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Drawing 101

Drawing exercise organised at the last minute. Helped give me an idea of their drawing skill and what they know and don’t know. Also helped Whaea Wairua do a simple drawing exercise that can be used often to improve drawing skills throughout the years. A activity which students were not use to but enjoyed from the amount of silence during this task. Was challenging for a few of the boys but overall they had done well where drawings were awesome for first experience. I enjoy seeing students do a task where they are creatively stimulated and enjoy challenges that I teach. Makes it all worth while. The drawing exercise was around a display and do 2 - 5 minute drawings and rotating their position. Where each chair they faced a different medium to work with.

Who can create the highest tower?

I was given responsibility of teaching year 9′s to fill in time as they are still having to prepare for their tukutuku panels. I had given them a simple creative task where they have to think quick with a short amount of time to design an outfit out of newspaper, sellotape, string and feathers. They were to be marked by whaea Raukura by two things which included creativity and the durability of the costume which had to not fall off while the model was doing their cat walk. There were two teams competing against each other and they were to name their group which ended up being NSW and QLD.

Today was put aside for students to do assessment tests. So students had undergone mock exam type setting which was set up in the hall. They were to do exams Te Reo Maori level 1 - 3 and Te reo rangatira level 1 - 3. It was about finding what students have been picking up during classes and whether there needs to be some adjustments for teachers. I was in charge of collecting assessments and compiling them into some logical order for teachers. 

The afternoon was hakinakina (sport) for all the secondary students in preparation for tamariki ora day (sports day) which is a day of a chosen sport where they compete against other competing kura kaupapa schools within Auckland.