Bugs & Insects

During our bugs and insects topic we had lots of opportunities to explore and learn what different bugs live in our green spaces and where they like to live. After researching different bugs and insects we chose the best bug and gave reasons why we would prefer to be that bug/insect. 

Check out our writing and some bug art that we did with them. 

For the art, we first had to carefully trace the bug/insect we chose. Then we used a vivid over the top of our pencil lines. We then used jumbo art crayons to colour our bug/insect. We tried to keep the colours similar to the real bug/insect. Once we finished colouring our bug/insect we then had 2 different shades of green dye which we used to dye the background. Finally, we glued a picture of our face in the correct spot. 

If you got to choose to be a bug/insect for a day, what would you choose to be? Share your answer in the comments below. 

Matariki Diamante Poem

 Diamante Poems are special! Not only do they look like a diamond but you have to write them in a special order. 

Noun

Adjective, Adjective

Verb, Verb, Verb

Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun

Verb, Verb, Verb

Adjective, Adjective

Noun

Check out our Matariki Diamante poems

2022 - Wallace Class

Kia Ora and welcome back,  

Wallace Class 

This year our class has been named after the amazing mosaic artisit Sue Wallace. 

A little bit about our class artist:

Where: Sue lives rurally in Okaihau 

Inspiration: She gets her inspiration from the farmland, coastline, animals, birds, plants and her garden

Material/medium: She likes to work with old china and recycled products, ceramic, glass, stained glass and glass beads

Where can you find her work: She sells at local markets and last year she started selling at the Cruise Ship Markets in Paihia over the summer season. When time permits she also sells in Whangarei and Auckland markets

Some of her work:

  

We look forward to being inspired to create art pieces from her work. 

If you wish to learn more about here or see more of her work check out her website: www.piecebypiecemosaics.nz

Be sure to check back to see what we have been learning throughout the year. 

Types of Media

 During Cyber Smart lessons we have been learning about different types of media. 

First we wrote up a definition of what media is we came up with: 

Media is something that entertains or gives us information. 

Then we learnt about some of the types of media around us, for example: bus shelter ads, podcasts, radio, video games, movies, websites, magazines and much more. 

Our follow-up activity was a hunt to find different types of media around our house. Here are some things we found that are forms of media. 

What forms of media can you find around you? 

Nature art take 2

After popular demand we bought back the nature art task for a previous lockdown. 

Check out the original post here. 

Here are the instructions for the activity.

Reasons why we enjoy this activity: 
We get to go outside

It's like a scavenger hunt

We get to make patterns

It linked to our class artist's style (Fiona Kerr Gedson) using mandalas

It's free, we don't have to buy anything

We get to be creative with different colours and shapes 

We can get our family involved

Before going out Mrs Patel had a session with us about how to find things in nature. 

We had to remember: 
- not to pick off trees/plants

- return everything back to nature

- create the piece of art out in nature

- not destroying homes of animals/birds (nest, bug hotels ect) 

Check out our nature art creations from this year: 

Why don't you give it a go? Share your creations with us. We would love to see what you come up with. 

Roll a Picasso drawing

Following on from our Roll-a-monster we decided to have another go, this time we tried out Roll-a-Picasso. We all put our artistic hats on and got going. 

We had some cool funky creations. Check them out: 

If you would like to have a go check out our class site for the instructions. 

Macarena dance off

One of our students sent in a video of the Macarena dance. So we thought why not have a lockdown dance-off. We put on some funky clothing, warmed up our hips, and got dancing. 

Check out our Macarena Dance off...

Here is the link to our Macarena dance off page on our class site. Check it out, have a go yourself!