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How can we tell our story through visual art?

Term 1, 2021

Every culture uses visual arts to tell the stories that are important to them. In this inquiry we learned about our cultures and the ways that we can use visual arts to create our own stories.

We went to the Auckland Art Gallery to see how artists tell stories.

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The Arts - visual art

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Ignite - we are excited and curious about the big ideas

We learnt new skills and ideas from Alexis Neal and Whaea Dagmar - famous artists in our school.

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The Arts - visual art

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Explore - we research different ideas and perspectives

We had to look really closely at patterns and create our own templates.

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Mathematics

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Explore - we research different ideas and perspectives

Halle tells us in her artist statement that the lei she has made represents a story about her and her mum.

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Social Sciences - culture

Literacy

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Create - we make something that answers our question

We tried lots of different ways to tell our stories through visual art before deciding what we liked best.

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The Arts - visual art

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Create - we make something that answers our question

We held an exhibition to show the pieces we had created and invited our whānau.

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The Arts - visual art

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Celebrate - we share our learning

We got to see everyone's artworks at the exhibition.

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The Arts - visual art

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Celebrate - we hear how other people have answered the question.

We had to reflect on how our artwork told our own story so we could bring it back to our question.

Curriculum Link:

The Arts - visual art

Literacy

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Evaluate - We think about how we are growing as inquirers

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