Enviro+Art

The Enviro Board Project
Our first project is to design a board where news can be posted about the Enviro activities happening in our school.

Week

Plan/ Action 1
 * Miss Oliver talks to Mrs Ghadiyah about the project.

Read through the enviro workbook for schools. Discussed specifications for the board. 2
 * Margaret has painted the board black.
 * Outline task and purpose

We talked about the need for more art in the school and a place to store notices. We went to the enviro shed to have a look at the board to get an idea of size etc. Zane looks on the internet (projected onto whiteboard) to see what kinds of images we could use. The group agrees on using a native plant. 3
 * We look at the Enviro board
 * Miss Oliver talks to the group about what we will need on the board.
 * Discussing and researching images
 * Beginning the concept sketch stage. The group individually draws their own designs on pieces of recycled paper.

Using scrap paper we draw our ideas onto pieces of paper. Some people have lots of ideas and some work on the same drawing for the entire lunch. At the end of lunch we discuss our ideas. We decide we like the vine boarder, kowhai plant, One tree hill, pohutukawa flowers and a generic tree. 4
 * Discussion of drawings and picking out ideas we as a group like.
 * Beginning to think about text/font

We looked at the books on the book shelf and described the different types of writing we saw (curly, bold, 3D). After sketching ideas collectively the group decided that they liked the 3d block writing as it was ‘cool’ and bold enough to read. Emily enjoyed this exercise and was very careful with it and therefore she was given the job of sketching the font onto the board. 5
 * Looking at books
 * Sketching our own fonts
 * Deciding on a clear and interesting font
 * Miss Oliver combines the ideas we liked the best through sketches on MS paint

We liked the kowhai from here

We liked the vine from here I combined all the elements that the group liked onto MS paint to create some designs. We sent the designs through to Mrs Ghadiyah. We all decided we liked the kowhai design as it gave us enough room to write notices and was the school colours (green and gold). We also liked using the vine as a border. We carefully transferred our new combined design onto the board using chalk so we could wash away any mistakes. 6
 * Outlining the board with chalk (transferring design)
 * Finishing the preparation of the board

We carefully painted a white undercoat inside the chalk lines. This made the colours brighter on the final design. 7
 * Applying a white undercoat
 * Discuss mixing colours.

Zane mixed a green colour and worked on the border alone (swimming sports was on and therefore the other seniors were away) 8
 * Beginning to apply the first coat
 * Completing the vine boarder

Using Zane’s green 9
 * Mixing paint in recycled yoghurt pots

We talked about the colours we would need and what colours we would need to mix to make these. We each chose a colour to mix and applied this to the board. 10
 * Continue painting


 * no meeting – class parties for end of term

1
 * Finish painting project

Added shading etc 2
 * Discuss the process to be shared at assembly

Children were at school camp 3
 * Share at assembly

We discussed the process. The students worked out what they would say and independently worked on their presentation for assembly. Presentation at assembly in Week 4.

We are happy with the final result. Next time we are using paint it won't take us so long to mix colours as we have done it before! Using an undercoat was a good way to prepare the board for paint because it made the colours brighter. If we were to do it again we would think about ways to prevent paint from splattering as we had to do a lot of fixing up as we went! If you would like to see the finished board it is mounted on the wall of the enviro shed.

A note from Miss Gibbs - I came along one morning and found some children reading the board. I tried to sneak up but they caught me! So sorry, this picture is posed.

﻿ Project 2: School signs  Our second project was to create signs for to guide visitors around our school. This is about building **sustainable communities**.

Here is a brief summary of the steps we have taken...

Step 1:

We looked for where signs are needed within the school. Each of us marked out on a map where we felt signs could be useful. We collated the data and found there were lots of places that the signs could go. Our decision was limited by time and resources. We eventually decided on 5 key signs :


 * the office
 * Rooms 1-4
 * Rooms 6-8
 * Rooms 10-13
 * Rooms 14-17

Step 2:

It was easy to gather together resources. We still had outdoor paint left over from the enviro board and Mr Armstrong had some fence pickets, the perfect shape for signs!

Step 3:

We drafted our initial ideas. Together we decided on the text, symbols, font and colours which best represent our school.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Step 4:

<span style="color: #001cff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">We prepared the boards with white undercoat.

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<span style="color: #001cff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">We used expert knowledge (thanks Mr Davis!) to translate "office" into Maori.

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<span style="color: #001cff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">We sketched onto the board.

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<span style="color: #001cff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">We carefully mixed and applied paint, This took a long time!

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<span style="color: #001cff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">We checked that we still wanted our signs to be placed in the same positions as before.

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<span style="color: #001cff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Emily worked with Anatalea to get the signs up. They look great!



= The Enviro Art Mural = = = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">This term we have been working hard on the biggest of our art projects. This is the mural we have been working on at lunchtimes. Many hands helped with this project, there are so many fabulous artists at our school! = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The mural represents the Maori Gods created after Papa (the earth mother) and Rangi (the sky father) are separated. Our artwork is placed on the wall of Room 13. You can admire it for yourselves. Our intention was to add colour to our school walls and therefore we thought carefully about using vibrant colours. = = Thank you to the art group who have been committed to the project, you can be very proud of the finished product! = =<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ =