Reggio 2013

TREES MATTERTREES MATTER

PROVOCATIONPROVOCATION

WE DECIDED WE WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO CREATE WANTED TO CREATE TREE PLAYGROUNDS TREE PLAYGROUNDS

FOR THE FOR THE CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND COMPETITIONCOMPETITION

WE DIDN’T WANT TO WE DIDN’T WANT TO CUT DOWN THE CUT DOWN THE TREES ON THE TREES ON THE

PLAYGROUND SITEPLAYGROUND SITECAUSE THEY ARE VERY USEFUL

THEY GIVE US OXYGEN

THEY GIVE US FOOD

THEY GIVE ANIMALS HOMES

SO WE USED THE SO WE USED THE TREES IN OUR TREES IN OUR

DESIGNSDESIGNS

WE INCLUDED TREE HUTS, TREE SLIDES, TREE FLYING FOXES

AND TREES TO CLIMB

THIS IS ONE OF OUR THIS IS ONE OF OUR MODELSMODELS

WE SAW MANY WE SAW MANY PLAYGROUNDS AT THE PLAYGROUNDS AT THE

EXHIBITION EXHIBITION INCLUDING OUR OWNINCLUDING OUR OWN

WE DID A GREAT JOB WE DID A GREAT JOB OF OUR OF OUR

PLAYGROUNDSPLAYGROUNDS

AFTER THIS WE HAD AFTER THIS WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONSLOTS OF QUESTIONS

HOW DO YOU GROW TREES FROM BRANCHES?

WHY DO LEAVES CHANGE COLOUR AND WHY DO THEY FALL OFF THE TREES?

CAN WE CREATE ARTWORKS SO THAT WE HAVE TREES AROUND OUR CLASSROOM?

WE EXPERIMENTED WE EXPERIMENTED AND ANSWERED LOTS AND ANSWERED LOTS

OF THEMOF THEM

NOW WE ARE GROWING!!!

WE ARE CREATING WE ARE CREATING AND DESIGNING TREE AND DESIGNING TREE

ARTWORKSARTWORKSWE KNOW WHY ARTISTS CREATE ARTWORKS AND WHAT INSPIRES THEM

WE HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH LOTS OF MATERIALS

WE WENT FOR A TRIP WE WENT FOR A TRIP TO THE GARDENS TO THE GARDENS FOR INSPIRATIONFOR INSPIRATION

OLIVER HAS WRITTEN A OLIVER HAS WRITTEN A POEM ABOUT LADY WINTER POEM ABOUT LADY WINTER

IN OUR GARDENSIN OUR GARDENS

EMILY CARR PAINTED SKIES AS AN IMPORTANT

BACKDROP FOR HER TREE WATERCOLOURS

THESE ARE SOME OF THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SKY PAINTINGSOUR SKY PAINTINGS

WE HAVE OUR OWN MESSAGES THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THROUGH OUR ARTWORK AND WE ARE NOW SKETCHING, SCULPTING AND PAINTING TO

SHARE OUR MESSAGES ABOUT WHY TREES MATTER WITH OTHERS

STAY TUNED TO SEE STAY TUNED TO SEE HOW OUR WORKS OF HOW OUR WORKS OF

ART TURN OUT!ART TURN OUT!