Izaak and Clair opened up a Manicure Salon for a day to raise money for research as part of Food Allergy Week 2013. One in ten infants and children have a food allergy; Izaak is one of them.

This statistic was represented by having one finger nail painted at the salon. It also gave the chance to discuss what life is like with such a condition, and make sure everyone knows how to recognise and respond when a reaction is happening.

The school considers many diety requirements when setting the menu, and avoids pre-packaged food by making use of fresh produce instead.

Living book Dr Deborah O'Connell, principle scientist for Energy and biofuels at CSIRO in Canberra, recently visited the FLA students.

The discussions were based on communication,  something that sounds so simple yet is so important. A key topic was being able to get
your ideas across to a wide range of audiences from professionals, politicians, the media and
the general public.

This made the children consider the use of technical verses plain English and how to
identify how to capture the audiences interest.

Children love to create artwork by painting and drawing... often endlessly. It is the process
that engages them rather than the end product. We therefore end up with piles of pictures. To develop resourcefulness, collaborative creativity and conscious decision-making, we recycle
many of these pictures.

Working as a group we construct new pictures using a combination of ideas by cutting out old pieces of work and collaging them in a shared context. Through this process we imagine, visualise, use art terms, plan, laugh, ponder,
and reason just like adult artists would.

For more information on any of the above items
please contact Karron McDonald or Leonie O'Connell