Creatives in Schools - Welcome
Creatives in Schools - Welcome
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The Initiative
The Creatives in Schools programme is a wellbeing programme sponsored by the Ministry of Education in partnership with NZ Schools, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatū Taonga and Creative New Zealand.
The programme is an opportunity for schools to work with creative professionals to deliver inspiring learning experiences for learners.
Our Team
Our school partnered with Yasmin Dupont. Originally from te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington) Yasmin has a background in visual arts, paint and film work. Yasmin is the main contributor of the art concepts and guiding the installation.
Yasmin will be assisted by Mr Ohia during the course of the programme within Carlton. He will assist with planning, artwork and the engagement of all our learners within the school.
Creatives at Carlton - Our Concept
Te Whai Urungi - The Concept of Wayfinding
Te Whai Urungi or Way finding is how people find their way around an environment. In a traditional and cultural sense, it is the story of how our tīpuna (ancestors) traversed and navigated Te Moananui a Kiwa (Pacific Ocean) utilising the environment, tohu (signs) and natural phenomenon to find their way across the vastness of Te Moananui a Kiwa.
We will use the way finding concept throughout the school to guide our community to particular spaces or facilities within our school using symbols and imagery. This concept is based upon the traditional way finding stories within our communities. These stories would form the “narratives” for the production of visual artworks to be displayed within and around our school.
The idea of "way finding" was contributed by one of our parents.
Nau mai Haere mai
Nau mai Haere mai
Our Journey and Project
The journey began with the design of concepts and content including symbols, graphics, cultural symbols and existing school assets (existing signage/ symbols).
School Entrance - to set the scene
Cultural Ideas - Celtic Tree of Life
Concept Drawings - Visualisation
Cultural concepts to represent our school communities
Participation
Our learners were scheduled in to the project. Their participation was contribute to the production of the various art pieces. This included all learners in our school. We began in week 5 of term 2 2023.
He Puna Arannga getting the ball rolling...
He Puna Oranga adding more detail to our "Rākau Ora"
He Puna Whāwhā adding a first coat to our "Taniwha" board.
As the project progressed so too did the ages of our learners. The older children were very focused when adding their personal touches to our Taniwha.
He Puna Auaha contributing by adding detail to our "taniwha"
More detail and personal touches and decoration being added to our taniwha.
He Puna Pūmanawa doing a fantastic job adding detail to the taniwha.
As pieces approach the middle stages, the older children continue to add detail by refining edges, blending paint and finalising colours for the final look.
He Puna Hangahanga filling spaces on our "Rākau Ora"
Utilising the skills of our Year 6 students to add the final touches to our rākau ora
The beginning of a new piece....Te Kāhui Maunga
As the weather improved we moved to the outdoor surfaces to begin our pedestrian crossing.
He Puna Aranga adding the first touches to the crossing.
He Puna Aranga improving the finish on the base coat of the crossing
He Puna Whanake add their touches to the base coat.
Our Kāhui maunga piece was a little complex. But the children did very well by listening closely to the instructions to maintain the quality needed.
The children from He Puna Auaha contributing to "the look" of our maunga.
The children receiving an art skill lesson to achieve the best results.
He Puna Hangahanga were very focused whilst contributing to our "kāhui maunga" piece. Ka mau te wehi.
Final
Final
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