Ciao a tutti! In the Prep-2 neighbourhoods students are creating valige (suitcases), packing items (labelled in Italian) and learning to use some very simple singular/plural forms of nouns. We have enjoyed reading Mr Chicken arriva a Roma and Olivia goes to Venice, viewing video texts and playing a variety of language games to reinforce the use of language. Students […]
Artist in Residence Week 3 and 4 Week 3 Exploring bamboo and sound… This week Deb led our workshops and we explored the potential of bamboo to create sound. We approached our explorations in two stages. These were not necessarily in any order. We explored a range of sounds that we could harness from the
The 5/6 Neighbourhood took part in Inter School Sport for 7 weeks of Term 2. The schools that we competed against were Carlton North, Spensley Street, North Fitzroy, Clifton Hill, Fitzroy Community School and Merri Creek Primary. The sports on offer were AFL, Netball, Basketball, Soccer and Tee Ball. Congratulations to our Netball, Soccer and
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The Athletics Carnival is nearly here. Students from years 3 – 6 have been busy learning and practicing different techniques required for events. House Meetings will be on tomorrow afternoon where students will sign up for events. The School Captains and house captains will be facilitating this process. After the meeting, each child will bring
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Ciao a tutti! Students across the school will be ‘travelling’ to Italia, via picture story books, videos, songs, rhymes and games. Students in prep to year 2 will explore the delightful picture story book, Mr Chicken arriva a Roma by Leigh Hobbs, discovering many important sites and encountering useful communicative language. They will also
Giant Grass “One of the most fundamental and practical aspects of art is the importance of materials. The stuff that artists use when they make a work of art influences both form and content. Every material brings something special to the creative process and the finished work. Materials influence how artists make their work and
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Week 5 Creating the stamp for the textile print… This week we used the process of collaging our images as a basis for the process we needed to go through in the preparation of our stamps. We cut, shaped, glued and labelled the compressed foam stamps and allowed them to dry over the course of
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Creating a motif or design Week 2 and 3 Creating a motif… “If you peek inside a sketchbook of a designer, you can see the birth of their ideas” This week, we have a range of natural materials on display that we are drawing, carefully examining the details of the objects. Through careful observation of
The Marimekko retrospective exhibition, Marimekko: Design Icon 1951 to 2018, is currently on at the Bendigo Art Gallery. Here is the blurb that accompanies the exhibition: Established during the golden age of post-war modernism, Marimekko is the Finnish textile and fashion company that achieved international fame in the 1960s and 70s with its bold
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