Pastelling...

We are imitating Warren Pohatu's work to get good at pastelling techniques.

Later we will use these techniques to make our own picture.

Fridge Magnet "Poetry"

Over the holidays I bought a set of poetry fridge magnets which I placed on the whiteboard at the front of the class.  I have been thoroughly impressed with the way the students of Room 20 have taken to making up sentences using the words available.

Here is  what was left on the whiteboard yesterday - some are simple,  some are funny, some are poetic!  Well done guys!

Planting trees for Matariki

On June 12th Bailey Road School celebrated Matariki (Maori New Year) by planting native trees in our newly developing Nature Trail.  Three children were selected from each class to plant trees for each class. 

Above: These three got down and dirty to plant the trees.

Below: Teamwork to get the hole dug to plant the tree - Steven and Jamaine

Planting trees for Matariki

The whole class with the trees that we planted

Getting Arty - Young Picassos!

Room 20 have been learning the painting techniques of:

Dragging

Stippling

Hard Edge

Tonal Modelling

Splatter

and Carving

Here is our artwork which shows how we were practising our techniques in an abstract way:

In the posts below you can see us hard at work using the techniques we've learnt to paint a scene from the story "The Grumpy Clock Tower" by Joyce Rodney - in School Journal Part 1, Number 5, 2002.

Getting Arty!

"Parakaraka" hard at work on their paintings.

Getting Arty!

"Kikorangi" busy painting, with "Kakariki" in the background.