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December dates: Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December. January dates:      Monday 9th January - Friday 27th January 2012 Learning to make your own campfire                             One-off date Tuesday 31st January 2012 Hours: 8.45am to 5.30pm Full Day.            8.45am to 3.00pm Till 3pm            8.45am to 1.00pm Half Day FUN & ACTION IS SCHEDULED! STUNT SCENES WILL BE AN ADDED FOCUS TO OUR FILMMAKING This image was taken from blogsite: http://www.historicalfencing.com/Talhoffers-Fight-Book-Blog.html The usual arts, multimedia, computer and survival/outdoors focus. Sports photographer Phillip Rollo will come in Wednesdays Local artist Larisse Hall returns due to popular demand We will need parent permission for one trip to a farm where Scott will teach everyone how to make a campfire and of course we will be eating over our campfire. We will be adding a new dimension to our film focus : stunt scenes!!!! We promise no spe

Summer Holidays are Looming!

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Hi guys, My name is Ellie Gulbransen and I'm going to be at Yikes everyday these holidays! I am from Nelson but I currently live in Christchurch. I am studying towards a bachelor of teaching and learning at Canterbury University. Before moving to Christchurch I worked at a kindergarten in Nelson for 2 years. I love working with children and am super excited for these holidays! I look forward to meeting you all!  

Local Contemporary Artist: Larisse Hall tutoring at Yikes

Photo taken from Larisse's website www.larissehall.co.nz We are very privileged to have Larisse Hall secured at our October holiday programme. Larisse is a local full time contemporary artist who exhibits her work regularly in local galleries and fixtures. You can check out her bio and where her art specialty lies or where her latest exhibits are on her website: http://www.larissehall.co.nz/ Larisse will be coming in Tuesday till Friday 11am to teach clay work and sculpture and each day will introduce new techniques. All the childrens work will be fired in a kiln at the end of the holidays. Parents put your orders in for a platter! :-)

Holiday Programme: One Week Only in October Mon 10th-Friday 14th

Zombie Movie

Zombies are taking over Nelson....watch out! This horror movie was written, produced and directed by some boys at this months holiday programme at Yikes. They came up with the idea and ran with it. Luz was very impressed with their planning. Often the kids like to throw planning out the window. Enjoy! We have.

July Holidays Info

Our July enrolment form is now available online. These holidays our focus will be film and photography. Sports Photographer Phillip Rollo will be coming in. Click on image to view his website The children will have the opportunity to work with a film crew and trial a new 3D movie camera and because it's Rugby World Cup time we'll look at sports photography all interspersed with computers, sports arts and fun! Monday, 18 July 2011 – Friday 22 July 2011 and Monday 25 July - Friday 28 July Activ8 Director Scott Randrup       Activ8 director Scott Randrup will be visiting teaching  bush survival skills and very importantly how to make  a hot chocolate on your gas cooker! :-)    To Register: Register Online or book by phone, bookings essential.                        Daily workshops or weekly bookings. Venue:          Nelson Central School Library/Computer Suite Age:              5 – 14 years Time:           9.00am – 5.30pm

Highlights from Second Week

The video below is an example of our action shots using a contour hd videocam which the kids strapped to a helmet on their heads. They picked any music they wanted, and I am aware it's "ripped". So next time we'll explain creative commons etc. More footage will be available as we get the editing done on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/yikesnelson Keep scrolling down for more highlights The children review their filmwork with the filmcrew from Inspire Productions - Iain and Ulla Some of the girls headed out with a camera in hand. Flossie the Balloon lady came in on our last day, the colours, the creations, the art was fun for all ages and brings so much joy. Thanks Flossie. Flossies Website Run Uma! Our big thanks to Uma's Dad who came in and taught football skills. What started out as a 10 minute run round ended up as a 40 min exercise. They loved it!

Film Crew and Pointillism

Tara introduced us to pointillism and here is one of the results of her tutoring. Ellie's Mini Masterpiece The film crew were INSPIRING which is pertinent because they are from Inspire Productions Nelson. Zac the Cameraman Finally we completed the editing stage of another movie trailer started on Monday......here's Jaws V! Earlier in the day.......Today the film crew come in and will help us create our own chat show. Tara will be tutoring the children in Pointillism.....I had to wikipedia this term. This photo from wikipedia is a clue: Detail from Seurat's La Parade de Cirque (1889) Will post later the results from our day. (See above)

Editing * Art * The Beautiful Game * More Shooting!

We're still editing all our video footage but we are near completion. Today we conquered a lot of editing and discovered new computer tools and fun like voki. Our video footage will soon be uploaded to our Youtube Channnel. Our thanks to Uma's dad for taking the crew out for a game of soccer. Tara our art/design tutor came in today and the children created masterpieces on canvas. Art on Canvas

Video Shooting Techniques

Today Luz will be coming in to pass on her wealth of experience in the video shooting field. Luz is a broadcast journalist from Chile....... Later....... We have had a very successful video day. Before we launched off into the realm of filmmaking etc Luz took us through some fundamentals like the camera can only capture a part of what we see, the human desire to capture what we do see and how to plan well to capture the story we are trying to tell or moment we want to convey. If you came into the programme today you would have been captured by the buzz and energy of all the creativity at work....it is a truly energising experience. Some were off planning shots, some were videoing with Luz, some were doing action shots, with Spencer, using a special camera attached to a bike helmet. I really wish I could show you the results right here and now, but the thing about videoing is the editing stage is labour intensive. So I'll leave you with another movie trailer by the young girls

Movie Trailer Monday

Today we created our own movie trailers. Before we started we watched a few movie trailers and noted that they were often fast-paced, they only showed short clips of the actual movie, they made you want to go and see the movie and most of all they NEVER told the end of the story! Here is the result of a group of 5-7year olds trailer for "Robin Hood".

April Schedule

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YikesNelson Holiday Programme back on the 24th

Looking forward to seeing everyone again soon. We will be back Monday 24th. 8.45am – 5.30pm Monday 24 January - Friday 28th January and Monday 31st January - Friday 04th February Cost: $25 half day/ $40 full day, $180 full week/full day booking Or $120 if every day till 3pm. Enrol online or phone/text 021 803 411 for an enrolment form. CLICK HERE to see if you are eligible for a Working for Families Subsidy