Art in Piwakawaka Room

As part of our Swimming Programme this term, Room 1 joined Room 0 to learn about Water Safety. We celebrated all the new things we learnt by creating some under water art together. First we used bubble wrap to print our green and blue backgrounds. We then coloured in our fish and scuba masks using pastels. Finally, we made the bubbles using cotton balls dipped in white paint and wrote our names inside.

Here is the finished product. Thank you Skippy (Eloise's Dad) for taking one with me in too :)

Chase also asked if we could learn some more about our ancestors and our family trees. A couple of weeks ago a family tree template was sent home and they were all filled out beautifully - thank you! We then used these to talk about the importance of our families and where we come from. Using this information, we began making our very own family trees. We coloured our tree trunks on a bumpy surface so that they looked like wood. These represent our "roots" and where we come from. We then painted our hands and used these to create the leaves of our tree. We thought this would be special as we can remember the exact time we made the tree and they also show the important part we play in our family. Finally, we made red apples to stick on our tree as a way to record our parents and grandparents. Feel free to come to Assembly next week to see the finished product!

Here are some photos of our progress so far: