Christmas Art

We hunted on Pinterest and the internet for images about Christmas for us to have a go at.  Here are the stunning results.

Camp

We didn't let the weather stop us from completing many amazing activities at Mount Hutt Retreat.  Participating in air rifles, abseiling, mountain biking, rope course and archery were definite high lights of our camp!

Although many said making indoor tents from all the bunk room items, playing night time games and creating newspaper fashion were just as cool.

Maths Fun

At the end of our geometry unit we found making nets (the design to create a shape) a lot of fun.  We borrowed Mrs MacKenzie's car floor mat and made houses to go all around the mat.

Then Mrs Watson found some cool 'Angry Birds' and 'Minecraft' designs that involved folding and following instructions. 

Ashburton A&P Show

Mrs Watson knew the time had come for us to show off our art skills and entered every class member into the Ashburton A&P Show.  The theme for our art work was 'animal'.  

First we learned how to enlarge an image so it still appeared in correct proportion.  We did this by using a grid overlay and then drew each section by section onto another piece of paper with a larger grid underneath. Finally it was time to paint and develop skills such as brush stroke and almost dry paint to create realistic feathers or fur.

Here are some that placed at the show.  All images are displayed in our class and you are all welcome to come and view.

Fijian Language Week

We looked at traditional art from Fiji and found many similarities with Tonga, Samoa and Cook Islands.  Which made a lot of sense as the temperature of these countries is also similar so therefore similar animals, flowers and trees would be found in these countries.

After checking out a few images we created our own interpretations and here are images of our progress and some final images. 

Te Reo Māori Language Week

This week we are celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. At Netherby School we have an inclusive curriculum that integrates Māori language in all aspects of our learning, but this week we are having an extra focus on it.

In Ruma Tahi, Kea, we found a poi routine all about wāhi - location. We hope the juniors watch our video and learn the routine too.

Kei te whakapau kaha matou - we are working hard.

Swimming like fish!

We have just had a fantastic week swimming at EA Networks.  This time we all seemed to be learning skills for floating or swimming on our backs.

Sometimes there were even times when we had a toy crab or duck on our heads to check we were keeping our bodies still.