Tylers circle art

my circle art was of my dog lynx. i found the circle art challenging because of all the shadows but instead of shading we had to make the circles smaller and darker after 3 weeks of hard work most of us had the circle art finished i am proud of the finished product but i will not be doing it again mainly it was the fact it took forever to finish.

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Circle Art Reflection - Helena

I choose to do Marilyn Monroe. Although it took along time, I thought this was really fun and am proud of the outcome. Next I might like to try not doing large circles on the lightest part and only doing the smaller circles on the darker parts.

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Circle Art - Jennifer

I decided to do Marilyn Monroe. I think it worked well, but it took ages and didn't really turn out the way I thought it would. Next time I would do a different person and press harder with the pencil.

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Circle art, by Reuben

This is my circle art of Marlene Monroe, I am very pleased with how it turned out, I think the frame makes it Stand out and is a good contrasting colour against the whit paper.

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Newsletter - Term 3 Week 10

Kia ora koutou!

The weeks are flying by and it is almost the end of term 3! Totara are working hard on a couple of assignments at the moment: The biological effects of climate change and visual art sculptures relating to climate change. This term we have tried to incorporate Social Science, Science and Visual Art learning around a common topic - climate change. The rationale behind this is to give students a chance to explore ideas in more depth and also broaden their understanding. It will be exciting to see the end results of both these projects!

We are embarking on a piece of work relating to cyber citizenship and would ask that parents/caregivers please keep an eye on the class blog for suggested activities and to have discussions at home to reinforce those we are having at school. In the first session last week we looked at the huge variety of tools students use in their online lives, as well as watched a very thought-provoking video about what we post, and shared a strategy called the ‘Triple Filter Test’ which guides people to consider whether something they come across (or share) is Truthful, Good or Useful.

We have asked students to consider where the ‘stuff’ they share online ends up and we will be discussing this on Thursday for our next session. Please check this post on the blog for further information and the movie which we’d like you to view at home with your son or daughter.

We have some changes coming in term 4 not only with student and educator changes but also another timetable change. There will be some reflection time before the end of this term to discuss ideas for an engaging term 4!

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