CBD+Daily+Info


 * This page will be updated each afternoon with information for the next day. It would be a good routine to check it each evening to prepare yourself for the next day.**

=Thursday, 18 November= I hope you are all looking forward to a wonderful morning tea. Please remember to make our guests feel welcome and be willing to show off the work you are doing. Ms Clayton will be in again to support the program, as will Mrs John and Angela. =Wednesday, 17 November= Today will be a fun-filled day! Firstly, don't forget to wear your casual clothes and bring a gold coin donation for the Green Team. After a morning work session, we will head off to the Icehouse where we can check out the new ice sports venue and enjoy ourselves while we ice-skate! Don't forget to bring long pants and a warm jumper or jacket, in case of any falls. After our ice-skating expedition we will have some lunch around the Docklands, before heading back to the Studio for a short afternoon work session.

Don't forget to prepare your morning tea for tomorrow morning and to remind your parents of the time (10.30-11.30am). See you then!

=Tuesday, 16 November= It will be another full day at Etihad Stadium. There are a few groups that are scheduled to go out on mini-excursions and Ms Piesse-Smith will be in for a full day visit. We are very pleased with the progress that many of you made on Monday. Remember to remind your parents of the morning tea on Thursday. We would love to get a great turnout and show off the work that you have been doing and the great view out the window of the Studio. =Monday, 15 November= Ms Clayton will be visiting on Monday, so be prepared to show off what you have been doing. It will be a full day at Etihad Stadium with some opportunity to go out on mini-excursions. Your wikis should really be coming together at this point. Remember that if there is anything that you want to do in the city, this week is your last opportunity to do it. =Friday, 12 November=
 * Don't forget bathers, your towel and a plastic bag!!**

Today we will begin as usual, putting pen to paper as we reflect on the week that has passed. Angela will be in once again to help us with our reflections.

After some reflecting, we will continue with note-taking, researching and transferring this knowledge into our wikis. It's really time to start putting our research onto our wikis, especially as next Thursday our parents and helpers will be coming to check them out.

At around midday we will head to the Baths for another afternoon of fun in the pool, before heading to QV for some lunch and a look around. We will dismiss from Melbourne Central Station.

=Thursday, 11 November= Today we have a solid work day. After our morning session we will have a recess break at the park. At 11am we will take a moment to reflect on those who have fought to give us the freedom which we enjoy today. We will come back for another work session, and then break for lunch at Spencer Street. Our final work session will take place after lunch and we will depart as usual, at 3pm.

=Wednesday, 10 November= Today we will begin with a research/wiki session. It is really important that we utilise this time effectively as we have spent the past few days out and about and our time in the city is fast coming to an end!

After recess, we will get the train to Flinders Street, and then head to the Yarra for our city river cruise. Here we can make the most of the beautiful weather and view the CBD from a very different vantage point. After our luxurious cruise down the Yarra, we will enjoy lunch at Southbank, before heading back to the Studio for an afternoon work session.

=Tuesday, 9 November= We will be leaving early for the Royal Botanical Gardens for the Aboriginal Resources tour, followed by lunch at South Bank. There should be a bit of time for some mini-excursions in the afternoon. For those of you have not yet been out on a mini-excursion, make sure that you get your request to us so we can schedule it in. =Monday, 8 November= We will be going in two groups to visit the Big Issue today. They provide very good insight into what it means to be homeless in Melbourne. Both groups should be back in time for lunch outside of Etihad Stadium.

Remember there is limited time left to go out on mini excursions. If you haven't been out yet, be sure to make plans for one on Monday, so we can schedule it in the next week.

I still have not received a request to become an editor of the timeline from **Ben Av, Mere, Ashley, Dino, John, Ben J and Erin.** If you think you have sent a request, please let me know. If you haven't done it, do it Monday.

=Friday, 5 November= Today we will begin as usual, putting pen to paper as we reflect on the week that has passed. We have a few highlights to reflect on, including our time spent at Federation Square on Monday, as we soaked up the Melbourne Cup atmosphere. On Wednesday we had a solid work day where most people took the opportunity to note take and establish their wikis. Thursday of course consisted of our trip to the Immigration Museum where we heard some personal migrantion stories.
 * Don't forget bathers, your towel and a plastic bag!!**

After some reflecting, we will continue with note-taking, researching and transfering this knowledge into our wikis.

At around midday we will head to the Baths for another afternoon of fun in the pool, before heading to Bourke Street for some lunch and a look around. We will dismiss from Flinders Street Station. =Thursday, 4 November= We will be taking an excursion to the Immigration Museum, but will have time in the morning and afternoon to work on your wikis and squeeze in a couple of mini-excursions. Mrs John and Angela will both be in to help, which will give us a bit more flexibility with mini-excursions. The Immigration museum is right between the old site of the Western Market and the original landing site of John Fawkner's ship, the Enterprize. Right near the Enterprize landing site there is also a piece of public art created by a number of indigenous artists. The work is titled "Scar - A Stolen Vision." We will visit this site and take an opportunity to reflect on the impact colonisation has had on the indigenous people of Australia. =Wednesday, 3 November= Today we will have a solid work session in at the Studio. Thankfully we'll have had Tuesday off so we should be refreshed and raring to go! The day will be broken up with a number of mini-excursions. We are halfway through our time in the CBD, so we must keep this in mind with regard to our wiki progress.

=Monday, 1 November= ==If you know you are going to be away on Monday and have not already given us a note, please call or text the CBD mobile number before 9 am Monday morning. You will still need to bring in a note for your absence when you return.== We are scheduled to tour Parliament House in the afternoon, but before that we will make an unscheduled trip to Federation Square to watch the Melbourne Cup Parade. We will be at Federation Square for lunch.

In the morning we will need to reset the computers, which hopefully will go quickly. There will be time to work on your wikis and a mini-excursion or two before heading to Federation Square. Students will be dismissed from Parliament House.

A couple reminders:
=Friday, 29 October= Today we will spend more time out and about. After some time spent reflecting the past week via our weekly journals, we will have the opportunity gather more information for our wikis. At this point some groups will head off for mini-excursions. After recess here, we will work for a little longer, before heading off the the City Baths. After a great swim and some waterpolo, we will get our lunch at the Queen Victoria Market. If weather permits we can enjoy our lunch in the Flagstaff Gardens, where we can run around if we still have the energy. We will be dismissing you all from Melbourne Central Station at 3.00pm. =Thursday, 28 October= Today is another day of solid research. Yesterday most people managed the workload very well and produced a decent set of notes and also started their wiki pages.
 * **__Don't forget to add events to the Melbourne Timeline__.** We are up to 29 events, but are aiming for more than 200. Even if you can't get onto a computer, there are still plenty of sources of information. Write the event into your notebook and add it to the timeline later. We are still waiting to receive requests to become timeline editors from **Ben Av, Mere, Ashley, Dino, John, Ben J, Charlie L, Lizzie, Velyan, Fred, Erin and Charlie W-S.** If you think you have sent a request, please let us know so we can sort it out.
 * It is good to see that many of you are starting to develop your wiki pages, but **//please, please, please//** remember to use the page and file naming conventions and to resize images. If you are not sure what I mean, read the //File Naming// and //Image Resizing// sections of the Tips and Help! page.
 * All photos that we have taken while in the CBD will be on the server on Monday. Please use our photos in your wiki pages in preference to ones that you find on the web. One of the points of moving the classroom to the CBD is to give you opportunities to visit the sites relevant to your project. If you rely entirely on the web for your information and images, you may as well stay at school. You also need to make sure that you properly acknowledge the source of any image you use from the web and make sure that it is not copyrighted.
 * Don't forget you bathers, towel, plastic bag, hat and water!**
 * Whoever brought the ball last week for waterpolo, could you please bring it again!

Once again today we will have a recess break outside in the Sport Bar area, and lunch will be held within our boundaries. A number of mini excursions have also been scheduled for today.

=Wednesday, 27 October= There are no whole class excursions scheduled for today, so there will be a lot of time to work on your projects. Your home pages should be ready for you if you are ready to get started on your wiki. Photos are now up on the server for you to access. Do make sure you include images in your timeline and blog entries.

=Tuesday, 26 October= Today we will be visiting the State Library of Victoria to learn about the early settlement of Melbourne. We will have some time in the morning for research and a couple of quick mini-excursions before heading to the library. We will go over to Melbourne Central for lunch. After lunch, those groups that have a very specific purpose for staying at the Sate Library may want to go back to continue their research. The rest will go back to continue their research at the Studio.

A few of reminders:
 * 1) **Wiki**
 * **Mere, Rendah, Charlie L, John, Ben J, Erin and Fred**, still need to accept my invitation to join the wiki
 * By the end of Tuesday, if not before, the photos we have taken so far should be on the server, available for use
 * Home pages for each group will be set up on Tuesday, but we need to get from each group a short descriptive title which we will add to the navigation side bar and link to your group's home page.
 * 1) **Blog**
 * **Nik, Alvin and Ahmed**, you still need to submit your blog entry for Friday
 * Bloggers for this week are:
 * Monday - **Mere, Adela and Rendah**
 * Tuesday - **Nicola and Sherin**
 * Wednesday - **Dino and Roman**
 * Thursday - **Velyan, Charlie and Fred**
 * Friday - **Nik and Alex**
 * Past bloggers should go back to the photos and add a photo or two for each day.
 * 1) **Melbourne Timeline**
 * The number of entries is growing (we are now up to 23), but not everyone is signed up to be an editor (**Ben Av, Mere, Lorenzo, Ashley, Dino, Ben J, Charlie L, Charlie McG, Velyan, Fred, Karina, Erin and Charlie W-S**)
 * Remember to include the source of your information and an image

=Monday, 25 October=
 * Reminder: Drink bottles and hats are essential, especially as the weather is warming up.**

On Monday morning we will be splitting into two groups. Group 1 will be heading off to the Melbourne Gaol at around 9.15am. Group 2 will remain behind and complete some research, before they depart a little later on.

We will be participating in a courtroom drama, as well as a tour of the gaol itself. Both sessions are fantastic and give a great insight into the way the legal system works, as well as how criminals were housed many years ago when the gaol was functioning. Between the drama and the tour, students will have the opportunity to have some recess, as well as possibly heading to the Royal Exhibition Building and the Carlton Gardens.

Lunch will be held with our groups at QV, before Group 1 head back for some work and Group 2 finish off their time at the Gaol. Both groups will be dismissed from the Studio at 3pm.

=Friday, 22 October= Reminder: Bring a water bottle to have in class with you. Please also bring your HAT and keep it in your bag at all times. Today you must remember your bathers, a towel and a plastic bag for your wet items afterwards.

Friday will begin with some research and journal writing time in the morning, reflecting on the week so far. A couple of groups will head out on mini-excursions. We will need to have a substantial recess before we head of to the City Baths for some swimming!

After swimming we will be heading to the Queen Victoria Market for some lunch and a chance to explore this famous Melbourne icon. Our Food and Market group will have a chance to answer some questions during their time here.

After lunch we will head back to the Studio for our last session of the week. =Thursday, 21 October= Reminder**: Bring a water bottle to have in class with you. Please also bring your** HAT **and keep it in your bag at all times...**

Timeline
Many of you have requested to become editors of the Melbourne TImeline. I have accepted your requests and you can start adding your contributions. I would like to have 100% of you as editors by Thursday. Remember you have to join the xtimeline site before you can make your request to become an editor.

Blog
If you are not able to access the blog, please let me know. The bloggers for Wednesday are Ilias, Ben and Liam. The bloggers for Thursday are Ben, Liam and Sam.

Wiki
There are still a few of you who have not joined the wiki. If for any reason you are not able to log into wikispaces, let me know. It is important that everyone in your group is able to make contributions. You should also make sure that you have confirmed your email address. I have a list of those of you who have not and will show you what to do if you are not sure.

Mini-excursions
There will be no whole class excursions on Thursday, but many of you will be going out on your first mini-excursions. Be prepared to get the most out of your time.

Computers
There are still some issues with the network. I believe that we will all now be able to access the Internet, but not all computers will be able to access the server with the shared folders. My hope is that we can get at least 14 computers (one per group) connected to the server, which would leave the remaining computers as floating research computers.

Lunch
Unless you are out on a mini-excursion, we will be at The Studio all day. You will be free to have your lunch within the boundaries around Etihad Stadium.

=Wednesday, 20 October= Reminder**: Bring a water bottle to have in class with you. Please also bring your** HAT** and keep it in your bag at all times...

Please ensure you have tried to do the following by Wednesday:


 * Become an editor of the time-line
 * Log into the blog so you can access it

On Wednesday we will be spending much of the day out and about. Our main excursion is to the Eureka Tower, where we will view not only Melbourne's CBD, but also many of Melbourne's suburbs. On a clear day you can see across to the Dandenongs! After our excursion we will have lunch in Federation Square. You will have an opportunity to purchase a limited range of foods here, so we suggest you bring your lunch with you. After lunch we will visit the Federation bells and also some of the Aboriginal commemorative sites at Birrarung Marr. From here we will head back to the Studio where we can update blogs and continue with our research.

=Tuesday, 19 October= Today we will be working on setting ourselves up for a productive five weeks in the city. By the end of today everyone should have:
 * A comprehensive mind map
 * Key focus questions to direct your research
 * Ideas about where you might like to go or people you might like to speak to about your topic

During the day we will discuss:
 * What are good sources of information
 * How to prepare yourselves for productive mini excursions

There may be time in the afternoon to go to a couple of places to obtain some general information about the city and its environs (e.g. The Melbourne Information Centre at Federation Square and the Vic Urban headquarters at Docklands). =Monday, 18 October= The primary focus for today will be to get everything set up and become familiar with our working space and the Docklands neighbourhood.