• 29.04.2022 Friday Bulletin #27

            From Primary School:

            Information letter from Mr. Paul, Head of Primary School

            Dear parents and students,

            We have reached the end of term 4, and the end of an eventful Gorki Spirit Week.  A term filled with exciting events and experiences, and a week packed with variety and fun!

            On Tuesday, we had another of our bake sales in the Upper Building, and in the Lower Building it was Silly Hair and Hat day.  The next day was Dress as Your Friend Day, and Pyjama Day across the two buildings, whilst on Thursday everyone took part in Dress as a Job Day.  The week concluded with Sports Day in both buildings.  All of these events were conceived and partly organised by the Student Council, who wanted to promote the 'spirit' of our school, and end the term in a fun and positive fashion, and I am quite sure their hopes were fulfilled.  It was lovely to see so many students engaged and happy in these different activities, whilst still working hard in their regular lessons.


            Mr. Paul Curry
            Head of Primary

            As usual, we have messages from teachers, and we start with Year 2 and Mr Joshua:

            Dear Parents

            We are once again at the end of yet another term. It was indeed a busy term where we had a full programme as we learned and developed in many ways. We hosted an extraordinary Talent Show, an interesting Science Week where we learned about the earth and space, and an amazing Book Week. We would like to thank everyone who was involved to make these events a success.

            This week we are celebrating Spirit Week! Everybody had the opportunity be fashionable by coming to school on Tuesday with a silly hair style or hat! On Wednesday everybody came to school in their pyjamas. On Thursday we came to school dressed up as a profession from our favourite job.

            We concluded the week on Friday with a Sports Day. We all were very colourful, as we came dressed in their House colours. There were four challenges for everybody to take part in. The children demonstrated their speed at the sprinting challenge, running to a pre-determined mark and back as fast as possible. Then the children practised their agility during the space hoppers challenge, where they used space hoppers to race to a marker and back. The children had a chance to show their football skills by trying to kick the ball into the goal. Finally, their balance skills were put to test in the egg and spoon race where the children raced against each other while trying not to let the ball fall off the racket.  It was truly a beautiful and sunny day. We all enjoyed spending some extra time outside!

            We would like to thank all our parents, once again, for all the kind support and care provided to each child during this term.  May you all have a great holiday to refresh and rest well.  See you on the 11th of May!  

            Mr. Joshua (Year 2 Teacher)

            The final teacher's message this term comes from myself and my thoughts on the term with Year 5.  It has been very enjoyable to be back in the classroom with this small but select class of lovely students.  In English, we completed the penultimate unit of the curriculum all about autobiographical writing, and having opinions.  Students were able to express their feelings on a range of things, and support them with solid evidence.  In Maths, we worked on fractions, decimals and negative numbers, and students took turns in exemplifying skills to the rest of the class.  Our Science and GP lessons were all about space in general, and living on Mars in particular, via a range of different activities.  I am always pleased to hear the students discussing interesting and challenging topics in English, and I am sure they will continue to flourish in Term 5.  

            I hope everyone has a relaxing vacation, recharges their educational batteries, and returns keen to learn from and enjoy their lessons on Wednesday 11 March!

            Kind regards,

            Mr Paul Curry

            Head of Primary

             

            From Secondary School:

            Information letter from Mr Christopher, Head of Secondary School

            Dear Parents and Guardians,

            This week has been spirit week. On Tuesday, students bought in delicious home-cooked treats, which were then sold for charity. I bought a few cakes myself and they were delicious. On Thursday, students could dress in clothes relating to certain jobs. It was great to see several Rock Star dressers and Artists at our school on that day.

            Today we have held our first Sports day of the academic year, and as you can see from the photos, it has been a lot of fun. Students have spent the day in their house teams, competing against other houses. I belong to that Tchaikovsky house, so I have been cheering for the students. For those that attended today, thank you very much for making the day so great.

            Year 11 has finished completing the evidence to prepare for their examinations. We wish them the best of luck, in terms of their grades.I wish you all a very restful holiday, and I look forward to seeing you all refreshed for term 5. Our last term of the academic year.

            Christopher Kingshott

            Head of Secondary

             

            Message from Mr. Alejo (Spanish Teacher)

            Dear CIS Community.

            We approach the holidays and the spring started to warm us as the Books Week we had, an exciting opportunity to engage reading to our students and we were doing a readathon, a photography contest about reading, there were a book seller at reception and tried to underline the importance of reading in the education, and all this during the nice weather we had in last days. 

            In Spanish, in this term we went deeper in the basics of the language and in the term we are going to see more interesting things as students are now more able to understand how the languages works and have vocabulary to work with. So now we will continue expanding the abilities of the student and they are going to create his own, original and extended pieces of material, use it and represent it in the lesson, to develop themselves in some real life situations, this is specially valid for year 10, but not only.

            In year 11 we got prepared for the IGCSE and expect good results in the exams as students did a great job all over the year. I know that holidays are almost here but we must to try to enjoy the time at school as we were doing till now.

            Thank you,

            Mr. Alejo (Spanish Teacher)

             

            Message from Mr. Marius (P.E. Teacher)

            Dear CIS Community.

            It seems like only last week we started with the term 4 and now we are already at the end where we can look back at how all the learners progressed.

            The primary classes had been focusing on football skills and volleyball skills throughout the term. There were also some fitness challenges that the year 5 and 6 classes took part in.

            In the secondary classes we had an opportunity to learn more about hand ball and even played a few matches. There was also a Badminton competition that learners could take part in. We are excited to continue this in term 5 and have even more students take part in the competitions.

            With our sports day on Friday the students will have a chance to show their athletic ability or just to take part in all the activities to earn some house points for their teams. Some activities include sprints, table tennis, long distance running and many more.

            Although term 4 has come to an end and the students deserve a break after all their work, we look forward to hit the ground running in term 5 with new competitions and activities for student to take part in.

            Thank you,

            Mr. Marius (P.E. Teacher)

          • 22.04.2022 Friday Bulletin #26

            From Primary School:

            Information letter from Mr. Paul, Head of Primary School

            Dear parents and students,

            This week has been one of our most important weeks of the academic year - Book Week!  The importance of Book Week is fairly straightforward - it greatly encourages students to simply enjoy reading, and reading reinforced many grammar and spelling rules that get taught during English and Literacy lessons.  It is amazing how much we remember about language from just enjoying a good book.

            During Book Week, there were a host of activities in both buildings, from Readathon challenges where a series of different teachers took it in turns to read the same book to the same class in relay fashion, to literary treasure hunts, and shared reading between different year groups, amongst many others.  In addition, book sellers were in both buildings most days, and many students took advantage of the opportunity to purchase brand new books in either English or Russian.  In Year 5, it was lovely to see some of the students having all bought the same book, and all reading it avidly together in form time.  

            Also this week, I had the pleasure of meeting with a number of Year 2 parents to discuss the graduation and transition to Year 3.  Questions which were asked will be followed up as soon as possible, and we look forward to the graduation ceremony in June - full details will be provided shortly.


            Mr. Paul Curry
            Head of Primary

            Now on to news from teachers, and firstly Ms Stacey and Year 6:

            This term has been a very exciting one for Year 6. Not only have they had the experience of a trip to Oceanarium, but they have had lots of fun during Book Week. They have learnt about some amazing new, and old, authors and are beginning to really understanding the value of books as knowledge. 

            It’s hard to believe how fast this term has gone. In English, Year 6 have been perfecting the skills or debate and delved deep into the issues of climate change through their unit ‘Poles Apart’. Maths has seen the children working hard to consolidate their formal long division skills and review the grid method for multiplication. They have also had fun figuring out the rules of various function machines. The children extended their knowledge and understanding of electricity and have many conducted experiments within this unit. The have ventured into the past and how electricity was ‘discovered’. They understand the important differences between conductors and insulators and how to stay safe when using electricity. 

            We are looking forward to final week of term which we know will be just as fun as the first six. 

            Thank you for your continued support.

            Miss Stacey (Year 6 Teacher)

            And from Year 1, here is Mr David with some information:  

            Dear Parents and Guardians,

            This week has been absolutely fantastic for the whole school community, with teachers, pupils, and parents, all coming together to celebrate Book Week. 

            In Year 1, we have had an extremely exciting week consisting of a variety of fun activities, wherein each class in Lower Primary has competed to win gold coins. On Monday, we celebrated Old World Day and we focused on dinosaurs. The children created a dinosaur fact file and then created their very own dinosaurs. On Tuesday, the whole of Lower Primary took part in a readathon which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Year 1 also partook in a Dragon Egg Hunt, and the children managed to find all the eggs!! Well done! On Wednesday, the children celebrated Our World, by completing lots of fun activities to do with our planet Earth. The children created their very own planet with a love heart in the middle. On Thursday, the children celebrated New World Day, and completed lots of exciting activities with robots and flying cars. We also had our treasure hunt which involved the children moving around the Lower Primary building, and into each classroom to complete a challenge and gain the gold coins rewards. Finally, on Friday we celebrated our achievements throughout the week, and Year 1 achieved a lot!! It has been a wonderful week to be involved in, and I want to say a massive thank you to all parents, who have been incredibly supportive all week, by sending in money, books, and costumes for the children to wear! So, thank you!!  

            Kind regards - Ms. David (Year 1 Teacher)

            Next week, it is the final week of term, and also Gorki Spirit Week (separate information will be provided).  This is a new initiative that has been created by members of the Student Council, as they wanted to have the final week of term be as fun as possible whilst the teaching and learning continues.  It is great to see students come up with exciting new ideas to make our school as wonderful as we want it to be - and there will be another council meeting next week too.

            I hope everyone has a lovely weekend in this Spring sunshine!

            Kind regards,

            Mr Paul Curry

            Head of Primary

          • 15.04.2022 Friday Bulletin #25

            From Primary School:

            Information letter from Mr. Paul, Head of Primary School

            Dear parents and students,

            Last week was one of our busiest of the year, with excursions for all of Primary right across the week, and some Science Week activities too.  Themed weeks and activities not just out of the classroom but out of the school itself are important and add variety and real life experience to support regular teaching and learning.

            Our excursions took us to Oceanarium at Crocus City Mall.  There, students were given a tour by an experienced guide, who explained lots of interesting facts about the fish and other animals that live at the Oceanarium.  The students were particularly entertained by the seals, crocodiles, monkeys and flamingos - I was impressed that is was more than an aquarium but more of a zoo, and I would recommend it to anyone with children as a pleasant afternoon out.

            For Science Week, I repeated an activity that I have done in previous schools in building Sierpinski's Triangle.  I'm sure some of you will have noticed the giant pyramid-shaped thing in the Upper Building reception area!  In a combination of Maths and Science, the Sierpinski triangle activity illustrated the fundamental principles of fractals - how a pattern can repeat again and again at different scales, and how this complex shape can be formed by simple repetition.  Each student makes his or her own fractal triangle composed of smaller and smaller triangles, and then everything gets put together at the end to create the final piece, which is created from 256 small triangles.


            Mr. Paul Curry
            Head of Primary

            Now lets here from some of our teachers, and we begin with Ms Alyona, the Russian curriculum teacher for Year 3:

            Приветствую Вас, дорогие родители! Что запоминающегося у Вас случилось накануне? Наша неделя богата на события! Начнем экскурсию! Во-первых, мы отмечали День космонавтики, первый полет Ю. А. Гагарина, и проводили урок окружающего мира на тему: «Интересные факты о планетах и спутниках солнечной системы». Презентовали доклад и лепили модели планет и смотрели фильм про первого человека в космосе. Ваши детишки открыли для себя интересные планеты и спутники! А вы знали, уважаемые родители, что планета Уран лежит как бы «на боку»? Плоскость орбиты 98 градусов? На этой голубой планете 42 дня полярная ночь и 42 дня полярный день. Солнечное освещение в 370 раз слабее, чем у Земли. Кстати, она относится к группе планет-гигантов. Планеты-гиганты - Юпитер, Сатурн, Уран и Нептун: далеко от Солнца, крупные, газовые, имеющие кольца и много спутников. И вы в теме теперь)

            Во-вторых, у нас была экскурсия в Крокус Сити «Океанариум», где ребята узнали много забавных историй про водных обитателей. Посмотрели на 100 аквариумов и вольеров. А там яркие коралловые полипы, стайные промысловые рыбки, морские звезды, дружелюбные губаны Наполеоны. Нам рассказывали удивительные истории про быстрых барракуд, безжалостных акул, например, сего-голубая акула «свинцовая» размером до 2,5 метров, зубастых мурен, Сиамских крокодилов. Скаты-хвостоколы проплывали над головой, а ядовитые Аротроны (фугу) раздувались, демонстрируя свое превосходство, Крылатка зебра расправляла свои длинные ленты спинных и грудных плавников, в которых таятся острые ядовитые иглы. Любовались на пингвинов Гумбольда, зеленых черепах, Шпороносных черепах, Кошачих лемуров, Кольчатых и Байкальских непр, Африканских марабу и т.д. На уроках русского языка начали работу со словом, его структурой, лексическим значением. Продолжали делить слова на слоги и ставили ударение. Учили алфавит и расставляли слова в алфавитном порядке. Знакомились с разными видами словарей: орфографический, орфоэпический, толковый, этимологический, синонимов и антонимов. Дети стараются выполнить полный объем работы: легко делили слова на слоги, искали ударный слог. На уроках литературного чтения читали и учили стихотворения о весне. Отвечали на вопрос, как научиться читать выразительно. Отрабатывали этот навык на уроках чтения. А вы любите читать стихи и учить их наизусть так, как любят это делать Ваши детки? Большинство ребят старались выучить наизусть то стихотворение, которое вызвало душевный отклик в сердцах юных ценителей поэзии. Знакомились с устным народным творчеством русского народа. Небылицы, веселые песенки и загадки есть у других народов тоже. Познакомились с английскими народными песнями из книги «Рифмы Матушки Гусыни», которые перевел на русский язык С. Я. Маршак. Математика включала в себя задания на повторение «Устные вычислительные приемы сложения и вычитания с переходом через разряд» и новую работу с темой «Класс единиц. Разряды».

            А сейчас немного о том, что мы планируем делать на следующей неделе. Мы, наконец-то, добрались до изучения одной из самых актуальных тем в русском языке, а именно, «Безударный гласный звук в слове», научимся различать проверяемое слово от проверочного. Точная наука напомнит нам о преобразовании единиц длины, о решении обратных задач, приемах сложения и вычитания двузначных чисел.

            Наша экскурсия заканчивается. Дни в неделе оказались интересные, разнообразные и

            неповторимые. Спасибо большое за внимание, до новых встреч!

            To our youngest students now, and Ms Anna's Nursery class: 

            Dear Parents and Guardians,

            In Nursery this term, for the topic ‘Transportation’, we have been learning about different types of transport and the children painted some beautiful pictures of boats and trains, etc. Then, this week, we have started our new topic of ‘Seaside and Ocean’, which fitted in really well with our exciting visit to the Oceanarium!

            Every day we have been practicing our alphabet sounds song and we have now reached the letter ‘t’ in Phonics. The children have also been really enjoying learning the nursery rhyme, ‘Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, We’re Going To The Moon’ in our Talk for Writing sessions. Soon the children will be able to start adapting the nursery rhyme to create their own versions. And, in Maths, we have started counting all the way to twenty!

            Next week is Book Week with lots of fun activities planned, so it should be a really enjoyable and exciting week!

            Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

            Kind regards - Ms. Anna

            We still have more special weeks before the next holiday too!  Next week, from Monday to Friday, it is Book Week, with different activities planned for each day.  Book Week is always one of my favourite weeks of the year, so I look forward to having a lot of fun with the students!  Then, to conclude the term, we will have Gorki Spirit Week - lots of information to come about that very soon!

            Kind regards,

            Mr Paul Curry

            Head of Primary

             

            From Secondary School:

            Information letter from Mr Christopher, Head of Secondary School

            Dear Parents and Guardians,

            I hope that you’re all well, and enjoying the warmth that Spring has eventually bought us.

            In Secondary, our Science week took place, where students in Key Stage 3 have been working on an engineering project. The aim of this project was to design a device using limited resources that could protect an egg when dropped from height. The students worked hard on this, with many eggs surviving.


            Our school house system is now integrated into Edupage, meaning yourself and students can track house points and news across the school. As always, we look to develop this app across the school.

            Our Year 11s have now finished their examinations, and will volunteer around the school, whilst preparing for their further study in the next academic year. We congratulate them on their hard work.I wish you all a wonderful week ahead.

            Christopher Kingshott

            Head of Secondary

             

            Message from Mr. Mackin (English Teacher and Year 9 Form Tutor)

            Dear CIS Community.

            It has been a succesfull term in English so far with more challenge and fun to look forward to.

            We are all looking forward to Book Week. This begins on Monday and is always a highlight of the academic year. Books are the bedrock of all learning and have multiple functions within education and outside of it. Primarily, they are fun. Ensuring that all our students read regularly is an ongoing commitment at CIS and hopefully next week will encourage students to discover new titles and authors that will be with them their entire lives.

            Highlights of the week will include a talk from a visiting authour, a book sale and a quiz next Friday. There will also be lots of other opportunities throughout the week to celebrate books. One thing we are especially looking forward to is taking our older students to visit the younger ones in the next building and read to them. Hopefully their enthusiasm is infectious and we can inspire the next generation of readers at Gorki.

            As ever we have been impressed with the level of work produced during English this week. While Year 9 continue to solve fiendish mysterious alongside Sherlock Holmes and his good friend Dr. Watson, our Year 8s have been transported to the land of Macbeth and his plotting wife. Though the language is difficult the story itself is timeless and it has been a real pleasure to see them enjoy it.

            A special mention to Year 11 too, who finished their mock exams on Friday. They have worked well in difficult circumstances and should enjoy a restful weekend.

            Thank you,

            Chris Mackin (English Teacher and Year 9 Form Tutor)

             

             

          • 08.04.2022 Friday Bulletin #24

            From Primary School:

            Information letter from Mr. Paul, Head of Primary School

            Dear parents and students,

            A belated thank you to all the parents and other family members who attended our amazing Gorki's Got Talent extravaganza last Friday.  The students pulled out all the stops to create fun, varied and dazzling performances of song, dance, musical compositions, drama pieces and even mime!  It really did highlight that there is indeed a huge amount of talent here at Gorki!  Enjoy some of the photographs from the day below.

            This week has been a relatively normal 'bread and butter' week, as we say in the UK.  Regular teaching and learning is going on across our campus, and I keep seeing and hearing great things in and out of our classrooms.  As you will know, we were forced to make a few changes to some of our classes recently but everyone has responded to these new challenges with confidence and understanding, and I am really proud of the students and our wonderful staff who continue to take them down a rich educational path.  

            Next week, the whole of Primary are going on an excursion to Oceanarium at Crocus City Mall.  This is an educational trip to support Science Week, and the students will discover many new things about ocean life across the world, and hopefully see a lot of new sea creatures of which they have never seen before.  It should be a terrific experience for everyone.


            Mr. Paul Curry
            Head of Primary

            Now let's hear from some teachers and what they have been up to with their classes.  Firstly, Mr Joshua who is now with Year 2:

            Dear Parents 

            We have completed the 3rd week of this week. We are happy to announce that everybody shows great dedication in their work!  During phonics lessons this week in Year 2, we had been focusing on phase 3 and phase 5 phonemes, such as ng, oa, qu and a-e, o-e, u-e respectively. We practiced reading and writing sentences using tricky words containing these sounds. We focused on Talk for Writing in our English lessons. Talk for Writing is an excellent method in learning the skills required to acquire an effective language in order to write eloquently. The children learn new vocabulary and how to spell and use the newly learned words in a sentence. Additionally, they learn to create ideas and put them into sentences. Not only is this a great method of learning quality writing skills, but the children are also having fun learning!  In mathematics we had been looking with number bonds. The children practiced adding and subtracting with the aid of a 100 number box, attempting to do so without counting the numbers. It is very important to learn what you get when you add certain numbers together. It helps with both many cognitive functions and strengthens their memory.  Last but not least, we would like to thank everyone who was involved in our Talent Show.  Congratulations to every child who participated and a big thank you to the parents for supporting our children.  

            Have a great weekend! 

            Regards,

            Mr. Joshua (Year 2 Teacher)

            Some information from Ms Kalyn and her Reception class:  

            Dear Parents

            Reception have been learning about Spring so far this term. However, we’ve been left wondering… what happened to Spring?  We have planted beans, and are eagerly waiting for the snow to melt so that we can move them outside. This week we have been learning about Minibeasts and have done some Minibeast doubling in Maths. Today Reception have learnt the final sound that they need to know in Phonics for this year. The rest of the year will focus on strengthening our confidence, becoming more fluent readers, and becoming wonderful writers.  In Literacy, we have started Talk for Writing with The Sleepy Bumblebee. It has been a fantastic start to the topic. We look forward to sharing our stories with you.  

            Have a great weekend! 

            Ms. Kalyn (Reception Teacher and Phase Leader

            Additionally, here's Mr John and his Year 4 crowd:  

            Good day to you all Gorki parents and patrons,  

            I hope that everyone one who attended this year's Gorki's Got Talent show were on the edge of their eats with anticipation and excitement! I was thoroughly impressed by the number of talented students we have in Year 4 and other year groups. On an academic front, here is what we have learned this week in Year 4:  In our English class, students identified and sequenced features of recipes, using imperative verbs and adverbs to "SPICE" up their writing. We concluded the week with having the students write a procedural of a favorite activity or recipe. This will help us lead into our Newspaper Reports.  During our maths lessons, we discussed and strengthened our multiplication facts up to 12. Students began to understand that certain methods like partitioning help us learn our multiplication facts more effectively.  Our Science lessons continued discussions of solids, liquids, and gases. This week we focused on how matter can change from one phase to another through melting, freezing, and boiling.  During our Global Perspectives lessons this month, we are learning about where our food comes from and how deforestation has both positive and negative effects in our world.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!  

            Warm regards 

            Mr. John Veshi (Year 4 teacher)

             

            Finally, as I mentioned earlier, as well as excursions next week, it is also Science Week, so expect next week's bulletin to be full of news and pictures about the many exciting sciencey stuff that has been planned for students to enjoy.  

            I hope everyone has a peaceful and relaxing weekend.

            Mr Paul Curry

            Head of Primary

             

            From Secondary School:

            Information letter from Mr Christopher, Head of Secondary School

            Dear Parents and Guardians,

            I hope you are all well and thank you to all of those that attended CIS Gorki’s Got Talent. The support students felt from their families made the difference. The show was fantastic, and I am now looking forward to our end-of-year concert.

            It was great to meet some of our current Year 10 parents, to discuss the following academic year and our expectations for their final IGCSE year. Although it will be a challenge, the effort that one is ready to commit will play a significant part in their eventual results. Despite external circumstances, next year is being approached with enthusiasm and positivity.

            Our Year 11 students have started their final IGCSE examinations, and we wish them all the best.

            Christopher Kingshott

            Head of Secondary

             

            Message from Mr. Pedersen (Humanities Teacher and KS3 Phase Leader)

            Dear CIS Gorki Family,

            This past week has been dominated by the CIS Gorki Got Talent show which will have just taken place today, April 1.

            It has been fantastic to see the positive energy coming from the students across not only Secondary, but the entire school. The groups were showing great teamwork and collaboration in developing their routines to the point they were ready to take it to the stage.

            For me, the most pleasing aspect was the support the students gave to all the other performers. There were shouts and cheers of encouragement from those waiting to take the stage during rehearsals and very positive support given to those who were especially nervous about taking the stage for the first time. Once those lights are shining on you, the nerves can really begin to take hold! Exiting the stage after such a performance to be met with the smiles and congratulations of the other students really represents the ideals and attitudes we aim to instill in our students.

            Our senior students were unfortunately unable to participate due to the need to prepare for assessment tasks aimed at building their IGCSE portfolios. The second round of mock exams will begin next week and they are now down to their last month where they are able to produce their best work which will be forwarded to Cambridge for grading. We all wish them the best of luck as they knuckle down to such a critical period.

            Take care and stay safe.

            Kind regards,

            Mr. Pedersen (Humanaties Teacher and KS3 Phase Leader)

             

            Message from Mr. Sinkevich (Art Teacher)

            Dear CIS Gorki Family,

            Here are details of some of the projects students have been taking:

            * Matryoskha doll - Art competition. 

            Colourful and somewhat imposing this giant Matryoskha doll is a cultural and artistic representation of a traditional art form in Matryoshka dolls are often designed to follow a particular theme, for instance peasant girls in traditional dress, but the theme can be any characters of Russia. Modern artists create many new styles of nesting dolls

            * “Portrait (people)” 

            Students research, experiment, produce and reflect upon a portrait or image of a friend or family member with the intention of conveying a particular mood. They will explore the proportions of the face and the figure. They will also consider the expression of their subject, the inclusion periphery objects and the backdrop to their portrait, as well as selecting their own materials and processes.They will look at the work of artists from a variety of historical periods and cultures for inspiration:· Vincent van Gogh· Henri Matisse· Rembrandt

            * “Identity Project”

            Students started art project with a theme ‘Identity’. They have opportunities to work from observation and expansion into a range of topics, for example landscape, still life, portraiture. They researched artists whose work links to the theme of ‘Identity’ for example:· Frida Kahlo – Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird· Colin McCahon – North Otago landscape· Rita Angus – Rutu· Amrita Shergil – Sumair· David Hockney – Mother· Nam June Paik – TV gardenTake care and stay safe.

            Kind regards,

            Mr. Sinkevich (Art Teacher)