Monty the penguin

Posted on November 16, 2014 by ianmclean

Each year, UK department store, John Lewis, hires a team to create a special ad for the Christmas season. These ads are excellent examples of persuasive visual texts.

John Lewis Christmas advert 2014 – #MontyThePenguin

Flock Associates – John Lewis: The Making of Monty the Penguin 2014

John Lewis Christmas advert 2013 – The bear & the hare

Lily Allen | [The Making of] Somewhere Only We Know (John Lewis Christmas Advert)

John Lewis Christmas advert 2012 – The journey

John Lewis Christmas advert 2011 – The long wait

Same ad, with a different music track:

The New John Lewis 2011 Christmas TV Advert – The long wait [Alternate]

John Lewis Christmas advert 2010 – This feeling inside

John Lewis Christmas advert 2009 – Sweet child of mine

John Lewis Christmas advert 2008 – From me to you [Extended studio version]

John Lewis Christmas advert 2007 – Shadow

Hicketty Picketty: preparing for Chicks R Us

Posted on March 3, 2014 by ianmclean

This week, students in Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 will be learning the nursery rhyme Hicketty Picketty. We will also be reading Out of the egg, by Tina Matthews, which is a variation of The little red hen fairy tale.

The inclement weather last Friday gave Class 1HB another chance to brainstorm a digital story. This time they ended up with an Easter theme, which will prove useful with other classes as the term progresses:

An Easter tale

The subsequent week consolidates the learning with this digital quiz on PhotoPeach, which draws upon images and information gathered in 2011 after a unit of work based upon the annual Chicks R Us experience:

What’s in the egg?

Another picture book favourite is Clifford’s happy Easter by Norman Bridwell, which features a North American (spring season!) Easter egg hunt and the dyeing of boiled eggs.

And our PhotoPeach digital story about Clifford the Big Red Dog’s last visit to our school library:

Clifford & Phoebe at Penrith PS

Champions read!

Posted on August 24, 2012 by ianmclean

A group of Stage 1 (Year 2) students have been working on creating a digital story about the Book Week slogan, “Champions read”. We have spent 30 mins per day (for 2 weeks) watching stimulus material, such as The hare and the tortoise (2009) fable. Also brainstorming, character building, storyboarding, taking digital photos, caption writing, editing, and selecting music. They have discussed their effort on the book rap, Join a reading adventure.