Vincent Van Gogh!

We have finally finished our Van Gogh paintings! They look fantastic. If you missed out on the art exhibition, come into Room 4 and take a look at our amazing creations. We are all proud of our work. Here are a few final products.

Starry Night

The Hawea Flat School Art Exhibition is on this Friday in Grand View after the Fashion Show in Room 5 and 6.
Room 4 children have been busy painting Van Gogh pieces. We looked at a number of famous paintings and 'Starry Night' caught our eye. We liked the way Vincent Van Gogh used little lines, swirls and dots. We had to practise his techniques before painting our final piece.
It took us long time to complete but we are all proud of our work now that they are finished. Here are some photos of us working on our Van Gogh pieces. We hope you get to see the final product at the school art exhibition on Friday.

Button Box

We have all been very busy with getting organising the Button Box production. We have been working hard in our Whanau Groups each Monday and Tuesday afternoon. Some of us have been helping with the backdrops, some of us are in the school band, and some of us practicing our dancing in the junior dance group. Not long now until the big show. We hope you have got your tickets. If not, you can get them from the school office. Today we had a rehersal and it is starting to all come together. It's going to be a fantastc show! See you there.

Instruction Writing

This term we all enjoyed writing and following instructions. Isla came to school one day with a great writing idea. She decided that she would write a set of instructions for making fairy bread. Isla published her instructions and the other children in Room 4 followed them. We all made fairy bread to see if her instructions were in the right order. They were!!! We all had a go at writing a set of instructions. Some chose instructions for brushing your teeth, making a milo, making toast, washing your hands, and instructions on what to do in the morning before school!
Here are some photos of us making fairy bread.

Production

At the end of the term Hawea Flat School will be putting on a production for the community. The production is called The Button Box. It is a story about two young children who are staying with their grandparents on a wet boring day. Grandma gets out her button box which is full of glorious buttons - each telling a story of Grandmas travels around the world.

Room 4 is looking at China this term, and will incorporate our learning into our part of the production.
If you have anything interesting about China, or any boxes, egg cartons etc that we could use for our arts topic, that you are not using, then that would be much appreciated. You can drop it into Room 4 before or after school.

We hope to see you soon!

Goodbye Autumn

Last week a strong wind raced through our school sending all the leaves to the ground. We enjoyed playing in them at lunch time. Some of us collected them in piles, some of us had leave fights, and some others copied the leaves by dancing around between the trees.

Here are some photos of the last autumn leaves at school...

Rhythm Interactive

We have been very lucky so far this term to be given the opportunity to attend some 'Arty' events around the community.

During week 3 the whole school went into town to see Rhythm Interactive. This was a group of 3 people who entertained us with drums! They interacted through actions, body language and music.
We all got a drum to use while we were there.

Yesterday we went back into town to see the Class Act Opera, and on Friday we have a theater group coming in to entertain us.
We will put another post up of these events later in the week.

Here are some photos of us at Rhythm Interactive.