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We have had a wonderful couple of weeks with the rhythm of the drums pumping a vitality and joy around the school. These workshops have absolutely driven our COVID cares away, and we feel strong, positive and connected. Our Drumming and Dance workshops came to and end with a sensational expression of celebration as we …
I asked the students this week ‘what has been your favourite part of Health & PE since we have returned to face to face learning’ to which I had several positive responses, of course – being together with friends, playing sport with people, working together in team situations etc. But one student in Year 4 …
Andra` tutto bene…..as our exploration of emotions and empathy continues, we have been creating collaborative posters to depict learnings and understandings around emotions, the experiences of the Italians, our own experiences, our strategies for coping and resilience, our ways of maintaining connection and community. We have expanded our vocabulary to describe ’emozioni’ and to identify …
Week 7: After making the brooches last week, we set about decorating and painting them and attaching the clasp at the back.` Students, much like they did with their postcard art and in the spirit of spreading positive messages of hope to the world, decided on keeping one badge for themselves and gifting one to …
We are thrilled to welcome Kofi and Appiah back to school to continue our African Drumming/Dance program. The students all had one workshop with Kofi and Appiah back in July when the ‘snap Lockdown’ was announced. We hit the ‘pause button’ with fingers crossed that we would be able to drum and dance again before …
It’s been wonderful to talk with the students about the things and people that help them to feel ‘felice e tranquillo’. In our sessions we’ve watched a wonderful and inspiring video which celebrates the Italian sense of community and resilience during lockdown, focusing on some key language structures and vocabulary. This led to an exploration …
Back on-site students furthered their reflections about the fast changing world around them by creating a series of post cards .The idea behind this ‘artist postcard’ was to spread messages of hope and joy across the world. Through drawing, colour, signs and symbols students were able to create a series of cards that communicated a …
Back in the first two/three weeks of the Term, students were given the opportunity to nominate a new sport – one we haven’t yet played before – to experience, as part of our returning to school celebration. Through a Seesaw post, many students nominated their most-wanted sports and/or games, to which I counted and set …