Maori Language Week - Ta Moko

1. Looked at pictures ngā To Moko.

2. Looked at the possible meaning in the Ta Moko patterns. Such as knowledge, an expert in fishing, with crops, building...
3. Traditionally Ta Moko was made with a chisel.
4. Ta Moko starts out small and grows as the person grows in experience and knowledge. The females usually only have their chin done. But they all can add more to their bodies.
5. Painting a mask with skin colour, or close to it.

6. Designed our Ta Moko

7. Drew on our Ta Moko onto our mask with vivid.

Watch for our finished masks.

Art Class - Pinch Pots

The steps to making a pinch pot or finger pot, seem very simple but they are not always easy.

1. Remove air pockets by slamming you lump of clay on the table in different directions, don't let it end up flat.
2. Roll it into a ball.
3. Stick you thumb into the ball (almost like Jack in the corner who pulled out a plum on his thumb).
4. Carefully, slowly with fingers in the middle and thumb on the outside pinch them together. If your thumb is inside and fingers outside you can over stretch the clay and end up with a bowl shape more than a pot shape.
5. When happy with size stop!
6. Check for dry parts or cracks. Dip a finger into the water (with a sponge) don't get too much, then rub it over the dry or cracked part to smooth. Repeat if necessary.
7. Using the tools copy your design from your sheet of paper.



We had fun and some of our hands were rather messy, that might be because we forgot to use only a little water.

School Disco Term 3

What a fun night and great fundraiser.

Highwire - Netballers Tri Nations

At morning tea on Wednesday we march quickly down the road to Highwire Trust. Our Board Chairman had organised for us to play games with his Netballers. They are part of a Tri Nations Team here for a tournament a the end of the year.

Some of the ladies were from Samoa, Cook Island and New Zealand. We split into our two classes and one group started inside while the other group went outside.

Chad - It was a fun day playing games, one after another.
Cyclone - I like playing the multi-sports game. with dodge ball, one touch, 10 pass netball, frisbee. 

Stephanie - I enjoyed meeting people who spoke my language and came from the Samoa and playing lots of different games.
Tara - The challenge of the obstacle course where we had to turn 5 times then ran zigzag around the cones, jump over 4 more cones and run to sit down.

 
Brian - I liked seeing the Cook Island Netballers again, they are my favourite team, because I am from Cook Islands.
Zaleen - I enjoyed playing the different games my favourite was multi sports.

Mrs Mundy - We played rock paper scissors 2 ways one with our hands and the other using our bodies and Number Up.
Mrs Hiku - I like the pink netballs they were used for rob the nest/snatch.

Thank you so much we had a lot of fun practise the skills you taught us.

Community is Home - Art Alley

Phase one 

Started last year when we designed murals for four of the panels and column pictures for the individual boards on the wooden fence. This took a long time as the group wanted detailed pictures.

Phase two

We also did in 2017 undercoating the fence so we had a white platform to paint onto so our murals were the colours we wanted.

Phase three: 

We started this year painting the panels so we could display what we as an art group liked, favourite foods, places, patterns, labels, games, and even family. Unfortunately we then had a mishap with the fence and we had to redo some areas.

Phase Four: 

We wore our cool new uniforms to school but got changed into an old set of clothes, some of us brought our old uniform. No way did we want paint on our new uniforms.

Krystal Leigh  - My fingers ended up blue, and I seemed to have more paint on me that on the fence. Strangely my teacher wasn't too happy. But I had fun. When we added the dark blue around paint splashed it started to look much better.

Demetrius P - I thought it was cool painting the poles red, but we had to be careful not to get it on people or what they were painting and that was not easy.

Amelia - I was painting the background for the hibiscus flower in green. It was cool to see the flower take shape even through we weren't painting the flower yet. We took our time to make sure the paint was in the right place, the boys seemed to be in a hurry.

Steven - I enjoyed spending the whole day painting and not working. I painted the poles red there seemed to be a lot of them and we still have 3 more to do. It was even better when Auntie Jess came and helped us.

Shawn - Painting the fence was fun as we didn't have to do school work. When Auntie Jess helped us she thought it would be funny to paint her hand yellow and add it to my shirt. The worst part was when we painted and the drips went in the wrong place.

Black Jackets

Our Board Chair had a shipment of jackets that were to small for the purpose they were manufactured and so he donated them to our school. Thank you Highwire Trust.

Tongan Language Week

It is Tongan Language Week and we are investigating some common phrases that could be helpful. Thanks Randwick Park for your you-tube clips they were very helpful.