In the past week the Sparks have harnessed their inner wolf in Roman Britain, baked cookies to share on the Open Day, constructed mechanimals; mechanically inspired animals, investigated strange newcomers on the shores of America and constructed a city from cardboard. That was just one week! There are plenty more adventures planned.
 During the interactions in the other programs the Sparks are supported not just by the Sparks facilitator and assistants but also the facilitator in the room they are visiting. Their activity is planned around what the older children are doing in the same room enabling them to inspire the Sparks. As we approach Term 2 we are beginning the transition of older Sparks moving on while we welcome new additions to our group of intrepid explorers. As Sparks turn 7 they are welcome to explore the Creative Catalyst, Vala and Cornucopia programs more thoroughly on the days they attend.
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Category Archives: Sparks
Term 3 After School Program 2018
| TERM 3 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM | ||||||
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WEEK 1
INTRO SESSIONS |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Chill out zone: bean bags, books/audio + drawing equip | ||||||
| merged groups | VC- obstacle course | VC- jedi/ skipping | VC-obstacle course | VC- jedi | WC-herbed Crackers | |
| taster activities | CC-water colours, dioramas & plastacine | CC- outdoor concrete pot painting | CC- Ojo de Dios | CC- glazing butterfly tiles. | Gardening + stencilling smocks | |
| make-do construction | make-do construction | make-do construction | make-do construction | make-do construction | ||
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WEEK 2
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CREATIVE CATALYST | Nesting- a weaving odyssey 1 | Masks Of The World (clay) 1 | Patterns in Nature (varied) 1 | bird houses (clay) 1 | |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Russian Apple Scrolls | |||||
| SPARKS | Vala Make Believe | WC- Russian Apple Scrolls | Be a Giant and make a River System! | Vala Make Believe | Hula Hoop weaving | |
| MINI SPARKS |
Marble Painting | Clay Mini masks | Stories in the teepee | Ball Games | All the Building! | |
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WEEK 3
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CREATIVE CATALYST | Nesting- a weaving odyssey 2 | Masks of the World (clay)2 | Patterns in Nature (varied) 2 | bird houses (clay)2 | |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Wash Potatoes for Wed! | Scrumptious potato skins | ||||
| SPARKS | Nest weaving | Vala Make Believe | WC- Scrumptious Potato Skins | Pinch pot bird houses | Dress Ups | |
| MINI SPARKS |
jumping games | Paper mask | Potato Stamps | Dress ups/tea party | music games | |
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WEEK 4
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CREATIVE CATALYST | Nesting- a weaving odyssey 3 | Masks of the World (clay) 3 | Patterns in Nature (varied) 3 | bird houses 3 (clay) | |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Gardening | |||||
| SPARKS | Vala Make Believe | clay masks | Vala Make Believe | WC-Chinese dumplings | Paper garden | |
| MINI SPARKS |
Sew What | Parachute Games | Spiral doodle | Dumplings | Plant a seed | |
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WEEK 5
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CREATIVE CATALYST | open day/ self portrait 1 | open day/ seed pictures 1 | open day/ Short Story 1 | Open Day/ Avian Animalia 1 | open day |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Bread rolls | |||||
| SPARKS | self portrait | Vala Make Believe | Comic Book | Vala Make Believe | WC-Pumpkin soup & meat + veg soup | |
| MINI SPARKS |
Collage | paint mini masks | Frame work | self portraits | Puppet Show | |
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WEEK 6
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CREATIVE CATALYST | self portrait 2 | seed pictures 2 | Short Story 2 | Avian Animalia 2 | make up gloop for Monday! |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope – DEFENDER: Flashback to Urs-skin’s Training | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes – DEFENDER: Flashback to the Walls of Troy | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America – DEFENDER: Flashback to Past Viking Raids | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain – DEFENDER: Flashback to Legionary Training | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Father’s Day Chocolate Balls | |||||
| SPARKS | WC- Father’s Day Chocolate balls | paint clay masks | Vala Make Believe | Bird Nest | Ninja Training Camp | |
| MINI SPARKS |
chocolate balls | Board Games | Ball games | clay birds | Stories in the teepee | |
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WEEK 7
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CREATIVE CATALYST | paper power 1 | Colour Explosion 1 | Spring Garden Printmaking 1 | mouth caves 1 | |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Salvadorian Papusa | |||||
| SPARKS | Vala Make Believe | WC- Salvadoria Papusa | Printing from food | Vala Make Believe | Collage Monster | |
| MINI SPARKS |
music games | water colours | All the Building! | jumping games | Cooking | |
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WEEK 8
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CREATIVE CATALYST | paper power 2 | Colour Explosion 2 | Spring Garden Printmaking 2 | mouth caves 2 | |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Gardening | |||||
| SPARKS | Paper Mache animal masks | Vala Make Believe | WC- Scottish Shortbread | painting bird houses & nests | Vala Make Believe | |
| MINI SPARKS |
Goblin Workshop | colour mixing | beading | parachute games | dress ups | |
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WEEK 9
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CREATIVE CATALYST | paper power 3 | Colour Explosion 3 | Spring Garden Printmaking 3 | mouth caves 3 | |
| VALA | (DAWNSAGA FANTASY) Return to the Mountain, Thief of Hope: Lurkers in the Murkwood | (DAWN OF LEGEND) Golden Age of Greek Heroes, Crew of Odysseus: Isle of Circe | (DAWN of HISTORY) Norse America: The Micmac Princess | (DAWN of HISTORY) Roman Britain: Attack on the Wall | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | take dough out of freezer for WC + CPA | Lancaster potato cakes | ||||
| SPARKS | Vala Make Believe | colour discovery | Vala Make Believe | WC-Lancaster potato cakes | watercolours | |
| MINI SPARKS |
Plant a seed | ball games | music games | Sew what | watercolours | |
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WEEK 10
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CREATIVE CATALYST | finish and take home projects | finish and take home projects | finish and take home projects | finish and take home projects | |
| VALA | God Save the Queen | God Save the Queen | God Save the Queen | God Save the Queen | ||
| CORNUCOPIA | Pizza Express | |||||
| SPARKS | paint animal masks | paint animal masks | Vala Make Believe | WC-Pizza Express | ||
| MINISPARKS | free choice | free choice | free choice | free choice | ||
Behold! The Winter Program
The Winter Program is here.
Don’t miss out! Make sure you call Saadia on 61423268 or contact the office info@aeoncademy.com for any questions on the workshops.
Behold! The Winter Program
Following a fabulous Open Day we now are open for bookings in any of the art, drama or Sparks workshops offered below. Call Saadia on 61423268 to make your Winter Vacation booking or for more information.
Winter Open Day is Coming!
Call in for 10 minutes or a day to enjoy homemade soup and a play with clay, or get involved with a Vala live action game. You might even like to grab a 20% discount on our amazing Winter vacation all day workshops ranging from oil painting to Boffer weapon master classes…
see here for a sneak preview so you can plan your Saturday
Garden Bee creates a buzzzzzz
On Friday 11th May a few daring souls braved the cold to attend our garden bee. Fortified with pumpkin soup and focaccia loaded with fresh herbs from our herb garden students, aeoncademy staff, students and volunteers helped to move garden beds, shift soil, rake leaves, plant bulbs, seedlings and even weed! As a result the front has been transformed into a new design ready to explode into action in Spring.
Over the coming months further gardening will continue the transformation of this space along with the garden beds into an interactive cornucopia of edible and sensory plants. We look forward to the nature play opportunities as well as nourishment this place is going to provide for our students and programs overall.
And never-fear, you can always make the next garden Bee 🙂
2018 Autumn Vacation Program
Here it is – another magnificent program full of creative adventures in History, Ceramics, Legend, Painting, Fantasy, Sculpture & so much more….
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Click on these links to read more about each of the upcoming Catalyst and Vala workshops/modules listed on our Autumn Vacation Program.
The Introductory Sessions, term 1, 2018
Next week is the first week of after school classes here at Aeoncademy and we always start the term with a week of Introductory Sessions. Instead of our usual division into classes of Sparks, Vala and Creative catalyst at 4pm, everyone will be joining in with group activities representing all the classes!
Here is our line up for term 1 of 2018. Art classes are in the top row, followed by Vala’s drama classes and then the Sparks cyclical forays into both programs + World Cooking.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Week One | Intro Sessions | ||||
| Student free day | Intro sessions
All students start – Vala Games + Bird project. Lego. |
Intro sessions
Vala Games + Bird project – Seed Planting |
IntroSessions
Vala Games + Bird project – Free time clay |
Vala Games | |
| Week Two | Cardboard City Pt1 | Autumnal Prints 1 | Under the Microscope 1 | Pixies Tea Party 1 | Giant Bubbles |
| READY PLAYER CHARACTER | READY PLAYER CHARACTER | READY PLAYER CHARACTER | READY PLAYER CHARACTER | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| Carboard City | MINI PLAYER CHARACTER | World Cooking | Pixie Cup | ||
| Week Three | Cardboard City 2 | Autumnal Prints 2 | Under the Microscope 2 | Pixies Tea Party 2 | Cooking |
| Days of Narnia- The Lion, the Witch and the Wolves: The Waste and the Wild | Golden Age of Greek Heroes- the Odyssey: Cave of the Cyclops | Return to The Mountain (The Dwarf Trilogy)- Fragments of a Map: The Troll Woods | People of the Old Stone Age: Summer Heights | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| DRAMATIC MAKE-BELIEVE Days of Narnia- ‘Friends in the Forest’ | WC | Magnified Drawings | DRAMATIC MAKE-BELIEVE- People of the Old Stone Age- ‘Raiders at the Ford’ | ||
| Week Four | Cardboard City 3 | Autumnal Prints 3 | Under the Microscope 3 | Pixies Tea Party 3 | Vala Games |
| Days of Narnia- The Lion, the Witch and the Wolves: The Waste and the Wild | Golden Age of Greek Heroes- the Odyssey: Cave of the Cyclops | Return to The Mountain (The Dwarf Trilogy)- Fragments of a Map: The Troll Woods | People of the Old Stone Age: Summer Heights | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| World Cooking | Leaf love | DRAMATIC MAKE-BELIEVE Dawn saga Fantasy- ‘Wolves, Trolls and Talking Trees’ | World Cooking | ||
| Week Five | DIY Robot 1 | Ceramic Animal Planters 1 | Steam Punk Drawings 1 | Cool Candelabra 1 | Cooking |
| Days of Narnia- The Lion, the Witch and the Wolves: The Waste and the Wild | Golden Age of Greek Heroes- the Odyssey: Cave of the Cyclops | Return to The Mountain (The Dwarf Trilogy)- Fragments of a Map: The Troll Woods | People of the Old Stone Age: Summer Heights | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| DIY Robot | DRAMATIC MAKE-BELIEVE Golden Age of Greek Heroes- ‘Hands of the Giant’ | World Cooking | Candle Holder | ||
| Week Six | DIY Robot 2 | Ceramic Animal Planters 2 | Steam Punk Drawings 2 | Cool Candelabra 2 | Huge Cardboard City |
| DEFENDER | DEFENDER | DEFENDER | DEFENDER | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| DMB | World Cooking | Steam Punk Drawings | DMB | ||
| Week Seven | DIY Robot 3 | Ceramic Animal Planters 3 | Steam Punk Drawings 3 | Cool Candelabra 3 | Vala Games |
| Roman Britain- Hadrian’s Wall: Beyond The Wall | Warring States- Samurai & Ninja: Samurai and Ninja | Knight’s Templar- The Crusades: Co-Existence in the Holy Land | Norse America: The Fatal Shore | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| World Cooking | Animal Planters | DMB | World Cooking | ||
| Week Eight | Easter Bunnies Capers | Easter Egg Drawings | Layered Worlds 1 | Autumnal Stencilled Platters 1 | EASTER FRIDAY |
| Roman Britain- Hadrian’s Wall: Beyond The Wall | Warring States- Samurai & Ninja: Samurai and Ninja | Knights Templar- The Crusades: Co-Existence in the Holy Land | Norse America: The Fatal Shore | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| Eggstravagant Drawings | DMB | World Cooking | Leaf Plate | ||
| Week Nine | EASTER HOLIDAY | EASTER HOLIDAY | Layered Worlds 2 | Autumnal Stencilled Platters2 | Group Autumn Mandala |
| Roman Britain- Hadrian’s Wall: Beyond The Wall | Warring States- Samurai & Ninja: Samurai and Ninja | Knights Templar- The Crusades: Co-Existence in the Holy Land | Norse America: The Fatal Shore | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| DMB | World Cooking | Watercolour World | DMB | ||
| Week Ten | FREE TIME | FREE TIME | FREE TIME | FREE TIME | Group games |
| Time-Space-Dimensional Randomiser/Choice | Time-Space-Dimensional Randomiser/Choice | Time-Space-Dimensional Randomiser/Choice | Time-Space-Dimensional Randomiser/Choice | ||
| Cornucopia | |||||
| World Cooking | Free time clay! | DMB | World Cooking | ||
Dont forget- bookings do NOT roll over from 2017. Make sure your enrolment details in Hubhello are up to date AND contact our office 62423268 to ensure you are booked in!
Two weeks then back to school!
It is only two weeks then we’re all going back to school! Its hard to believe we’ve already had 10 days of amazing workshops across Vala, Creative Catalyst and Sparks. It’s a short week due to the Australia day long weekend but we intend to pack a lot into the next four days. Today is a full art class with Misty Mountain Oil Paintings, followed by the ceramic workshop Viking Ships, (a day of drawing with all types of media) Celtic Labyrinths on Thursday and finishing with Action Art 3 on Thursday.
Vala Club sees the week starting with Knights Templar, Coexistence in The Holy Land taking us back to the early middle ages, a time of great upheaval in the old world. Tuesday we travel with the Vikings to the fatal shore of North America . Wednesday sees the return of Return to The Mountain- the Dwarf trilogy (and the return of Andrew!) as we adventure into the fantasy world of the Dawn Saga. Finally Thursday finishes with the Golden age of Heros and Heroines as we enter The Cave of the Cyclops…
If you want to book in for any of the remaining workshops here they are
As always our youngest children, the Sparks have the best of both worlds in sampling both the art adventures of Creative Catalyst and live action storytelling of Vala. While having plenty of time for creative play, dress ups, reading and more. The program is a great way for young children to get ready for school as we help reinforce ideas of group participation, working with a schedule of activities and eating together in a class situation.
Our dedicated caterer Ruth continues to provide delicious and healthy meal choices for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Including fare to help cope with the very hot weather, from watermelon slushies, to fruit juice icy poles and plenty of fresh fruit, veggies and home made dips.
MiniSparks Flourish with AudioPod
miniSparks continues to flourish with the introduction of AudioPod.
miniSparks was introduced last term in response to the growing number of Sparks. Creating a separate yet complementary group for our youngest members has meant that these children are able to continue exploring their creativity in visual, dramatic and culinary pursuits but they do so alongside a dedicated carer and amongst a smaller group. Storytelling, creative play, and enquiry continue as the foundations for the miniSparks explorative sessions. Our observations over the last term have indicated positive engagement across the board for our younger participants. As a result we are very excited to continue expanding miniSparks in relation to further growth across the week as it occurs.
This term we have introduced the Audio Pod which has proved a harmonious addition to Aeoncademy overall and the miniSparks in particular. The Audio Pod, a bridge to the realm of characters, stories and adventures, presents fantastic opportunities for developing and engaging in both creative and dramatic play in addition to being available to those participants who would like to simply chill out after a full day at school.
If you have a suggestion for our AudioPod let us know. We are looking to expand upon our collection of stories and the adventures to be had!
