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IT’S well of the best recognised that hands-on ways to tion, so interest learning it’s no surpris students is one gram at in their e that Sorren educaAll founda to Primary the coastal school tion (prep) School is such proone day studen a big each week as part of at Point ts at the school hit. Nepean learning. a program of discov Nation spend ery, explor al Park Principal ation and ral progre Elaine Lesiuk said the ssion from run by Sorren progra the to Presch “bush and beach”m, a naturelevance ool, had progra and helped studen cross curricu m identity and lum ment. Literacconnectednes ts develop a y and numer s to the natura sense of practiced l enviro acy throug skills were nh handslinked to taught and on learning back in experiences and Lesiuk are Richens said teachers Katethe classroom. had dents’ resilie noticed a signifiWills and Miche lle cant increa in learnin nce, self-co g as a result nfidence and se in stuschool progra engage of implem enting the ment “Our studenm. coastal ts really school. look It’s in everyt wonderful seeingforward to coasta hing l their curios they do, and them activel y concepts ity, perseverancethey blow us awayengaged and unders with age group,that are traditio tandin nally not ” introduced g of “For exampshe said. to this le, studen read maps ts based on and to describ have started learnin e where the g to they are “They showcardinal directi going ons on curiosity and the about nativea compass. change of season to woodw orking skills s and have flora and fauna ng.” been introdu including ced sawing and whittli Liz Bell
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Liz Bell liz@mpnews .com.au ramp, $100,0 00 for THER E Network may Southern Community House living relief not be a lot each for of look forwar Somers Region, $1 million Mornington in the state budgecost-ofand Somer ry school d to seeing achieve s ville what we depending Peninsula residen t for in next $900,000 for basketball court primacan Mornington year’s budge to ts but cal spectru on which side Mount Eliza French Islandupgrade the Tankercovers, MP Libera t.” of the m you’re Crewther North Primar news. ton, boat ramp, among a l Chris on it’s not politimillion y $20 saying he called it a “horro for and all bad Hastings many school million fund School r budge Terminal the Victorian Clean$27.30 was disapp there was ing the govern project, s for planni covering ointed and t” was busy Labor MP Paul Energy Hastings. Mercurio ng ment of last week accus- but not yet the fixes, such nothing for coasta Mercurio his elector said he ments about short-changin ing for them $11.7 millionfor works, making with ate. was and Mount as for Shire Hall, l erosion g “Labor’s of fundthat Labor improvementinfrastructure announce- receivwhat the elector “very happy he said. Hawker ate of Hastin promised,” beaches, Martha North what matter budget slogan and transp s, particularly and service budge ed in what was and apart from is ‘doing “Disappointe s’ – but a very tight gs ort. for boatin “so perhap t”. ters VicCoast South doing what for who?” Apart from dly, there g needed money “Having mathe said. shared froms some money infrast is Crewther of a cross-p Wednesday’s could be Mount Eliza ructure fundinno muchwas able a seat at the table that”. promis eninsula “Labor Developmentsaid Mornington g for to talk with budget provid meant I bus service e continues Mornington Secondary Colleg some Specia al minist marginality of Schoo ed $271,0 , the recipie to allow things that l the northe ers 00 to Crewther Park Primary Schooe and was asking rn pontoo my comm and get isting nt of money for l was the only to dictate of seats and an the n at Hastinreplace for,” he unity l.” an ongoin projec hit by increasaid residents “Of course said. gs boat Crewther budgeting allocat MP’s party g excovers Mornit in his elector ses to land would be school ions,” said. ate, to do, work there is much which tax s tax Nepean Mount Marth ngton, Mount more which has which will on independent and the Eliza, a, Tueron Rye PrimarMP Liberal Sam begun, and work Baxter school “undoubtedl g and parts and Mooro through I y” flow s, of its promisy School receiv Groth said to increa of oduc. “There sed ed is unspec While there $42,000 fees. playgrounds. ed $200,000 ified fundin for new to be about was money g for (believed “Eastbourne ing sewer $10 million) for Primary promised and waste existSchoo l was water works cluded in $9.5million and , has fund,” he the school upgrad been insaid. es Continued delivery Page 8
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