Art update

Lots of work has been done on our various art projects over the last few days. 

Goodbye hair

It was a big day on Friday when Kate had her head shaved to raise money for the Cancer Society. High excitement levels in the library at lunchtime! She had already raised about $800 online before counting the Friday contributions. Well done Kate for doing something to help others.

Weekly Tasks - Term 3, Week 6

Tasks for Term 3, Week 6.

Weekly Tasks - Term 3, Week 5

Week 5 already! The art exhibition is uncomfortably close...
Here are the tasks for Term 3, Week 5.

Minecraft Parliament trip

On Friday, 12 Year 7 & 8 students who are part of a project to recreate Parliament Buildings in Minecraft caught the train into town. First stop was Parliament, where we met the other two schools involved (Glenview & Waikanae) and had a tour around Parliament, paying extra attention to the architecture and materials. Then we walked down to Microsoft House on Lambton Quay where we got to play with some new tech like a VR HoloLens and a Surface Hub. The Microsoft people also gave us lunch, which included some cool Minecraft-themed cupcakes.

Microsoft are lending us laptops to use during the month-long project. Students will be working on recreating the buildings and then we will return to Parliament in a month to share our creations.

Here are a few pics - none of Parliament unfortunately because photos aren't allowed.

Week 4/5 art progress

We continued with various art projects last week but still have a long way to go!

Buildings for our New Jerusalem city

Art/dance party

The dragon body finished at last

Maya & Caitlin beginning the 4 horsemen of the apocolypse

Weekly Tasks - Term 3, Week 4

Here are the tasks for Term 3, Week 4.

Tasks will be fairly light while we are preparing for the art exhibition in Week 7, but please make sure you don't leave them all to the last minute - they will still take a bit of time.

Art in progress

During the first part of the term the whole school will be working to prepare for an art exhibition in Week 7. The whole school theme is the Bible. Rm 11 is focusing on Saints and Rm 12 is focusing on the Book of Revelation. Here are a few pics of the early stages.

Mixed media pieces based on symbols in Revelations.

Cross-stitching saints.

Sketching out a whole-class collaborative picture.

Our dragon frame begins to take shape.

Adding legs.

Working on a buddy class art project. Rm12 & Rm 6.

Making dragon wings.

Claudia the dragon - pretty close to finishing the frame.

Weekly Tasks - Term 3, Week 3

Here is the task sheet for Term 3, Week 3.

Remember the art exhibition is in Week 7, so make sure you keep up to date with the art activities in your class.

Book Groups

We recently started Book Groups, where students group together to read a novel and discuss it over 6 weeks or so. The idea is for students to learn to analyse and think more deeply about a novel, and practice sharing and listening to different viewpoints.