Sunflower Art

Thanks to the vibrant sunflowers currently growing in our school, Room 4 decided to do some art of them. We first sketched them, then painted them and finally used dye (or just paint in some others cases) to fill in the background. The dye has gone in a bit of a circle from the dye overlapping around my sunflower because I dyed it during two different times, which is a shame. I think that we have all made some amazing art to share. In this photo you cant really see the detail in the centre, but I took care to add different textures and colours.
Here is my art...

Sunflower Poem

Currently at Matawai School there are sunflowers so Room 4 are basing some of our work on it.
We were told to make a poem using personification and metaphors.
Here is my poem

Sunflower, 

innocent sunflower,

dancing as the tendrils of air nuzzle her.

Sunflower,

shy sunflower,

following the celebrity of the sky from a distance.

Sunflower,

bright sunflower,

with golden flames engulfing the centre.

Sunflower, 

regal sunflower,

wearing a crown of petals, the queen of flowers.

Sunflower,

Innocent, shy, bright and regal,

the one who stands tall and searches for
the sunlight even on the darkest of days.

-Liana

Whanau Art

This term Room 4 made whanau art. Each koru  represents a family member. First we outlined the koru's in chalk and coloured it in with pastel. We were only allowed 2 colours for our korus and 1 for our background. Each colour for the korus were supposed to represent something, for example mine is gender and others did closeness. We then put dye over the top of it, so that the chalk lines were dyed black. Are you familiar with this technique?

Here is my art...

KO WAI AHAU? | ABOUT ME

Hi, my name is Liana, I am a year 8 and attend Matawai School. I live on a sheep and beef farm an hour out of Gisborne. I live with my parents and 2 older brothers.

My favourite subject is mathematics because it gives you a challenge. I also love writing because anything is possible in a story. My favourite time of the day at school is silent reading, because I’m a big bookworm. My goal this year is to keep on progressing in all my subjects before I go to high school.

 I play hockey as a half or defender. I aspire to become a veterinarian when I am older. This year I look forwards to the senior bike ride and camp. My favourite book series are Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson.  I love animals (apart from spiders) and have a pet foxy named Gus, 8 sheep, Lulu, Dave, Momo, Mimi, Addison, Amelia, Gracie and Teddy.  I inherited our 14 year old retired work dog Dug as a joke, but Dug is mine now. I also have a pet calf named Penelope and a horse named Bluey. I look forward to my last year at Matawai School.