Through Their Eyes!

Wow, our REACH photography group have been so busy taking great photos we haven't posted anything on our blog!!! Here's a quick update:
We have been learning about the elements of Photography that help us to capture that fantastic shot! Some of these elements we have been learning about are: texture, light/dark, perspective, colour and focus. By keeping these in mind we have managed to capture some great shots! We have had two trips - one to Isel Park and one to
Queens Gardens and the Beach to put all of our learning into practice.
We are now working flat out to edit, print, mount and name our images ready for an exhibition - so watch this space for further details.

New Name For CWSA

Finally a new name for CWSA! After much discussion with the children, we have a new name for our programme - REACH! We felt this sums up what we are trying to achieve, to rise to the challenge and REACH our potential!

Year 4 Photography Group

We are the Year 4 group that will be learning about digital photography. We will learn to use our class cameras for different purposes. Our goal is to work together to share a photography exhibition. For our first session we will start to become familiar with the cameras using the key competencies for inspiration.

Year 4 enrichment group.

2010 enrichment group

This year a new group has been put together of Year 5 and 6 students that in the past has been called C.W.S.A. (children with special abilities) but that name will be changed, so keep an eye out. In our first session we talked about "The Key Competencies" and what they mean to us in school and in life. We also talked about which topic we wanted to do for the next two terms, the choices were "eco fest" and that meant we could learn about the Wearable Art Awards which began in Nelson and then design our own costume for an entry at the Eco Fest. The other choice was Participating and Contributing, this will mean brainstorming ideas for how we can use our skills to help others around us. One idea we would like to put in place is a peer tutoring reading system where seniors will peer tutor juniors.
We will be updating our blog most weeks so watch this space.

By Indigo and Mrs Cranefield

Games! Games! Games!

The c.w.s.a group have been researching games from different cultures and generations .We have been learning exiting and challenging new games. We are also learning to complete a PMI to show plus, minus and interesting points. This helps us to analyse and to make criteria for what makes a great game. We have been using TOMTOP to help us look at all viewpoints. TOMTOP is short for Think of money, Think of people. Our next challenge is to either adapt an existing game or create our own new one!

By Daniel Bosman, Xan Twissell and Mrs Cranefield

Mask Parade Update

The CWSA art group have reached a very difficult stage in preparing for the mask parade. We are trying to find a way to attach the continents on to the wire structure that is going around our weather balloon. We are having trouble stretching the wire frame out to make it round, lots of problem solving is going on!!! Each class has almost finished their masks, some are spraying clear gloss as a final coat. Sticks are being stuck on to hold the masks and they are looking amazing! We have decided to add endangered animals because we had thought about people but not the animals that are part of our earth. We have found animals from each continent that our masks are from. They look brilliant and are shining.

From Frayja and Tatyanna

Mask Parade Prep

The C.W.S.A Art group have been preparing for the Mask Parade. First we had to brainstorm about the topic and what it meant to us: One Earth - Global Creative Spirit. This seemed difficult at first but once we thought about the meaning of each word we started to have some understanding. We brainstormed what we could do and we came up with lots of ideas. Our understanding of the them was - all cultures coming together as one. We decided to make some masks from different countries and so we got to work.
Classes are buddied up so they can get to know each other and help each other. At the moment there is a lot of cutting out templates and undercoats being put on. We have learnt how to order paint and supplies and send faxes. We are starting to find out how much work it takes to organise something like this.

Sophie, Kathryn and Mrs Cranefield