Scientific Drawing

This week as part of our literacy unit we have been learning how to sketch and annotate scientific drawings.  We selected a piece of a plant from the garden outside our classroom then followed the ABCDE method to create our drawings.  Once we had finished we had to use our research skills to identify the plant we had sketched and find the scientific name for the plant.  Here are some examples of our drawings.

Anzac Day by Honor

Poppy Art - Lockdown Learning by Millah

This week we had to draw poppies on sumo paint.  We did this because it is Anzac Day today. We also had to add 'Lest we Forget' on it somewhere.

Millah really like doing this because she likes drawing and also it was great to make something as a sign of respect to the soldiers who put their life to risk for us.

Check out more of Millah's superb work on her blog here:

https://gmsmillahb5185.blogspot.com/

Anzac Poppy - Lockdown Learning by Reuben

Kia ora, this week one of our tasks was to create a poppy to remember Anzac Day. Reuben drew a poppy and here it is. You can see more of Reuben's work on his blog here.

https://gmsreubenp7469.blogspot.com/

Anzac Lantern - Lockdown Learning by Lily

                                        "Lest we Forget"

Today is Anzac Day, the day we commemorate all soldiers who have been killed in war and honor those who have served to protect our country.  Today we will be sharing some of our ANZAC work. Here is a beautiful lantern made by Lily. Check out more of Lily's amazing work on her blog here.

https://gmslilyg5240.blogspot.com/

Anzac Day

This year to celebrate Anzac Day Totara 3 and 4 joined together for a day of remembrance.  During the day we participated in a range of activities including poppy art to display in our school hall, reading activities, exploring artefacts and a mini research project.  Our favourite activity however was baking Anzac biscuits for Granger House which is one of our local rest homes.  Some of us were lucky enough to deliver the biscuits to the rest home and they were greatly appreciated by the residents and staff. 

How did you celebrate Anzac Day?

Identity Art

Our first art project for 2019 was to design our own avatar that looked like us.  We then put a transparent grid over our avatar design and used this to enlarge our avatar onto A2 paper.  Finally we painted our avatars and added detail with sharpie. 

Not everyone has finished yet but we are quite impressed with our results.  We will be presenting our art in our upcoming school assembly and then will post photos of our own artwork on our individual blogs.  Here is some pictures of us in action.

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