Last term, the Year 5&6 and Year 7&8 extension classes used Photopea to create Digital Art. They learned how to use layers to create detail pieces of art which showed the 6 elements of art.
Here is the Year 5&6 art, on the topic of Archaeology:
Here is the Year 7&8 Art, on the topic of Around the World:
Can you spot the location where they have shown in their art?
Earlier this week, we went into KPMG for a Classroom@KPMG day! We haven't had many opportunities to do this in recent years because of limitations with Covid-19. We had a fantastic day. Check out this movie of our day!
Thank you so much to KPMG and all of the people who took time out of their busy schedules to spend the day with us!
This term, the Year 7&8 extension class made visual texts using scratch (a coding programme) to share their understanding of a chosen Whakataukī/Māori proverb.
Check out some of their completed projects by clicking on their names!
Our Whale Tail, Pōhutu is completed and currently living down at Te Oro in Glen Innes. Here are some videos to show the progress towards the completed tail. Thanks to Tāmaki Regeneration for sponsoring our tail! We have loved being part of this creative event!
Year 3 have been creating photo stories this term on their iPads using lego characters. They have been taking photos to tell a story. They have then learned how to edit their photos using the photos app on the iPad. Finally, they have recorded themselves telling their story. Here is a great example by Olivia in Room 21.
Kapai, Olivia! Keep up the awesome work!
Wow! Check out these amazing photos taken by Aroha in year 2!! The year 2s have been taking photos of each other to show different emotions. Here are Aroha's photos of 'happy' and 'sad'. She edited the photos to match the emotions.
Today was an exciting day for the PENN crew! We had a teleprompt arrive from Australia! Since covid has stopped us being able to film indoors, we have found it challenging to read from a script as we have to hold the laptop up above the camera. We had our first go filming today using the teleprompt, which reflects the script directly in front of the camera!
Here we were trying it out while the camera wasn't rolling.
Lesson learned from today: The glass needs to be TOTALLY smudge-free before we begin filming to insure the image is clear and blemish free.
We look forward to having this as part of our set up from now on!
We have been fortunate enough to have had Tāmaki Regeneration sponsor us with a mini whale tail for the Whale Tales art trail!
In the first couple of weeks of term, classes from across the school participated by designing tails!
The Year 7 & 8 extension children then decided on their favourite designs. Ezekiel and Matelita, from year 7 & 8, had their designs chosen.
Ezekiel and Matelita then combined their designs before pencilling the final design onto the sculpture!
Our tail is looking amazing! Ezekiel's and Matelita's next step is now to begin painting the tail.
Covid-19 has stopped us in our tracks but there is a lot to be thankful for. What would you thank Covid-19 for?
Yesterday, the Year 5 & 6 extension class hosted a very special guest to their google meet - Nanogirl!! She came along to teach us all about our bodies. This helped us with our extension project about how athlete's bodies move. We were joined by a few other children from team 3 and 4 as well.
Here is Levi's Stop Motion Animation he made to show construction of his tower:
Remember to leave Levi a positive comment on his blog!
Aroha made a great Stop Motion Animation today using her iPad. She showed a toy elephant being sucked into the vacuum clearner! Oh no!
Remember to leave Aroha a comment on her blog!
Wow! Our year 1s have been showing their skills on their iPads by making Stop Motion Animations. Here is Michael's movie about two characters, Bob and Pou, playing soccer. Turn on the sound too as Michael has narrated his movie too!
Check out this amazing Stop Motion Animation made by Caylee in year 1! Go Caylee!!
This blog post is for anyone creating a stop motion animation on your chrome book! If you need to make your slides change quicker than every 1 second, follow these steps when you embed the slides in your blog post:
Are you wanting to give Stop Motion Animation a go but don't know where to start?! Use this movie to get your creativity rolling!
This week, some of the year 2s and 3s have started learning how to create Stop Motion Animations from home! We held a google meet to learn how to do it and then they had to use the camera and iMovie on their iPads to make their own!
Here are the first amazing animations that have come through:
Do you have an iPad?
Are you feeling like you want to get a bit creative?
Then this blog post is for you!
STOP MOTION - making an animation out of LOTS of photos!
Use these slides to help you get started!
If you are in Team 2 or Team 3 with an iPad, come along to the google meets with me this week!
Wednesday 2pm - Room 27
Thursday 2pm - Room 24 + any interested people from Room 22 & 23.
There will be more opportunities next week!
For Māōri Language Week in 2021, we are being encouraged to take part in the Māori Moment.
This year, Tongan Language Week was celebrated from our homes due to the Covid19 Level 4 Lockdown.
Miss West worked alongside Miss Shaniah and a group of Tongan year 7 & 8 students to create some amazing Tongan resources for us to share on the news and to keep for years to come.
We met online as one of the Team 5 online electives and created this amazing plan together to gather our ideas:
We then went away and the amazing year 7 & 8 children as well as a few of our PES staff, created these resources from home:
Faith-Rose introduces Tongan Language Week for us
Deborah shares about the Teunga Tauolunga
Lesieli shares traditional Tongan Tauolunga dance moves
