We have Pet Day at Ohaeawai School every year and one of the activities we do is to create a symmetrical design on a saucer using flower petals. You put Vaseline on the saucer first to make the flowers stick. That’s why they are called Vaseline Saucers. Here is a pic of
We have been learning about using apps on our Chromebook to create images that look like mosaics or stained glass windows. We used Google Draw to make some and some people also used Sumopaint. Here is the image I made using Google Draw. I chose a panther because it looked a bit cool.
We have been learning about abstract art. It’s all about creating works of art that don’t actually look like anything. We focused on the American artist Frank Stella, who liked to make pictures using shapes like circles, triangles and rectangles.
Here is my work:
Because we were using ‘Insects’ as a topic this week for reading and writing we created some works of art based on insects also. We had to make them out of any materials we could find at home. I chose to use paper because it was a bit easier. Here is a picture I chose.
On Friday we did Matariki rotations. I paper plate weaved stars and Maori games with Matua Ken, Matua Dwayne, and Matua Tupara.
Here are some photos of other activities that happened on the day. Kite Making and Short Bread cookies.
The harakeke works as a family.The harakekes stem is strong and similar to a warriors muscles.
The parents protects the child.
The top three harakekes are the heart of the plant.
The child is surrounded by his whanau.
The leaves wave in the wind
