Art skills and techniques.

In Tautoru over the last couple of weeks we have been exploring different artistic techniques. We have had students sketching, creating amazing symmetry with felt tips and water, and silhouette art.

It has been great to see skills slowly developing and we have created some amazing pieces.

Students have been learning how to shade to create texture and depth. There has been a huge improvement in how we can blend watercolours. 

Inquiry- Taking Action using Kaizen steps

We are busy planning our actions to help us solve some of the problems we have identified around us. Some of us are planning speeches, movies and plays.

We have organised our  plans into Kaizen steps (all the different parts of the project to be done) on a Kanban board so that we know which part of the project comes first and what to do next.

Here we are in action, ready to make our projects come to life.

I am Connected through writing

This week some of us got to visit Autahi to share our writing and to practise being connected learners. We were keen to share our stories about getting to school.. with a twist.

We had used this story about children in Colombia who use a zip line to get to school as a writing prompt. We imagined what it would be like to have to do that every day!

Then we went to Autahi to share our stories and some of the things we have learned this year to help us become great writers. We all remember our early days as writers and we feel proud of how far we've come. We shared tips like:

- Re-reading our reading to check for meaning and full stops.
- Sounding out words and writing all the sounds we can hear.
- Adding more ideas to make our writing longer.

We really enjoyed connecting with our Autahi buddies and sharing our learning!

Whanau Day with Scott and Hayley

The Whanau group working with Hayley and Scott created shields to represent themselves in different areas. Their shields represented themselves as an animal , a character strength , a symbol of nature, and something of their own choice.



Students shared with one another what animal best represented them and their character strengths. We had brave lions, curious monkeys and even a couple of loyal dragons.



There was a lot of support and enthusiasm for this activity from the students in Autahi through to our Year 6 stars. The Seniors showed lots of teamwork and empathy for others when helping to cut out shields , develop ideas, and when providing feedback to others.

Whanau Day

Thursday was Whanau Day at Worser Bay

The learner attribute in focus was 'I am Connected!' along with looking at Resilience and Perseverance.

Here's what a few of the groups working in Tautoru got up to while making Perseverance Pixies and Resilience Rocks

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Art in Tautoru!

We've been starting some new art projects in Tautoru!

We had the choice of three options:

Patterns and colour mixing with James, Sketching and shading with Ximena and Silhouette Art with Scott.

Heres a peep at the early stages....