Byron Bay – Fun with Aboriginal Art and Boomerang Painting – 3 August 2023
Last Thursday, students learnt about aboriginal culture, storytelling symbols and art and then got to paint their own boomerang!
Boomerangs were used by Aboriginal peoples for hunting, warfare, art, in some religious ceremonies or instrumentally (clapped together) as accompaniment to songs and chants. They would often paint or carve designs on boomerangs to tell stories of legends and traditions.
When aboriginal artists paint it is typically from a bird’s-eye perspective looking down onto the land. From a high viewpoint everything starts to look like a dot, hence the iconic dot painting style. Symbols are used to tell a story, for example concentric circles often represents a campsite.
Some students went with the traditional Aboriginal painting style and earthy tones, while others went with their personal style, colours and technique. A couple told some interesting and amusing personal stories using the aboriginal symbols.
The final painted boomerangs were all unique in design and exhibited the diverse creative talents of our students.
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Byron Bay – Joyous beach soccer and beach cricket – 2 August 2023
Last Wednesday a mix of our adult and junior students went to Byron’s Main Beach to play beach soccer and beach cricket.
It was the first-time playing cricket for our junior students. Bella explained the relaxed rules of beach cricket and it didn’t take long for everyone to feel comfortable batting, bowling and fielding.
All students were familiar with soccer, so we got straight into it. Team captains, Dominic and Seb, chose their team members and then we started with a fun warmup game. During the warmup both teams seemed evenly matched but in our competitive match Dominic’s team dominated, winning 3-0.
On the way back to school, Bella guided our students through town pointing out important establishments and popular spots to eat and shop along the way.
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Learn English in Byron Bay. Lexis English students study General English, IELTS, FCE, CAE, and English plus Surfing in a friendly and professional school right in the heart of Byron Bay and only 15 minutes from the beach.
Byron Bay – Sensational Sausage Sizzle – 4 August 2023
On Friday, students had the delightful opportunity to partake in a quintessential Australian lunchtime experience, a Sausage Sizzle!
We cooked beef, pork and vegan snags on the barbie. The students were given the choice between white or multigrain bread, as well as Tomato, Mustard, or BBQ sauce. Of course, a genuine sausage sizzle wouldn’t be complete without the addition of grilled onions!
Everyone enjoyed our great Aussie tradition of a sausage sizzle and eagerly look forward to the next one.
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Lexis Byron delivers academic excellence in arguably Australia’s most desirable study location where you can combine your studies with the great outdoors. Studying at Lexis Byron is more than an experience, it’s a lifestyle! Lexis Byron offers an unrivalled afterschool activity calendar that includes surf lessons, cooking classes, artistic activities, afternoon escapes to surrounding hotspots and full-day weekend adventures. If you want more information on the courses that we offer, click here.
Learn English in Byron Bay. Lexis English students study General English, IELTS, FCE, CAE, and English plus Surfing in a friendly and professional school right in the heart of Byron Bay and only 15 minutes from the beach.
Byron Bay – Intriguing Aussie Food and Slang – 1 August 2023
Yesterday our junior students from the Hiroshima prefecture were joined by our adult students for a huge Aussie Food and Slang activity. 😋
Aussie Food
The tasting menu included the following Aussie classics:
- Meat pies and sausage rolls with tomato sauce
- Vegemite on bread
- Lamingtons
- Fairy bread
- Milo
- Tim Tams
- Twisties
Bella introduced each food item, then explained its popular in Australia and how to eat it like an Aussie.
What did our students think?
- The meat pie / sausage roll with tomato sauce combination was a resounding hit!
- Vegemite was polarising, a few loved it, but most were disgusted and confused about its popularity here
- The Lamingtons were enjoyed by all, and the favourite for some.
- The consensus on fairy bread was so-so, just like sugar on bread
- There were mixed opinions on Milo and it was familiar to those from Japan and Chile
- Tim Tams were known and loved by most students and for our first timers it was a delicious surprise
- Finally, Twisties were liked but, “nothing special” for most.
Overall, it was an enjoyable tasting experience. Thank you to all students who participated with open minds and palates!
Aussie Slang
For the Aussie slang portion of the activity, students started by watching entertaining clips of Aussies using slang. As a group we tried to interpret the slang and our Aussie teacher Bella revealed the meaning of each slang word.
Some of the slang students learnt included:
- Breaky = Breakfast
- Maccas = McDonalds
- Straya = Australia
- Avo = Avocado
- Mate = Friend
- Sunnies = Sunglasses
- G’day = Good day
- Arvo = Afternoon
- Hubby = Husband
- Tinnie = Beer
- Sheila = woman
- Barbie = Barbeque
And so many more!
To finish we played a fun game of slang bingo with the prize being more Aussie food!
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Lexis Byron delivers academic excellence in arguably Australia’s most desirable study location where you can combine your studies with the great outdoors. Studying at Lexis Byron is more than an experience, it’s a lifestyle! Lexis Byron offers an unrivalled afterschool activity calendar that includes surf lessons, cooking classes, artistic activities, afternoon escapes to surrounding hotspots and full-day weekend adventures. If you want more information on the courses that we offer, click here.
Learn English in Byron Bay. Lexis English students study General English, IELTS, FCE, CAE, and English plus Surfing in a friendly and professional school right in the heart of Byron Bay and only 15 minutes from the beach.