Thursday, 9 June 2016

Plastic Free Peninsula Logo Design



Today we started to design a logo for the Plastic Free Peninsula project. We needed to keep our drawings simple and without any colour. 

Matariki Stars



Today we made some stars for Matariki. We had to follow instructions about folding and glueing.
Have a look at them on the windows.
Tomorrow we are going to try to write instructions to explain how we made them.



Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Sustainable Coastline Visit

As part of our Inquiry, we have been thinking about how we can make a positive change to our environment. You can find out more about their work at http://sustainablecoastlines.org/

Writing by Charlotte:
Te Kawa and Oliver from Sustainable Coastlines came into school today to talk about coastlines and waterways. They explained how we can keep the waterways clean. They also said why we shouldn't cut trees and why we should plant new trees

The Owl and Pussycat Art



Nicola's base group watched the Owl and the Pussycat today and they were able to choose whether they wanted to do an Owl or a Pussy Cat. They drew their choice with pencil then outlined with sharpie and finally they were able to change the look by adding detail with sharpie. The results are magical!

Giraffes can't dance...art

We read the story Giraffes can't dance and tried to dance like giraffes then we create some art out of watercolours, pencils and oil pastels. One thing we tried to do was change something about the giraffe...here are some of our art work.

Space Place - Learning Celebration

We had a great learning celebration -  Our students got to share all of their learning with whānau.  We also topped off our Inquiry with a v...