Friday, May 26, 2017
22nd to 26th May
This week has been our Arts Week at school.
We have taken "India" as our theme and the majority of our activities have been linked to this during the week. We have continued reading our "Grandpa Chatterji" book in English, thinking about the aspects of Indian culture addressed in the story and thinking about the development of the characters and some techniques used by the author. We also read some "Readers Theater" plays based on traditional Indian folk stories.
Bhangra drumming and Bollywood dancing were two of the exciting activities of the week. Both of these were provided by visiting specialist teachers. We also studied some traditional drumming rhythms in class and improvised on top of these.
We also did a range of art activities. These including sketching, creating rangoli patterns and developing designs based on the theme of the peacock which is a national animal of India.
We have taken "India" as our theme and the majority of our activities have been linked to this during the week. We have continued reading our "Grandpa Chatterji" book in English, thinking about the aspects of Indian culture addressed in the story and thinking about the development of the characters and some techniques used by the author. We also read some "Readers Theater" plays based on traditional Indian folk stories.
Bhangra drumming and Bollywood dancing were two of the exciting activities of the week. Both of these were provided by visiting specialist teachers. We also studied some traditional drumming rhythms in class and improvised on top of these.
We also did a range of art activities. These including sketching, creating rangoli patterns and developing designs based on the theme of the peacock which is a national animal of India.
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