Our 3/4 inquiry into 'Culture' is well under way this term. We have been finding out how children interpret the concept of culture by organising the People's Parade which will take place on Friday 1st March. Majority of students identify their culture through ethnicity and through their family heritage. We are also finding that students love to collaborate with each other in their project. After the parade, we are looking to develop further our ideas of culture and explore concepts deeper. More info on this will come later in the blog.
Meanwhile, here's what's been happening in our Neighbourhoods so far this term.
There was great excitement when the Year 3s received their laptops. They soon put it to good use by creating their reading log which they update every week. It has also been a great research resource as they look at music in different cultures.
Students are enjoying making different items for the People's Parade. It is interesting to see the different choices of cultural items the students make.
Some students are taking a great interest in costume making. Some make the costume from scratch (with the help from their teachers) while others have been to visit op shops to see if they can find items that they can alter.
We are very lucky to have Marta with us this term. Marta, who is from Chile, has formed a Chilean culture group. Twice a week, every week, students learn many aspects of her culture, such as geography, language and cooking.
We have posed some students the challenge of proposing the route of the parade. Here, students are looking at Google Maps on the interactive whiteboard investigating the streets around our neighbourhood.
Nina has also researched a Japanese song, which she is now teaching both neighbourhoods to sing for our assembly next Tuesday.
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