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! 

Roll-a-monster

We have really been enjoying the Roll a.... activity during distance learning. There are so many possibilities and we end up with such creative funky pieces of art. 

Check out our class site with more Roll a.... activities 

Here are the funky monsters we created. Some of our monsters even have a story to go with. 

Why don't you have a go? Check our class site for the instructions.

Whai String Games

As of Wednesday 18th August 2021 New Zealand went back into a Level 4 lockdown. That meant back to distance learning. Even though we had been there before it did take a couple of days to get used to. 

One of our focus tasks was as below:

Click on the image to take you to the focus task on our class site. 

Below are a couple of photos & videos of different string games/figures made by students in Gedson Class.  

 

Why don't you have a go at some of the string games? 

Gedson Mandal art

Our class is named after an amazing New Zealand artist by the name of Fiona Kerr Gedson.

To learn more about her or see some of her work check out our class site: Gedson Class Site

After being inspired by her we decided to learn more about Mandal's and how to create them. We watched some videos, read some websites and practiced a lot of colouring in. 

Check out our Mandal pieces of art we created. We used Crayon and dye. And we worked with warm and cool colours. 

      

Can you spot the warm and cool colours? 

Te Reo & NZ sign language

During NZ sign language week our Te Reo expert pāpā Jarrod taught us sign language to introduce ourselves. 

First we learnt the vowels:

Then we added in the rest of our letters (consonant letters). 

We also learnt how to put it into a sentence in Te Reo. 

Ko ____________(your name) toku ingoa. 

Check out hard work:

Now your turn to try! 

Groups we belong to

During distance learning we looked at different groups we belong it. 

 Our focus task:

From this we found out that even though we have our own identity and we are all unique in our own way, there are still things about us that are similar. 

What groups do you belong to? Can you find someone that belongs to the same group as you?

Nō hea koe? = Where are you from?

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As part of our Kotahitanga (unity) unit we are looking at identity. 

Achievement Objectives: understand and respond to commonly used phrases and sentences.

!Did you know it is Kaupapa that before you ask someone’s name when you meet them, it is deemed more courteous to ask where they are from. This will establish kinship ties and a familiarity with the major landmarks of the area.

Question/Pātai: Nō hea koe? = Where are you from?  

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Leave us a comment telling us Nō hea koe?