New Hastings SC sensory garden a major cross-curricular success

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published March 12, 2018

When your principal hails your learning project as a “win-win” for the whole school community and generations to come, you know you’ve hit a giant nail on the head.

In Hellene Underwood-Nincsics’ case, leading a group of Year 7s to design a sensory garden that comes infused with Indigenous ...

This story appeared in the March 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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