Getting to know Victoria.

On the way to and from chapel, the girls have noticed the beautiful sculpture of a girl called ‘Victoria’. On Friday Isobella, Vanessa, Sophia and Emma took a closer look at her. They talked about her bag, the way her fingers went around her book and that you couldn’t see her 

ponytail when you were in front of her.

They identified that she was standing on a plinth and that her shoes were 

different to the ones they wore.

After much discussion and the girls describing what Victoria looked like, they began the hard task of sketching her. We also took photos of Victoria and discussed the different angles 

we could view her from.

We asked the girls to reflect on what they thought about their drawings and this was 

their responses...

Emma said; “I like the stripes on her skirt and the buttons I did on her jacket and the bow on her shoe. The books are in her bag. The shoes are too flat and lines (on her skirt) are too long - I don’t like that”.

Vanessa said; “I like that I’ve drawn a book here and a square with numbers (plaque) and a beautiful bag and the whole thing of my picture ‘cause it’s beautiful and there is nothing I don’t like about it at all”. These comments were so different from the ones Vanessa offered after her first drawing when she said she didn't like her drawing at all!

Isobella    “I like the way I’ve made this (plinth). I love the shoes. I don’t like how the shoulder goes - the shoulder is together but it’s not together”.

Sophia said; "I like that the ears are curved a bit. I’ve got the arms going down; I thought it was going to be hard (drawing the arms down) but it was easy. I like the handle of my bag and that it is on the ground. Next time I would like the lines of her skirt to be straighter”. 

The girls are making some insightful comments about their work. It appears that

by asking them to think about what they have drawn, they are able to use this

information for their next drawings.

The girls were listening closely to each other and using comments they heard to assist them 

to think about what they were doing.

"The quality of learning, especially that of learning to learn in a group, seems to be closely correlated to the quality of opportunities to share and participate in the daily life of the school."

Tiziana Filippini: Making Learning Visible