Ciao a tutti!
Spero che abbiate
passato una Pasqua felice! (I hope you all had a happy Easter!) I am
very excited to be back at school and seeing all the students looking
enthusiastic and ready for Term 2! We have continued learning about la
vista (sight) this week as
part of our “Five Senses” unit in Italian.
The Grade 3-6s have been learning about the structure of the
eye and how we see. They are doing a fantastic job challenging themselves to
not only learn the names of parts of the eye in English, but in Italian as
well
They also investigated depth perception with a simple
experiment that shows how our brain uses the two slightly different images from
each eye and puts them together to help us judge distance.
Try
it at home!
Hold the blunt ends of a pencil in each hand at arms-length
from your body. With one eye closed, try to touch the pointy end of the pencils
together. Then try it again with two eyes. Which one is easier?
It should be much easier with two eyes, because each eye looks at the image from a different angle so the brain is able to compare the different images and more accurately judge distance.
It should be much easier with two eyes, because each eye looks at the image from a different angle so the brain is able to compare the different images and more accurately judge distance.
The Prep - Grade 2 students have also been learning about
how our eyes detect light and send a message to our brain about what we are
seeing. The final week of Term 1 we focused on colours, and this week we have
been focusing on shapes. We played some games to learn the Italian names of
shapes, then did a “shape hunt” to find objects of various shapes.
Click the "Le Forme" link to practice the shape names at home with your
family! Le Forme
Many of the students’ wonderful profiles that they made last term are up on display in the windows
of the multi-purpose room. Come and check them out!
It would be fantastic if you’d like to post a comment about things
that you have learnt, cool online activities that you’d like to share with
others, questions that you have or any feedback. I would love to hear from you!
You can also reply to each other’s comments.
To write a comment, just follow these simple steps:
1. Click on the blue/purple “comments” at the
bottom of a post.2. Write your comment/question in the box that appears.
3. Select “Name/URL” in the drop-down box menu next to “Comment as:”
4. Type your name then click “continue”.
5. Click “publish”.
I look forward to reading your comments!
I hope you have all had a wonderful start to Term 2.
Ci vediamo la settimana prossima! (See you next week!)
Ci vediamo la settimana prossima! (See you next week!)
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