Activities performed at Lilla Alby School

School year 2020/2021

During the 2020/2021 school year, each class / class was assigned a project based on the themes of Pinocchio, Peter Pan and National fairy tales, legends, myths and fables. The aim was to incorporate these classic tales into the curriculum and enhance the students' learning experience. The classes were taking on different aspects of the project, such as researching the stories, creating presentations, and performing skits. Throughout the year, the students worked hard on their respective tasks, using the themes of Peter Pan and Superheros as a foundation for their studies. This not only allowed the students to gain a deeper understanding of the stories, but also helped them to develop important skills, such as teamwork, critical thinking, and creative problem solving. The end result was a dynamic and engaging project that not only captured the students' attention, but also left a lasting impression on their education.

Peter Pan

Elementary school, grade 1 - 3: Some classes started by watching the film in Swedish and then we selected scenes from the film that we chose to draw. They wrote down what the film was about in Swedish and translated concepts into English. Some other classes started by reading the story of Peter Pan both in Swedish and afterwards in English, because several words were new and difficult for the students. The classes went through the key words and made summaries in Swedish even though they read in English. To finish the project with Peter Pan, the students had to create posters with the characters on them along with an excerpt of their choice from the book, in English.

Middle School, grade 4 - 6: During the drawing lessons, some classes practiced creating silhouettes to be able to make a silhouette of the characters Peter Pan or/and Tinker Bell. The classes started by looking at the trail and afterward, they started creating their silhouettes. The students were very pleased with their artwork.

And other classes began by reading the first chapters of Peter Pan as a whole class and, in pairs, the students were given glossaries on keywords and concepts from the chapters. The project ended with the classes watching the film and having to choose between writing their own scripts for scenes in the film or writing a retelling of what Peter Pan was about. Some classes chose to dramatize different scenes from Peter Pan. They started by reading the book and talking about the content and then divided into smaller groups and staged their own versions of different scenes. The students were given all kinds of different endings and some of them also made some pictures where Peter Pan and the other characters go on to.

Superheros

School year 2021/2022

Elementary school, grade 1 - 3 students. They started working with the theme of superheroes. The students were introduced to the book Handbook for Superheroes by Elias Våhlund and Agnes Våhlund. The students get to meet Lisa, who lives with her grandmother and is bullied a lot at school. The book was very much appreciated by the students, they got to learn about essential superhero techniques such as flying, fighting, talking to animals, having an exciting name, and discovering selfesteem in themselves too, and the book became a good gateway to work further with the theme of superheroes. The students made a self-portrait of themselves, looking like the superhero they are, together with their names and superpowers.

Some classes looked at some pictures and talked about what a superhero could be like, they looked at a program about drawing and were given examples of what the “final product “ would look like. Afterward, the students started to sketch their own heroes. The students continued sketching and making up the story for the strip and started sketching, drawing and coloring. The pupils finished their drawings using different kinds of pens and pencils and were very satisfied with their final product.