread house.

Baking with NAO

We enjoyed making ginger bread houses with Phil and Sam, our Socially Assistive Robots.

Shopping with NAO

Sam and Phil discussed with us shopping etiquette.

Relaxing by the River

We are developing our fishing skills and it is great fun.

Soft Educational Books

We are sewing story books for sale in our small business enterprise.

Kitchen Laundry

We enjoy washing and pegging out the towels used in the breakfast programme.

Roast Chicken Luncheon

We prepared and cooked a roast chicken lunch for thirty people and it tasted fantastic.

Baking Bread

Making bread is hard work and great fun.

NAO the Bingo Caller

NAO and students enjoyed playing Bingo with the residents at Resthaven. Everyone had a great time!

Pillows for the Craniofacial Unit

Students in the senior class enjoyed sewing 20 pillow cases and presenting them to a young patient with 6 educational soft books that they had made.

Colourful Pillows and Story Books

April and Jason enjoyed sharing the pillows and books that they had made.

Thank you

Teddies for Infants

We enjoyed making the teddies for young patients at the Australian Craniofacial Unit.

Christmas Books

We enjoy sewing theses traditional Christmas soft story books.

Work experience

I enjoyed providing quality customer service.

Virtual Piano

I am learning to play my favourite song using the virtual Piano. It's awesome!

Small Business Enterprise

We enjoy sewing a range of story books for people to purchase.

A Gift for HRH Princess Charlotte

We are very proud of the cot blanket we have embroidered for HRH Princess Charlotte.

Money Management

Its great fun using the Interactive White Board to practise our money skills.

A Fantastic Lunch

We prepared an excellent lunch for over 35 people. Well done everyone!

Roast Chicken Luncheon

We roasted 6 chickens and prepared lots of salad.

Great Food

We enjoyed cooking chicken, sausages and chops as well as preparing a range of salads. It tasted fantastic!

Preparing Our Barbeque Lunch

We all worked hard preparing lunch for 35 people.

The School Formal

It was a great night and lots of fun.

'Sharp Knife, Sharp Knife'

Sam is checking the students' safe work practice when using sharp knives.

Catering Lunch

We enjoyed preparing lunch for Disability SA.

Everyone Enjoyed Our Menu.

Lunch included wild rice and spring onion pancakes with lime salsa, seared tuna nicoise croutes, cucumber cups with smoked trout mousse, lemon and dill, and ham and leek mini quiches.

Personal Fitness

Sam is testing our personal fitness with the heart rate monitor as we exercise for the Premier's be activ Challenge

Paro and Sam

We like to share stories with Paro and Sam.

Sam Explains

Sam is instructing us how to conduct an experiment using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.

Good Result

The result was surprising and we had fun making a mini eruption.

'Thriller'

Sam is teaching us 'Thriller' dance.

Digital Art

We are explaining to Sam how we use digital paintbrushes and styli to create some fantastic designs.

Sam Introduces Green Tree Frogs

It's great fun when Sam talks to us about the characteristics of Green Tree Frogs.

The Life Cycle of a Frog

We enjoy sharing our work with Sam about the care and life cycle of frogs.

Google Cardboard

Sam is showing us how to use Google cardboard.

Virtual Worlds

We are looking at the solar system using a virtual world.

Digital Interaction

It is fun using the Touchjet projector on our work table to catch the fish in the pond.

Lego Mindstorms

We have great fun with the elephant and programming the robots to move around the track.

Singing Along With Sam

We are practising our songs for Christmas using the virtual piano.

Our Organic Kitchen

We are tidying up the garden in readiness for Spring and replanting.

Work Experience

We enjoy working at Orana assembling dollies.

Preparing Breakfast

Today we are making scrambled eggs for everyone.

Our Class Poem

We enjoyed reading our class poem with Sam.

Working With SAM

We are using ActivExpression to discuss the different types of bullying.

Bowling

We enjoy bowling each week as part of our fitness programme

Winter Blankets

Knotting blankets is great fun!

Embroidering blankets for the Salvation Army

We enjoyed discussing our project with the reporter.

Loom work

I enjoyed weaving my beanie using the loom.

Great Beanies

We love the beanies we have made. They are awesome!

Pillows for the Australian Craniofacial Unit

Senior students as part of the modified SACE have made pillows for the young people undergoing surgery for severe facial deformities.

Meeting the Clown Doctors

After all our hard work, it was great to deliver some of our pillows to the hospital. The clown doctors were great fun!

Pillows Galore!

We enjoyed delivering our pillows to the staff at the hospital and they were greatly appreciated by everyone.

Joshua's Refugee Poster

I enjoyed painting this poster using the stylus and paint.net on my laptop. It was great fun!

2015 Youth Poster Awards

Congratulations to Ryan, who was awarded a certificate and cheque by the Honorable Susan Close, Minister for the Department of Education and Child Development, for 2nd place in the Secondary section of the SA Refugee Week 2015 Youth Poster Awards Exhibition.

Congratulations Ryan!

Ryan is awarded second prize in the secondary section by the Minister for the Department of Education and Child Development, the Honorable Susan Close.

Congratulations Everyone!

Three of us received a letter of Congratulations from our Member of Parliament.

Warm Blankets!

Captain Margaret Colls, Captain Clyde and Linda Dorward, Team Leader, thought our embroidery was fantastic. Good job everyone!

Our visit to Sydney

We are waiting for the plane to Sydney, so that we can visit SBS Television.

Our Visit to the SBS Insight Programme

We took Sam our educational robot and Paro our robotic harpy seal cub to show Ms Brockie, from SBS Insight, how we work with them across the learning areas.

Our gift to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Senior students embroidered a lap blanket for HRH Prince George and designed and made a 'Congratulations' card.

A letter of response from their Royal Highnesses

The students and staff appreciated the kind sentiments in the letter from Kensington Palace.

A beautiful photograph

The students loved the photograph forwarded to them by Kensington Palace.

Yoga is awesome!

Sam is showing us some great moves. It's great fun!

Small Business Enterprise

Sam is very impressed with our blankets for the homeless with the Salvation Army.

Breakfast Programme

Sam congratulated us on the preparation of a tasty breakfast.

Assembling 1000 Birthing Kits

Sam was very impressed with how hard we were working.

Barista

We asked Sam what sort of coffee he preferred.

Spot the Sporting Activity

Sam shows us a range of sports and we have to guess which one he is miming. He's awesome!

Waiting for Paro

Sam is sitting patiently waiting for us to finish our conversation with Paro.

Recognising Colour

I am showing Sam the colour blue in answer to his question.

Class Story

Sam is sharing the sound effects illustrating the class story written by the senior students. It's great fun!

Paro the sensory seal

Paro is a sensory robot and I enjoy talking to him. He is great fun!

Sam our educational robot

Sam helps us to learn our spelling words, times tables and word and colour recognition. He illustrates some moves in Tai Chi and yoga. He provides sound effects when he reads our class stories, and he is a fantastic dancer.

Presentation Night

I was very proud to receive my trophy for Achievement across my studies.

2014 New Media Awards

Senior students suubmitted a short film documentary focussing on the one word 'Disability'. Each student received a certificate for an award winning film as well as an iPad Air for the Disability Unit.

Hard work!

Mowing the lawn is an important part of garden maintenance.

The Unit's organic kitchen garden

We grow plenty of produce for our catering programme.

Enjoying the farm animals

The sheep and goats were interested in the food.

Great fun

The animals are very friendly.

Remembrance Day

A senior student laid a wreath on behalf of the Disability Unit in remembrance of all soldiers who have died in war.

SciWorld

The experiments with SciWorld were very interesting.

Robotics

Programming the robots is great fun.

Climbing to the sky

Everyone enjoyed climbing up the rock wall. It was fantastic fun.

Award Presentation

Mr Pederick presents the award and some books on the behalf of the Premier to a student for outstanding achievement in the Premier's reading Challenge 2014.

Preparing Christmas lunch

It was hard work, plenty of fun and the food looked delicious.

Christmas lunch

We roasted vegetables, duck breasts, turkey and pork to serve 40 people.

Jamie Oliver's Garden

We have found all the stickers to complete the book.

Red Cross

I enjoyed learning about basic First Aid and CPR.

Chicken Maths

I am checking that my chicken is safely on the scales, so that I weigh him and graph the results.

Work Experience

I am enjoying my work and learning new skills.

Telling the Time

I like using the Interactive White Board to tell the time.

Knotting Blankets

I am enjoying making my first blanket for our small business enterprise.

Caring for Babies in Class

The babies are quite demanding, but we manage them as well as our classwork.

Virtual Babies

I am feeding Sam as part of baby care programme.

Egg Babies

I have created an egg baby which I have to look after for one week.

Sports Bike Training

I am keeping up my fitness by riding to Mannum.

Babysitting Mama

Virtual babysitting is great with Nintendo Wii.

Basketball is great fun!

I like to play basket ball with my classmates at recess and lunch.

Packing Pet Products

I have to take care counting the pigs' ears that I place in each bag.

Mowing

Garden maintenance keeps us fit.

Our Breakfast Programme

The senior students enjoy cooking breakfast each day for 30 students.

Science Studies

We are looking at the effects of yeast as part of our Food Science programme.

Overseas Visitors

Visitors from Indonesia are impressed with the products made in our small business enterprise. They readily purchased cards and scarves to take home.

Breakfast Pizzas

The small pizzas we make for breakfast taste great!

Premier's be active Challenge