Ciao a tutti!…..what a delight to welcome back the prep, year 1 and 2 students to face to face Italian learning! We’ve been enjoying getting back into our routines of cerchio e come stai? (checking in on our feelings in Italian), dancing, viewing, exploring and responding to new Italian vocabulary. We discovered that Simone the […]
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Open the window – And let’s think about the family! In week 7 we welcomed the Prep – 2 students back while the 3-6 students continued with their on-line learning. These final weeks of on-line learning have been wonderful in terms of the students’ responses. The work this week represented a culmination of careful research
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In preparation for Olympic Day, to be held on June 23 2020, the Australian Olympic Team is setting a challenge to the Australian people. The Olympic Day has been celebrated annually since 1948. Held on every June 23, it aims at celebrating getting active and living the Olympic values. The day’s global theme “Move, Learn,
We will not be involved in any inter-school sporting competitions for the duration of Term 2 and are awaiting information from the Government regarding Term 3 onwards. Take a look at this link for further information: https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/NEWSCoronavirusandschoolsport.aspx
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The last two weeks have seen the students engage in an exploration of Italian food culture and its connection to their lives at home. They’ve scoured the pantry for different types of pasta, looked at the meanings behind some of the names, and are beginning to learn the names of sughi (sauces) and ingredienti (ingredients).
Let’s open the bathroom door! Over the last couple of weeks the Kitchen Sink Artists have shown us how to explore our life at home in new and extraordinary ways! We have explored our favourite places, the kitchen pantry and even the bathroom! We examined the work of John Bratby who has created some wonderful
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I’ve been delighted by the wonderful learning shared by the students, as they respond to the Italian provocations, sharing aspects of their life at home and how the Italian culture is present there : recipes and photos of delicious italian dishes created at home, students recording themselves counting, talking about their feelings, sharing their dances,
Ciao a tutti, benvenuti alle notizie d’italiano a casa! Read More »
What an amazing two weeks of fantastic visual art works and responses to the Kitchen Sink Artists provocation. In the past two weeks students were asked to examine their homes, the ordinary and everyday things in their home, and see them with artists’ eyes. Why would examining the home through the lense of the artist
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Over the past few weeks in visual art, students were asked to set up a space in the home and collect materials to work with throughout the term. It has been a delight seeing all of the wonderful responses that students have posted. Creating a space of your own is an important when beginning a
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Ciao a tutti, benvenuti all’italiano a casa! We have started the term by settling into new routines and into new ways of accessing and sharing our learning in Italian. Students have enjoyed playing Languages Online games to extend their knowledge of Italian numbers, they have shared ways in which the Italian language is visible in