Yikes! Holidays

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.

Crayon and Dye resist drawings Children looked at the "Life Drawing Model" and then drew a triangle, the head was the triangle and the body was a rectangle. When teaching drawing this technique helps give basic form…. Materials : started with pencil , then used crayons to act as resist, then used dye to shade and colour sheep in. Our life drawing model - isn't she sweet? SOME SAMPLES: MAKING PARACHUTE MEN with WOODEN PEGS, STRING AND CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL  BAKING IS AN ART FORM TOO Food Artist at Work Creating Art is Edible!

Today we are learning in our Computer Session how to be a good tour guide. We have learnt that: A good guide is sensitive to the needs of others. A good guide is well organized. A good guide has knowledge of the local area. So we are learning to use Google search to gather information. This site offers some good tips about using search: http://cihnelsonlessons.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Google Also did you know you can use google search as a calculator or a dictionary? It's pretty cool. Is this tour guide being sensitive to the needs of his group?

TUESDAY WE WILL BE GOING ON TOUR VIA THE LOCAL DOUBLE DECKER BUS!

We arrived in Takaka to play some games with some Golden Bay locals. They were wonderful hosts. We had competitions of archery, unihockey, grass ski competition and waterbucket competition. Finishing off with "Rob the Nest." Halfway we stopped to eat hot dogs made with a hot dog machine and played on the cool adventure playground. Then we headed off for Pupu springs. It's a lovely walk. Our region is soooo beautiful. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.