This term is already zooming by and we can't believe it's the end of the third week already! It is certainly an action packed and exciting term.
Art Gallery and Botanic Gardens
Hub 1&2 had a fantastic time at the Art Gallery and Botanic Gardens today learning about different types of art and the message they portray. Then we made our own 'Clay Beasts'. We are so proud of the children! They represented Beckenham School brilliantly and we even had some people walking past ask what school we are from as the children are so well behaved. Certainly an excellent example of living our school values.
Here are some snippets of what we did:
"My favourite part in the trip was when we made the clay animals because we got to shape the animals and use tools." Maggie.
"My favourite part was when we got to climb the tree because it was super hard but I managed to do it. I'm showing that 'I love challenge'." Hari.
"When we did the clay beasts we got to learn how to do art and try out new things." Briar.
"When we made the clay beasts we made mistakes and then we could make them into different things." Sophie M.
"My favourite part about the trip was that we got to see all different paintings and we got to answer questions." Cayla.
"I liked every part!" Lola T.
"My favourite bit was when we made the clay beasts because my Mum helped me make a clay turtle and it was really hard. I had to mould it into the right shape." Lauren.
"I liked making the clay beasts because it was fun and it was hard to do." Sophie C.
Demolition Writing
Here are some more pieces of writing from our impressive author's:School Rebuild
It is big! It is loud! It's a digger... with a claw! That claw is like a tyrannosaurus-rex mouth - teeth! The claw went smash, bash, crash! The boom swung around like a dinosaurs neck!
By Ben Scallan
Demolition
Ahhhhhh! Beckenham School is being demolished by a dinosaur (the digger). He has sharp teeth and ferocious eyes. Thud went the couch into the yellow container. It was soo amazing! I thought it was going to come out but luckily the fence was there to keep us safe.
By Cayla Digan
Wearable Art
We have launched into our exciting Arts topic this term, focussing around seasons and wearable art. We are starting to learn dances related to the seasons and will be starting to design wearable art costumes to perform to you all in. The team of Kahikatea teachers will be making a visit to Creative Junk to find some costuming items. It would be fantastic if you started talking with your child about what they would like their costume to look like, which season they are focussing on and what they need to consider when designing it to dance in. Please feel free to send costume items from home as well. We will let you know when we will be calling for resources. This is just the planning stage for now.
We will be having our performance in Week 9 this term - more details to follow.