A colourful koha! Year 8 Art Project - 2020

Every year, the Year 8s work on an art project - a chance to leave behind a koha to celebrate their time at Pt England School, however long or short!

This year, Ms. Tapuke gave the Year 8s their design brief: create a pattern using only triangles mixing paint using three primary colours - red, blue and yellow.

Starting with a 1.8m piece of treated decking timber - each piece was primed with undercoat (Shout out to  Mrs Tele'a, Mrs Ilaoa and Ms Tipene!) and then the preparation began before touching any paint!

Each student could work with a buddy or on their own to mark up their design - thinking about the size of each triangle and the overall pattern or effect they wanted to create using a set of cool colours (in blues or greens) or warm colours (reds, yellows. oranges).

We used a LOT of masking tape to define the sections of the board for each colour - an important step to get right so that the edges between each colour would be clear and defined. Check out the sharp lines on AJ Faleono and Jezakaia's work - well done you two!

Spread across Room 2, the street and Room 4 (Massive thank yous to Mrs Stone, Mr Hughes, Tyson, Mr Wright and Miss McCartney). the students got into it - having fun experimenting (= making lots of mess! LOL!) with different colour combinations from blood reds, delicate pinks to bright yellows, baby blues and forest greens!

A message from Ms. Tapuke:

A huge PAKIPAKI to the Year 8s of 2020 - you should be really proud of yourselves. After the year we had, you still stuck with it right to the end and smashed this art project in the final weeks of Term 4.

Keep an eye on the wall of the Whare Ako to see your  masterpieces on display!
(Cheers in advance Mr Jacobsen!)

Arts Alive: Room 2 Protestors - Our Final Sculptures!

OUR ART CHALLENGE:

To create a sculpture, in the style of Alberto Giacometti. Each person's figure would represent a protestor supporting a cause or issue that was important to them.

Check out the poster below made by Maddy, Nesi, Nevaeh and Sonnia that shows the steps we took to make our Giacometti style protestors:

We made a lot of mess - with paint and plaster all over the desks, the floors, the walls, our uniforms and ourselves (a big SORRY to our awesome cleaners and our parents!) but... we had a lot of fun getting creative and finding out that we ALL had some pretty cool art skills! See our Room 2 whanau artists in action! 

Here is Room 2's final Arts Alive exhibition display:

Arts Alive! Alberto Giacometti - Reinvented sculptures!

Today we got the chance to start a new set of art rotations - this time we get to make an art piece based on the artists we have been learning about. 

In Room 2, Ms. Tapuke has introduced us to a famous Swiss sculptor called Alberto Giacometti - read Valessa's poster for facts about the artist.

Giacometti's sculpture pieces were mostly made from bronze - instead we used wire, masking tape and tin foil to try and recreate the tall, slender figures that he is famous for!

Starting with a sketch... then bending 3 pieces of wire into a frame. We used masking tape to fix the head in place and moulded a head shape out of tin foil. 

Watch how Madison folds tin foil around her wire frame to finish off her sculpture and checkout the details in Simon's sculpture in the video below:

                                               Man Pointing (1947) - Bronze.                              

Not bad for our first attempt. Next time, we're going to try covering the wire figures in paper mache or  bandages soaked in plaster of paris. Please check back in a couple of weeks to see more of our reinventions of Giacometti's famous sculptures!

Art Alive! - Alberto Giacometti - Swiss Sculptor - VALESSA

This term we will learn about 6 different artists and their style of work. In Room 2, Ms. Tapuke is teaching us about a famous Swiss sculptor called Alberto Giacometti. He developed a unique style to convey his feelings about the human experience of World War II. 

Check out the poster that VALESSA made below with key information about Giacometti and his most famous works. Feel free to leave a comment on her blog.

3-D Lettering using isometric paper!

This week we brought maths and art together to create  3-D projections using isometric paper. 

Using specially marked paper, it is possible to use vertical lines and horizontal lines (at a 30 degree angle) to add height, width and depth to a shape. 

This week, Rm 2 students used their new skills to use an isometric alphabet to create their own name tags.

Check out the work of Jarreka, Nina, Sione, Isaiah, Kauri, Nevaeh,  Caleb and Valeli!

SELF PORTRAIT: Ko Wai Au? Who Am I?

This term Room 2 created multimedia self-portraits. We used a combination of photographs, collage and painting to share with each other some of the things that make us unique and special.

First, each student created a two lists: 1) things they enjoy doing and 2) adjectives that describe their key personality traits.

The whole class worked really hard to complete their artwork  in time for our first Parent-Teacher interviews for the year.

Check out the movie below to see how Room 2's self-portraits turned out!

Matariki 2019

Matariki Day at Pt England School was amazing - every student had the chance to celebrate the Maori New Year. There were so many activities to choose from making movies to cooking, from learning the ukulele to hand crafts.

38 students from Year 1 all the way up to Year 8 got together with Ms. Tapuke and Mrs Stone to learn the legend of Matariki. They then learnt about making art with wool and nails.  First, everyone chose a pattern. Then they used a hammer to nailed it to a painted board (check out the videos below to see Terry and a couple of the little kids). Some of the seniors helped out the little kids which was awesome! Finally they got to choose funky coloured wool to twist around in cool patterns.

Have a go yourself - be careful! Watch your fingers with the hammer!

Piñata Day - A Traditional way to celebrate!

For the last two weeks, the JACKSON reading group have been learning about piñata, highly decorated containers made from papier mache, pottery or even cloth and filled up with lollies. Piñata have links in history to different parts of Europe as well as Latin American countries. In Mexico, piñata are traditionally made for birthday celebrations for children.

This week, Nahea, Rozaidah, Skye, AJ M, Ash, Filipe and William worked together to create two Easter Egg piñata.

STEP 1:  Cut or tear up strips of newspaper and use PVA glue to cover a balloon with a couple of layers to make the outside shell.

STEP 2: Listen/watch Skye and Nahea show you how they fill the piñata.

STEP 3: The last layer of the piñata is decorating it with crepe paper to make it bright and colourful!

Check out Rozaidah's blog to get her instructions on how to make your own piñata.

Finally, we got to have some real fun. Ms. Tapuke tied one end of the piñata to a piece of string and hung it up on a pole outside Room 2. 

Everyone had the chance to try their piñata skills!

    a)  First they had to wear a blindfold, next

    b) they were given a stick and then they were

    c) turned around a few times and afterwards had try to hit the piñata. 

The best job was holding the string tied to the piñata - by pulling the string up and down, you could have fun making sure the person with the stick kept missing! 

Well there was lots of yelling and excitement as we watch everyone trying really hard to break the piñata  - it's not as easy as it looks!  Some of the boys gave it a good crack and at one point, the stick went flying over the carpark at one point!

In the end, we took turns smashing up the piñata after each one fell on ground and when they were opened up, we shared out the chocolates.

What traditions do you and your family follow to mark special occasions like a birthday?

Self-Portraits using Micrography - Ko Wai Au? Who Am I?

Kia ora koutou!

Room 2's movie today for PENN, our school's TV news, was inspired by our inquiry learning topic. In Team 5 this term, the theme is Ko Wai Au? Who Am I? 

We each created self-portraits using a special style of graphic art called micrography. The word can be broken down into two parts: micro = small and graphy = letters.

Our teacher took our photo and printed them out onto  A3 sheets of paper. First, we traced the outline of our head, hair and face in pencil and then we replaced all of the lines with words and sentences about ourselves.

Take a look at our art work in this movie and see if you can spot:

a) which student walks to school?

b) which student loves reading and maths?

c) which student likes telling funny jokes all the time?

d) which student's favourite colour is yellow?
e) which student loves to dance?

Blog of the Week: LEONE- Self Portrait using micrography

Our inquiry topic in Team 5 this term is Ko Wai Au? Who am I? Students in Room 2 used a style of graphic design called micrography. The meaning is from two words:  micro = small, graphy = writing.

Leone explains in his blog post how he created a super cool picture of himself using words. Give it a try and let us know how your own self-portrait turned out!

Kia Ora! Talofa Lava! Malo e Leilei! Mingalaba! Greetings from Room 2!

To introduce ourselves and make our room look brighter and more colourful, we each made our first piece of art the year. We had to include our name,  a greeting in a language that meant something to us, and a fun fact about ourselves. 

TEST YOURSELF! 
Do you know what language these greeting comes from?
Write in the comments below and we'll let you know if you got them right!

A) Kia Ora 
B) Talofa Lava
C) Malo e lelei
D) Mingalaba
E) Fakaalofa lahi atu
F) Kia orana


Here are some close ups from David, Angel, Aneelis and Sheales.