Finished art and shadows!

We are inquiring about HOW SHADOWS ARE MADE this term. We had a really fun Friday afternoon last week. Look at our video!

Here is a video of our finished artworks that we made with Susie and Rebecca from the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Earthquake Song

We are learning this song! Though we already think we are experts at coping with earthquakes!

Art Gallery Visit

How exciting! Today we had Rebecca and Suzie visit us. They are from the Christchurch Art Gallery and they specialise in teaching children's art lessons.

Rebecca taught us how to make a silk screen print...with gold!!! After that, Suzie showed us how to use a straw to make patterns over our print with coloured dye. It was so much fun! Even the adults were allowed to have a go.

Have a look at our video of Room 10 having fun making some art. We will show you our finished product tomorrow...they are currently drying.

A big thank you to Chris and Liz (Rosie's Mum and Dad) for coming in to help us.

Of course we need to thank Rebecca and Suzie too - you guys are awesome!

Cody's fun in the snow and welcome to Miss Clarkson!

Cody managed to have some fun in the snow recently too.

He and his big brother, Joshua, made this igloo.

Cody even fed some cold ducks down at Jellie Park.

It looks like they really appreciated being fed too!

A big welcome to Miss Clarkson. She will be an intern in Room 10 for the next 7 weeks (this means she is learning how to be a teacher). She has already made an excellent start today. We really hope you will enjoy your time with us!

Some information about Miss Clarkson: this is her 5th school placement so she is very experienced at teaching already, she lives in Sheffield (so has quite a drive at each end

of the day), and her mother is Swedish (Miss Clarkson lived in Sweden for a year).

I wonder if any of you can find Sweden on a map?

Robert's fun in the snow!

And here's another one!

Robert (with the help of big sister, Amelia) has made an awesome snowman (he even has eyesight problems!). Love the idea of using rosemary for the mouth and it's great to see the Canterbury colours! The snowman's name is Mr Gavin (apparently he resembles Robert's dad a few years ago - cheeky!).

There was not enough snow at home...so Robert had to go and fetch some from the neighbours! Good work, Robert!

You deserve a prize too!

Joshua's fun in the snow!

I will have to make sure I have plenty of prizes when school re-opens again.

Here is Joshua inside his igloo! Great effort, Joshua! I wonder if your igloo has melted yet?

Don't forget, Room 10. Make something out of snow, take a photo of you and it. Bring it to school or email it to me (corinna.oneill@wairakeichch.school.nz). There is a prize for children who do this. You better hurry...before the snow melts!

Emilia's fun in the snow!

And the photos are pouring in fast...absolutely brilliant!

Here is Emilia's creation. Didn't she do well? Emilia and her family are from Chile, hence the Chilean flag.

Also, a big congratulations to Emilia's family. Just recently they added a new wee member to their family, a baby brother for Emilia. We hope baby Mattias is settling well.

(I also hope I have spelt his name correctly?)