Auckland Art Gallery

We are learning about 'Landscapes' ...

To help us understand more about landscapes we went to the Auckland Art Gallery. We saw different types of landscapes painted by famous artists and we even painted our own using dye!

In the Gallery we learnt that things that are near to us in a painting will be big and things that are in the distance will be much smaller. We loved making a 'soundscape' together - we all imagined that we were inside the painting then made noises we thought we would be able to hear.


In this landscape we noticed that the objects at the front of the painting are much bigger than those in the distance

In the Studio we painted our own landscapes using three different colours of dye. We tilted our paper so that the dye mixed together and made different colours and shapes. Then we used a straw to blow the dye into all different kinds of patterns!

We really enjoyed painting our own landscapes inspired by what we saw in the Gallery!

Chinese New Year

This week was Chinese New Year and to celebrate we made dragon puppets in Room 7. We learnt how to say "Happy New Year" in Chinese - "Xin Nian Kuai Le!"

Water Safety

This week we had our first Water Safety lesson at Parnell Baths. We practised our swimming skills in small groups and even made a whirlpool!

Our next Water Safety lesson is on Tuesday 19th February. We will be leaving school at 1pm to start our lesson at 1.30pm ... We can't wait!

We sang 'Ring around the rosie' and all jumped up!

We practised our swimming skills using kick boards and noodles

Football Fun

We were really excited to learn some new football skills from Football Kidz NZ coaches this week. We had great fun playing 'Shark Attack', and kicking the ball while pretending to be different kinds of animals.

We listened carefully to the coach



We balanced the ball on our nose like an otter