Room 14

GREEK

Students at Berri Primary school students study Greek for two lessons a week. We also have a mother tongue maintenance program for students of Greek background and a dance group for any students interested in traditional and modern Greek dancing.

 

THEME WORK

JUNIOUR PRIMARY (R-2)

 

TERM 1	TERM 2	TERM 3
GREETINGS	NUMBERS	ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
COLOURS	ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES	ALPHABET
EASTER		MY HOUSE
GREEK NATIONAL DAY		dvd series ( mormo)

 

We have also learnt many Greek songs, games and have started doing some Greek dancing.

We are currently watching a DVD series from Greece about an alien visiting Greece and having lots of adventures with her new Greek friends.  We will be making a book about Mormo and including words and phrases we have learnt from the series.

 

MIDDLE TO UPPER PRIMARY (3-7)

 

TERM 1	TERM 2	TERM 3
GREETINGS	ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES	MY HOUSE
COLOURS		dvd series ( mormo)
NUMBERS
GREEK NATIONAL DAY

 

TERM ONE

 

• We learnt about the Greek National Day, the Greek national costumes, the flag and made “carnavale’.
• We learnt new songs and games.  My little star, Good morning mum and dad.      

TERM TWO

• The students leant about the ancient and modern Olympic Games.  They made various posters including: the flag, torch, wrote a story about an ancient athlete, compared the modern ancient sports.  The six and seven classes wrote and performed a TV report about the ancient Games.
• The students also did a PowerPoint presentation in English about the Games

TERM THREE

• We are currently designing our dream homes, learning words and phrases about the house and will be designing a brochure to sell our home in Greek.

We have a dedicated group of students that attend weekly sessions and have performed at school assemblies and the Riverland Music Festival.  Keep up the good work.