We have done a few exciting things this week already! First we looked at Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights celebrated in NZ in the New Moon October 26th. The children have all tried their own Rangoli - geometric patterns of colour and symmetry... How fun is maths?! The children are learning to place colour in effective ways to make the patterns stand out. More to come on this!
We are starting to read and investigate the messages of fables. We read the fable The Crow and the Pitcher and the children tried Story Theatre. This is where they sit in a circle and a narrator tells the story and an actor acts it out. We all had a go at this, with much enjoyment had by all! After seeing Ana be the narrator and the whole class acting out a flock of crows, I thought we'd try videoing them. We had many trial runs, discussing voice technique, expression, and speaking clearly. The children decided the fable should be read aloud. Sienna was chosen as our narrator and we trooped out onto the field and gave it a go!
Here they are...
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