Sneak peak

Here's a little sneak peak of what we have in store for our Arts Extravaganza Evening, which is being held this Wednesday at 7pm. The show includes an exhibition of student art work, with an installation project involving students school wide.

 

 

There is also a full program of of student dance, drama and musical performances.

Make sure you see the full show line-up, including student dance, dama and music performances, plus a teacher performance and our guest performance by Denelle. Tickets $5, under 18s free!

Our latest creations

The New Zealand Fairy Tern is the rarest endemic breeding bird in Aotearoa. Room 14 has been working on art work with a message to help protect them. Last week they donated them to Heather a representative from the Fairy Tern Charitable Trust. We hope they make a difference by showing people what they can do to look after these special birds.

 

They also left us these beautiful chocolates in appreciation of our work for their cause.

 

 

 

 

Room 7 want to draw attention to the fact that Technology Addiction is dominating the lives of young people. Their mural shows the contrast between two sides of the brain with and without technology. They also held a technology free week, where students gave up certain items of technology for a week.

 

 

 

Continuing on the topic of Technology Addiction, Room 8 capture their target audience with a sneaky strategy, by luring them in with a gaint TV screen. Upon closer inspection, potential technology addicts will be able to see how video game addiction could affect them mentally, physically, emotionally and socially.

 

 

 

Room 17 want to encourage young children to make healthy food choices, so they designed a food race, with characters such as Brocolli aka Lean Mean Running Machine taking out lead of the pack. they aim to educate others about healthy eating.

 

 



On Exhibit

Art Extension students have been working on producing an art work that reflects their own culture, with consideration to positive and negaticve space, through mixed media. Some of these works have recently been displayed in the Auckland Middle School Art Association Exhibition at MOTAT.

 

 

 

 

 

We went along to see the exhibition at MOTAT Aviation Display Hall.

Check out our art work!

Some of the projects students have created in Art so far this year...

 

Room 7 enlisted Minecraft style visuals to help spread the word about Melanoma and sun exposure through a Sun Safety Mural .

 

Room 20 students are tackling poaching through messgaes about how it eefects future generations of the species. 

 

 

Room 9 aimed to show how rubbish effects our sea life by creating scultpures out of rubbish collected on a beach clean up near Kelly Tarltons.

 

 

 

 Room 21 set out to find a way to encourage energy saving in our school. They have desined and created posters to fit around light switchs to remind people to turn the lights off to help slow global warming.

 

Arts Extravaganza Evening

Musical messages

Wondering what students do in Music? Here are some recently completed projects from some of the groups.

Signing our songs

Last Wednesday the H.I.S APPA Choir members went to East Tamaki School for their very first rehearsal this year in order to get prepared for the APPA Festival on November 12th. We had lots of fun learning songs, and did a great job singing with sign language for the song “Islands”, as seen below. Hope you enjoy it. Come to see us at the concert!

 

We Need Green!

Spreading the word through interior design, these Room 16 students not only have a cool cushion on their hands, they have a message to help counteract the harmful damage that is Deforestation.

Muffin Magic

Testing which muffin recipe would be a favourite for the students to purchase if they were available from the Tuck shop... Yummmm!

Our Rain Drains

To help make a difference in our ocean, we need to take action. The Water Pollution group from Room 7 have begun painting their designs on 3 storm water cesspit drains in the Mansfield and Ngata lunch eating areas, to help raise awareness of the affect of litter on marine life. Although it looked like an old school form of punishment to the untrained eye, there was some enjoyment had during the scrubbing session to prepare the sites before painting.

Practicing up until the last minute

Everything came together at the last minute for a fantastic night at the Cultural Festival on Wednesday night. Waiting patiently in the the Art room for their turn in the limelight, a few students in the Australian group got super nervous, but some extra practicing helped to sooth the nerves... a bit. Well done to all the students, teachers, whanau and staff who participated or supported the event to make it all possible.

 

Music Extension Progress

Orchestra – The students are currently learning “Raiders March” by John Williams. We have also started “The Imperial March”.

Bands – Band 1 worked on “Fine China” and “Stand By Me” on Week 8. Band 2 played “Lean On Me” and chose their favourite songs on Week 9.

Helping to preserve our Wetlands

Tanner, Elim, Matthew, Ashton, Uzziah, Anisa, Kelly and Ella from Rm 20 are currently learning instruments. Their goal is to create a musical composition that informs people about how important wetlands are and ways to preserve these. They are planning to go to a trip on next Monday to gather resources for their movie.


Preserving Wetlands through Music by Slidely Slideshow

Celebrating our Diverse Cultures

Our annual Cultural Festival is being held this Wednesday April 9th at 7pm. The Australian group has been busy practicing, practicing, painting, and practicing some more. Come along on the night to see the final product of our labours, enjoy some food from different cultures and a have fun night out in support of our students.

How do our drains effect turtles?

Littering is more than just an eye sore, it's killing our marine life. Busy planning their designs for art work that raises awareness on this issue are a group of Room 7 students. Armed with chalk and a passion for their mission to spread the word, their designs soon will be a permantant reminder on the drains around H.I.S to change our ways for the sake of the marine life in the Hauraki Gulf and beyond.