MARKET DAY SNAPSHOTS!!

 Team 4 Performing Arts Market Day group strike a pose!

Say 'Cheese' Bianca! 

Now for my next trick.....

The Surround Sounz gazebo is looking good!

Helena and Bianca excited indeed!

MC's - PUBLIC SPEAKING for MARKET DAY

From scripting on Whiteboard tables to.......

putting it into practice, practice, practice! Nick, Elliot and Logan blew me away with their openness to receiving feedback from peers and adults. Here they are in the early stages of public speaking for Market Day, Master of ceremonies....what a life skill to have!! 

DANCE YOUR SOX OFF!!

The students just amaze me with their creativity and collaboration. You can tell they're having fun while they're at it! 

DJ JAMES! - TEAM 4

For Market Day, James continues to compose more tracks with Soundation (an online website for electronic sounds). Here's another sneak preview of one of his mixes.

DJ JAMES! - TEAM 4

For Market Day James uses Soundation - an online website to compose his own DJ mixes using the available sounds. He hopes to become a record producer and collaborate with singers and rappers. This is where it all begins ......watch this space! Make room for our future NZ musicians.

DYNAMIC DUO - TEAM 4

Hui- Ling and Trixie rehearse their performance bracket for Market Day. They hope to have a mini-sit down concert and pre-sell tickets to ensure they contribute to raising funds for Wellington Free Ambulance. Here's the duo's version of Demons by Imagine Dragons. Keep it up girls!

SONGWRITING! - TEAM 1

Here in the early stages Ella, Josh, Supriti, Reuben and James are collaborating and composing. They are hoping to launch their song on Market Day.

IMPRESSIVE BUSKERS!!

Today Jess & Olivia impress with their busking repertoire...the R&B soulful song "Happy" is certainly not an easy song to play as an acoustic and unplugged. This is great talent and I think it's Fantastic! Team 2's Market Day is going to be Tu Meke!!

UNICYCLING

Thanks to Mr Eames and his uniCycle, Kieran can practise his balance and cycle skills. Market Day is going to feature entertaining acts that are so diverse!

ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYING

Elliot practises his busking for Market Day. Nothing beats soulful acoustic guitar playing. It's sounding great!

DANCE LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON!

Anthony, Ricky, Lachie and George (left to right) have a bit of swag when it comes to dancing like the King of Pop. Here's a little sneak preview of what they can do.... Wooooh! 

RING JUGGLING TRICKS - TEAM 5

Nicholas is so clever with performing this ring juggling trick that you've gotta watch it in slow motion! ENJOY!

BAND - TEAM 3

Reuben, Sam, Zach and Addison (left to right) formed their first band the other day. Their debut performance will be at Team 3's Market Day. Exciting stuff!

DIABOLO TRICKS - TEAM 5

Market Day will feature Finn and his fine street entertaining skills. He's a maestro when it comes to playing the diabolo. Watch him demonstrating his tricks. Barker makes a cameo appearance showing off his juggling and footy skills. Ka rawe hoki - Fantastic boys! 

TALENTED SONGSTERS - TEAM 5

Again fine talented singer songwriters jam away today, crafting and re-crafting their performances. Here's just a little snippet of what's to come from the duo - Maia and Mirella.

THE JUGGLING QUARTET! - TEAM 5

Today Finn, Angus, Barker and Nicholas (left to right) needed space in the Performing Arts room so they juggled till their hearts content outside in the fine weather. The Juggling Quartet demonstrate how clever and skilful they are!

JUGGLING SOLO - TEAM 5

Today Angus showed off his skills as a promising street entertainer in preparation for Team 5's Market Day.

TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUMS - TEAM 3

In preparation for Market Day entertainment, today Reede, Isaac, Asher, Lachie and Tom (left to right) rehearsed their drum beats with such gusto and energy that they filled the airwaves around the neighbourhood! 

DJing @ RAROA - TEAM 1

Today as part of our Market Day entertainment James, Ben and Mitchell (left to right) practice filling the airwaves @ Raroa with their own DJ remixes.  

PERFORMING ARTS EXPO DAY

Students toured around the DPE suites and came to the Performing Arts room to check out what they could possibly select for their next DPE cycle. The theme for this cycle is MARKET DAY. The Performing Arts suite will provide the entertainment for MARKET DAY.

Things to do, watch and aspire to.

JIM BOB'S GUIDE TO SWIMMING

The students continue to create things inspired by water. This is an entertaining short short movie that I love - featuring characters and scenery made out of play dough. Stef and Holly demonstrate what can be achieved in a short period of time. Kei te whakahihi au i a korua - I'm really proud of you both Stef and Holly!

MAKING AUTHENTIC LEARNING CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

The Water theme in the Performing Arts suite this year and the 'Raroa Enviro Focus' last year commenced with loaning an Aquarius from Capacity Infrastructure Services Limited. This helped stimulate student thinking before they were to work on their self-selected inquiries or water design projects. Check it out here. 

More WATER inspired PERFORMANCES and DESIGNS

Swim Good choreography by Maia and Yolana- Maria is finally complete...just the finishing touches are being worked on in their rehearsal. Ka rawe hoki - fantastic girls!

Jessie, Dayna and Kaitlin created this stunning Water Fairylight Lamp.

Gabby designed her own cushion.

The designers Jessie, Kaitlin and Dayna (left to right) pose with their Water Fairylight Lamp design....it's not finished here.

Nicole and Jessica made water creature sculptures. Next step is to put them in the kiln in Mr Taylor's room.

A cool looking Water droplet ottoman designed by Ethan, Ricky and Connor.

Water board game created to encourage toddlers to swim.

Ella and Dayna - The creators of the Water board Game to encourage toddlers to swim pose for the camera. 

Nathan and Ben made a Water Board Game called Ocean Race.

Gabby, Julia, Zoe and Natalie (left to right) can be proud of their funky Water bean bag!

Harriet, Matt, Hilary, Elliot and Ryan created this Water bottle lamp...spot the mobile phones at the bottom.

Bri and Emma smile displaying their jewellery made on the laser cutter in Mr Bailey's room.

Quinn can relax at home with his Water droplet footrest.

Funky water inspired ottoman! Well done Rose and Emma (left to right).

Ella the proud creator of her Water droplet Shelf - Ka pai Ella!

TU MEKE! - AWESOME! WATER DESIGN PROJECTS

Zinnia-Rose created this piece of Art inspired by water .

Molly, Layla and Stef (left to right) started playing/ testing out their Water World board game. 

A Water Jewellery box completed by Emily, Nicole, Amy and Eleanor who again worked seamlessly between the Performing Arts and DPE 2 suites.

Hannah and Emily finished their custom designed fashion garment based on the Water theme.

Bri and Emma worked with the laser cutter in the DPE 2 suite with Mr Bailey and created their own jewellery. Now they are up to threading them onto their own chains.

Nicole, Emily, Eleanor and Amy created jewellery to be stored in their fancy jewellery box.

Jessie and Caitlin have finally dyed their water inspired garment a blue denim.

Laura and Anna (left to right) have designed another Fish Table this one is painted a fluro green colour! The bright, sturdy and  funky looking Duo tables look good!

Yes indeed! You guessed it there is even a onesie designed with a water theme. Created by Sam and Finley.

Sandesh and Sam have almost completed their chair. The water droplet cuts on the back of the chair required a lot of careful cutting and filing. They worked hard in the DPE 2 suite.

Ben and Nathan experimented with their simple Water Contraption design.  

TEAM 2 Water Class of 2014 

DESIGN PRODUCTION EDUCATION @ RAROA - WATER THEME (PERFORMING ARTS)

What is DPE or Design Production and Education?
It is Raroa's Technology and Arts response to effectively "unbundle" and deconstruct the "established structures and routines and reassemble them in newer smarter ways".  Hess and Meeks (2010, p.41)

Part of the DPE paradigm shift in practice is what we call 
"Personalising learning"...where the system - (learning system) is built around the learner. Rather than the learner being required to fit around the system we the DPE team aspire to cater for our learners needs by giving them choice, the space, time, technology and encouraging creativity by using knowledge (new and old) to solve problems and find solutions to challenges as they arise on a "just in time" basis. 

Check out the creativity of some of the students in the DPE Water Class.

Above Declan shows his newly designed stool. He moved seamlessly between the Performing Arts and DPE 2 suites (Hard Materials).

This ensemble of furniture looks funky!

A water droplet bean bag by Bri and Emma.

Jewellery inspired by water. Emily and Nicole made the shapes by using the  laser cutter in the DPE 2 suite with Mr Bailey.

Quirine has made a bag for fashion! Again with a water theme.

Chester lays out the parts of his Water Tap lamp. He is at the building stage of the design process. How exciting, he is about to embark on creating his first prototype! The container was made in the DPE 2 suite with Mr Bailey and Chester now will visit the electronics expert either Mrs Brown or Mr Le Roy.

Tyler models the top inspired by water and created by Alex.

Sara, Maggie and Kristine have nearly completed their Water Mill.

The boys couldn't resist posing on the funky furniture! Strike a pose Ricky, Connor and Declan (left to right).

SONGWRITING May & Mirella - TEAM 5

May and Mirella showcase their newly composed song on the theme of water. Great hook to the song girls....Ka rawe hoki! - Fantastic! Their next step is to record on Garage band.

WATERFALL - TEAM 5

Budding songwriters and composers Tyler, Alex, Alex M and Kyra perform their original music composition called Waterfall. Their next step is to record on Garage band.

WATER WISE APP & WEB PAGE - TEAM 3

Jacob and Callum have been busy designing their App and Web page. We have managed to capture them on film giving us a quick demonstration.

GAME DESIGNERS - TEAM 3

Callum and Jacob demonstrate their designed Interactive Game using the game website Sploder.

TYRE SEAT with an AQUA THEME - TEAM 3

Georgia is the designer of a tyre seat that has the Aqua theme. She says it's Fit for Purpose and it certainly looks it! Well done - Ka pai!