Single Subject Updates

Italian

Attraverso la lettura del libro Le orecchie dell’Omarino, di Roberto Piumini, ragioniamo sull’udito e sul perchè delle diverse forme delle orecchie degli animali.

Poi dal suono di diversi sacchetti i bambini cercano di capire che cosa contengono: si tratta di materiali semplici come carta, cortecce, pigne, fiori secchi e caramelle, di peso e consistenze diversi, che mettono alla prova la loro sensibilità.

Attraverso la lettura del libro Il tatto del re, di Roberto Piumini, ragioniamo su come il tatto possa aiutarci in molte situazioni e come aiuti specialmente chi non ha l’uso della vista.

Art

The Prep children have continued working on the properties of colors for the Unit on senses. They have been introduced to paint and taught how to mix primary colors on a mixing tray. The children had a good time ‘inventing’ new colors and making up names for them.

For the second part of the Unit the Prep children focalized  on all the senses that are involved in art making. They created a texture board with different types of materials that feel very different at touch. They drew with their eyes closed and with both hands while listening to different types of music. As a final project the children created  mixed media art work, using the techniques they had learned throughout the Unit. They glued on a piece of paper a chosen element from their texture boards and painted around it to create an image with unique results.

Music

With the song “Uncle Joe”, the students are learning to move in time with the music (galloping, trotting, walking, walking slowly) alone or with a partner or pretending to be in a coach. The students are also learning to move with a partner whilst listening to the music.

How can we make a horse sound patting our hands on our knees?

We invented many different ways to do it!  

PE

In the last week we’ve been working on our soccer skills!

After warming up, we’ve worked individually on “dribbling” the ball and trying to control it - stopping, starting again, changing direction.

We did some small kicks against the wall trying to control the ball as it came back.

As everyone became confident we worked in pairs - passing to each other and we played a short game.

There was some impressive attacking and great defense. The goalies made some heroic saves and we learnt about being “good sports”.

Library

We are happy to announce that we are updating our Ambrit Library software which will be online and will allow both campuses to be linked. This will facilitate both searching for books and checking them out. I am hoping that by next week the Prep children will be able to take a book home!

These past two weeks, the children were asked to compare and contrast the story Seven Blind Mice, a story very similar to a story we read in Library previously. The children proved to be very good listeners as they were able to recall supporting details from both stories to make their point.

We also read Whoever You Are, a lovely book about how we may be different on the outside but we all share the the same feelings inside.