Yikes Holidays October

We are having so much fun these holidays.
As well as our awesome Minifair Fridays (see our facebook for photos) we are also engaged in many other enterprising activities.
This airplane is part of our Sonic Dad projects. Solomon made this and the lights underneath the wings glow in the dark. Way cool. While the younger boys were making these the older boys headed out to Richmond for projects using powertools at the Menzshed.

Solomon's Plane

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We hire out Ngawhatu Indoor Heated Pool ~ all to ourselves "niiice"

October Hol Sessions: Mondays 9.30am-10.30am Tuesdays 12pm-1pm

Highlights from Basic Engineering Techniques with Kim Brice

It started with an egg and materials found round the home Would their egg survive dropping from a height and land without cracking? There would be some prospective engineers I would climb into any aircraft they built, but some I am afraid I would think twice about, after seeing some splatter lol. Kim 's workshops never ceased to amaze me how all the children were engaged and on task. That is a great skill. Engineers need to test their design Did the egg land safely ??? Yikes was privileged to host three workshops tutored by Kim Brice. The kids were engaged and learnt valuable skills and were able to enjoy the journey of design and engineering. Kim is a local designer and business owner ~ click here to learn more about Kim and his business.

Animation Friday

WE FINISHED OFF WEEK 1 FOCUSING ON ANIMATION! Scroll over the images below and press play: Take off and Landing by yikesnelson , made at DoInk.com Animation is so much fun. Animation is also quite a detailed process, so the online software we used really helps beginners get a taste for the process and it is also possible to start out as a stick figure artist and progress to hollywood type ventures! Girl skipping by YikesNelson1 , made at DoInk.com Arts Section Today we did some profiles of the childrens faces and we showed the children how to proportion where their eyes, nose and mouth goes. And how to start showing some shading, the light, the dark, and the shadows throughout the face. And we learnt how to use the rubber to show the light on the face as well.

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