Pinocchio

At the moment 5/6 Coote are working their way through the very famous classic The Adventures of Pinocchio and are about to create their own gallery of Pinocchio portraits giving their personal interpretation of the character. Stay tuned for more. All portraits will be on diplay at the Italian Expo to be held in the 5/6 unit from the 18th of July until the 21st. Three students have also put together a Disney portrait of Pinocchio showing the main body parts in Italian to support outr Italian language program. Students have also studied the author Carlos Collodi and have produced a flipboard focusing on his life.

To view some of the original illustrations done by Atillio Mussino go to:

http://www.illuminated-books.com/books/pinocchio.htm

This is a fascinating site and worth the visit for the illustrations alone.