Wellington Trip

A few weeks ago us year 7’s and 8’s went to Wellington to have a fun time together. This was my 3rd time going on a plane. it was scary taking off but then I got used to it after awhile. My ears were always popping every minute due to how high we were. My favourite places in Wellington was Te Papa, The Zoo and Weta workshop. Te papa was very interesting because I learnt about all the activities going around the world, the Zoo was fun because I got to see all the cool animals, that I have never seen before. The Weta Workshop was also awesome because we go to see all of the funky equipment and characters from different movies. Here are some photos from our trip.

T-Shirts Bags

Yesterday we got an awesome opportunity to reuse old tee shirts and
make them into bags. The lady who came in yesterday that showed
us how to make the reusable bags. Her name is Anouk and she was
the one who talked to us about reusing old tee shirts and making
them into bag. She was talking about how we can make the planet a
better place. Did you know, that to make a tee shirts use 2750 litres
of water? So instead of putting your old tee shirts in the bin you can
make a reusable tee shirt bag for toys, groceries, Christmas gift and
etc. Making the bags were very simple all you had to do was cut the
shoulder part off and the neck then draw a line on the bottom of the
t-shirt after that you make little strips then tie the strips and make a
knot and just continue with tying knots. Make sure there are no big
hole then after you have checked that your t-shirt bag is done.
Would you like to make a reusable t-shirt bag?
Here are some photos.

Colourful Chuck Close Artwork

 Last week we did some art inspired by Chuck Close.
We did three pieces of art. We did Harry Potter, Bat Man and Frankenstein. I chose Batman.  We got given a square piece of paper to colour in and draw patterns. We had to do light and dark colours. On the white piece of paper we did light colours and on the Gray pieces we did dark colours. It was sort of difficult to find what colours to use.  It’s fun doing Chuck Close artwork because you can use all sorts of colours and patterns. Here is a photo of some Chuck Close artwork we have done. What are some of your favourite Chuck Close artworks?