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
Open the Kitchen Pantry ! The Kitchen Sink Artists week 3 and 4 Read More »
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
Visual Art Term 2: The Kitchen Sink Artists On-Line! Read More »
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
Visual Art Weeks 7 and 8 This week we brought together Line, pattern, shape and colour into one final work… We also used Keith Haring’s images of Dancing Dogs as our main inspiration for the composition of our work. Students tried to capture the movement in Keith haring’s work by using angled
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. The prep students have been enjoying learning to count to dieci, and beyond! They’ve been singing the canzone dei numeri, saying their age in Italian and many of them are excited to extend their capacity to count to venti (20). This knowledge of numbers aligns with the Mamma Mia Pizzeria project
Join more than 350,000 students across the nation, who will ride, walk, scoot and skate to school! A terrific initiative that encourages students to increse their daily levels of physical activity.
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This week we reflected on the past few weeks and what we have explored in visual art. We have spent much time discussing Keith Haring’s images. We have explored line and developed our own line work through taking a line for a walk and drawing natural objects. We have explored pattern and found lots of
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Parlare senza parlare (AKA i gesti!) Recently students in years 3-6 have been exploring a significant aspect of communication for Italians, in other words the use of gestures (i gesti). We’ve seen examples of authentic use of gesti and tried to emulate these in our interactions with one another. I gesti are a powerful and
Benvenuti a notizie italiane. Our prep students are enjoying their Italian learning with Mario and Pocoyo, who help them to discover new vocabulary and expressions. We’ve learnt to recognise and say some colours (giallo, rosso, verde e blu) and are beginning to count to ten.(uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, nove, dieci) Students