Berwick Lodge Library/Asia Studies

This week the Year 1 students have been busy learning the Asian craft of ‘origami’. They persisted and worked cooperatively to create their very own origami santa!

Origami Santa

The proud students of 1J

Santa's Elf

Check out the fabulous Asian artwork the year 5 students have created after learning all about the ‘rice growing process’!

Over the month of November the Year 6 students have been learning about different sports that are played in Indonesia. Two of the most popular sports are soccer (sepak bola) and badminton (bulu tangkis). Today the Year 6 classes watched a short YouTube video showing the Badminton  World Championships, they were then asked to use the Library to find a fact about the sport ‘badminton’. I recorded their findings on the whiteboard and from there we all went out onto the basketball courts to experience the sport of ‘badminton’. Many of the students had never used a badminton racket or shuttlecock before; whilst others said they had played previously.

Facts About Bulu Tangkis

• The sport ‘badminton’ got it’s name from a house in England owned by Duke Beaufort. The house’s name was ‘Badminton House’.
• Badminton dates back the 1870′s, but at this time it was not a competitive sport. The first shuttlecocks were made from goose feathers.
• Badminton was first played at the Olympic Games in 1992.
• It is the fastest racket sport in the world and can be played as a singles or doubles game.
• The shuttlecock is dropped and served below the waist. It must be hit over the net and into the opponents court.
• There are 3 types of shuttlecocks: cork-based, plastic/synthetic and goose feather.
• Only 3 countries have won the Thomas Cup since it’s inception: China, Malaysia and Indonesia

• The shuttlecock can move at speeds of up to 332 km/hour.

Check out the fabulous Asian Artwork by our talented Year 6 students!

The Year 5 and 6 students have been working hard on their own pieces of Asian Artwork relating to rice paddy fields. To begin the process the students were shown a variety of Asian Artwork by famous artists and then asked to use those pieces as inspiration for their own piece of artwork. The students discussed the use of colors, foregrounds and backgrounds, the presence of workers, and whether the piece of artwork could tell a story. See below to view 5T in action!

To conclude our unit on the Indonesian environment and in particular the endangered Sumatran Elephant, the Year 4 students completed their very own non-fiction book. All the students were very enthusiastic in finishing their book as it was an activity that they had complete ownership of and were also very proud of. See below for a gallery of their front covers an also what’s inside their books!

To conclude our unit on the Indonesian environment and in particular the endangered Sumatran Tiger, the Year 3 students completed their very own non-fiction book. All the students were very enthusiastic in finishing their book as it was an activity that they had complete ownership of and were also very proud of. See below for a gallery of their front covers an also what’s inside their books!

In Week 2 of Term 4, the Year 1 students of 1K listened to the story of ‘Ayu and the Perfect Moon’ by David Cox. They learned about a traditional Indonesian dance, discussed the colours/costume and then drew their own pictures of Ayu in her costume.

1K with their Drawings

The Year 5 and 6 students have been learning all about ‘The Rice Growing Process’. One of their activities was to work in small groups to sequence a series of images and find the corresponding sentence to match the picture.

Once the students had completed this task we brainstormed possible dance moves for each of the stages. The students then got themselves into groups of 3-5 and used these moves to create mini-dances depicting the rice growing process!