Daffodil art description

Room 1 girls have been making an end of term art project with Miss.Paton. This is my daffodil art that I
have created during these past 2-3 weeks. To make this type of artwork, it was a very creative and fun
process.

The steps to make this artwork was, you had to get 3 white A4 papers. We had to take the papers
outside on the concrete and rub crayon against them to get an interesting texture. We used dye to colour
our papers. For the petals of the flower we dyed it yellow, the trumpet we dyed orange, and we dyed the
stem green. For all 3 papers, we dyed each of them 3 times so that the colours would show up bright
and bold.

Our class used stencils to trace the shapes on our papers so that it would look more like a daffodil.
All together, we made 3 daffodils in total. After making our 3 flowers, we crayoned 3 more papers for our
borders and vase for the flowers to ‘sit’ in. This time, we had more options of colours such as red, blue,
violet, aqua, and more. We followed the same process as our flowers by dying them 3 times. When our
border and vase papers dried, we cut the border papers into strips. Some people did 2cm strips, and
others did 3cm strips to go for a more chunky thicker look.

The Room 1 girls were each given an A2 black paper to stick our artwork on.

We used our border strips and teared a piece off and stuck it down on our black paper using PVA glue.
We folded our dyed vase paper into the shape we preferred. Some people liked thin but tall vases, and
others like wide but short vases! We stuck our vase and flowers on our A2 paper with PVA glue and that
was our finished product! It was really fun creating this art project and it was super creative as well!

Reading DLO: Michael Jackson

In reading, I focused on the early life of Michael Jackson up to his death. It explains how, where, why, Michael died and also what charges were pressed on Conrad Murray although he testified innocent?

Poupou art reflection

Poupou Art Reflection

1. What did you accomplish?

I think I accomplished blending the colours well together and combining a
good colour contrast.

2. Are you satisfied with your poupou artwork?

Why / Why not?

Yes because it shows ‘cool’ colours on one side, and on the opposite it
shows ‘warm’ colours. Some of the bits I am not satisfied with, such as
some of the colouring I did with the pastels as I smudged it over the black
lines.

3. What did you find easy when you created your Poupou artwork?

The main thing I found easy through this process was drawing the poupou
because you could design it however you wanted.

4. What did you find challenging when you created your Poupou artwork?

I found it quite challenging colouring the poupou with pastels because the
pastels smudged very easily and it was hard to fix it up especially since I
was using black pastel in parts of my poupou.

5. What do you need to work on?

I think I need to work on colouring more carefully and taking my time so
that I don’t rush through it. I also think I could draw my poupou more evenly
because it was a little bit crooked the way I drew it.

6. What would you change, modify / adjust with your Poupou artwork?

I would make my poupou look more scarier and also have a different
range of contrasting colours.

7. What would you do next time to improve your Poupou artwork?

I would draw some designs and patterns on my artwork next time to make
it more detailed and complexed. I would also use different varieties of
colours to make the poupou look more bold and stand out more.

Chinese: Mooncake Festival

In Chinese/Mandarin today, the years 6,7 and 8's looked at the Mooncake festival. We watched a video clip which gave us lot's of information about this interesting festival. I created a google drawing to share some of the things I learnt about the mooncake festival.
 Click HERE to learn more about the festival and cultural background.

Inquiry: Abortion

In inquiry for term 3, the senior hub has been researching about different topics that is faced daily worldwide. My group and I focused on Abortion and we created a presentation to share our learning.

Writing: Zoo Trip

CTK Zoo trip

On Friday 31st of August, the whole of Christ The King School went to Auckland Zoo. It was a
wonderful sunny day and we all got to experience some amazing animals and plants. We were
divided in different groups with our teachers and parent helpers.

When we arrived at Auckland Zoo, we were accompanied by a lady named Kirsty who told us
our schedule for the day and the safety rules. After that, we all went exploring with our adult
helper. The first part of the zoo my group visited was the Australian area. In the Australian
section, we got to see amazing animals and birds such as Wallabies, Tasmanian devils,
Sulphur-crested cockatoos and much more! My group and I, also visited the African side of the
zoo where we saw some big bulk mammals which were incredible! We saw tigers, lions, and
some fantastic elephants which linked perfectly to the writing we were doing on Asian and
African elephants.

My group and I, had an amazing opportunity to visit the NZCCM (New Zealand Centre for
Conservation Medicine). We also got to go inside a classroom where we got to learn lots of
information from a helpful man, Fraser. Fraser told us all about the previous polar bear and
lion that used to be in the zoo but both sadly died. The polar bear had died due to it’s skin
colour turning green because of the temperature they were in. Polar bears are used to being in
the Antarctic where it’s cold but since it’s hot here in Auckland, the colour of it’s skin was turning
green which caused their death. Our group got to see the toys that animals use to get their food
and we also got to watch a cool video on the staff at Auckland Zoo where they talk about their
job at the Zoo.

After our lesson with Fraser, we visited the NZCCM where we saw the tools the doctors use
to treat the animals. After a good session of learning, we got to see the tiger show which
featured the beautiful Mother and son tigers, Molique and Berani. The entertainment at the zoo
was something that kept you occupied for quite a while so even after all the walking we did, we
were still excited to see more and more! We all carried on exploring the zoo and taking photos
together. When it was time to leave, everyone gathered together to our meeting point at the
entrance where we were again accompanied by Kirsty. All the CTK students went on the buses
to go back to school and it started to pour down with rain. Luckily we were finished at the zoo
and it stayed sunny while we were there because we all had a fantastic time and took away
great memories with us!