Creating with Harakeke

Whaea Arna has been teaching us how to weave and plait using harakeke.  We were given a chance to work with some harakeke to see what we could create.  Look out for the giraffe Blake created and the fishing net Justis created in these photos.

Capturing the Kahu Huruhuru for the Art Festival

Room 10 have been given the task of providing some illustrations for a book to be published for the Art Festival in Term 3.  We were asked to try to capture the Kahu Huruhuru (Feathered Cloaks) that are at present on display in Room 7.  We were very intent on the task in hand.

Weaving with Paper

After we all created a harakeke putiputi for our  Mums on Mothers Day, Whaea Arna taught us how to weave using coloured paper.  It was decided that paper was much easier to weave than harakeke (flax).

Finding out about Harakeke!

We are really lucky to have Whaea Arna joining Room 10 for the next eight weeks of this term.  We have discovered that we have harakeke growing in our school gardens.  Today we went out to do some observations of our harakeke.  We took measurements and recorded everything we saw on our plants.  We even rated the health of the plants.  Some are looking pretty scruffy!