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Kia ora whanau,

This term in Visual Art students are learning to draw Manga, a very popular style of art found in Japanese graphic novels.

It's only week one of the term but allready there's been some fantastic results! Students are really enjoying the process and I'm finding that even students who aren't normally as confident in drawing are having success.

We are working collaboratively on this project with each student drawing an individual scene and presenting it with four or five other students to make up a complete page.

2011 has seen some awesome creativity from our students here at GIS.

This year we're doing things a little differently. By linking our programs in with the school wide topic, specialist teachers are working towards a more connected curriculum.

Kia Ora Ano Whanau

I can't believe how fast this term has already gone. We have had learnt so much about Asian migration and how the first settlers arrived in the late 1800's, in the search of finding gold in Dunedin.

Room 3 have enjoyed finding new information about push and pull factors as to why people emmigrate and this has provided some interesting information and learning all round.

Welcome back to Term 2 2011!

Room 11 has completed 2 weeks work and it has been full on! We spent the first week congratulating ourselves that we were now familiar with school routines and expectations. We have Art/Music lessons twice a week and we started these on the very first day of the term!

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