Traditionally Korean Calligraphy

Today Room 1 went to the hall to learn about traditional Korean culture and Calligraphy.
Traditionally calligraphy is used to write poems, proverbs, quotations from bibles,
mottoes and much more.

We also learned the Four friends for a calligrapher. 1.Paper, 2. Brush,
3. Black ink bar (or black ink), 4.Ink stone (or white place).

The oriental brush originated in ancient China. Later, it was developed as an art in China,
Korea, and Japan.
In ancient times, Chinese carved their characters on shells or bones and then much later
they used brush and paper. Koreans applied this art to Korean characters.
The paint brushes are usually made with rabbit, goat and weasel hair.

To be a good calligrapher you need a peace of mind, ready to concentrate and to control
the brush.

We all enjoyed calligraphy and the Traditional Korean experience.

By Abby, Ruby & Saralee.

Korean Tuho

Korean Throwing game - TUHO
Tohu is a Korean game, also called Pitch Pot. This game requires 5 sticks or more and a pot with three to five holes. We used 5. The 4 holes around the outside are each worth one point if you land the stick. The middle hole is worth 5 points! The team with the most points wins. The traditional game only has two holes around the outside and is traditionally played outdoors. This game was really popular among royal and upper-class families.
It was really fun and great for increasing your aim
Tip: Throw like a rainbow!

By Adam, Xavier, and Blake

Arts Week Activities

During Arts week we had the opportunity to work with other year 6 classes! We took two drama and two dance workshops. We also did Visual Art with our own teachers. 

Drama

Room 1 loved doing the freeze frames with Mr Mac. 

Can you guess the scene/s we are creating here??

Click here for 'Freeze Frames' Video

Dance

We learnt a lot about how to 'feel the beat', Room 1 did a fantastic job. 

Click here to see room 1 feeling the beat

Visual Art

During arts week we began our Autumn artwork (Yes it's no longer Autumn... but the leaves were EVERYWHERE). This is only the first step to creating our new pieces. We used real leaves found around the school to create our realistic prints. It can be a tricky process but it was such a fun experience seeing our prints revealed!

Click here to see Caitlin's response!

Click here to see Xavier's first print!

Click here to see Saralee's first print!

Good Luck to our Choir Students

Have a fantastic Practice today Choir Students!

Group 2 girls

The girls that were in group 2 are having fun at the tug of war competition!

By Saralee Van Wyk

Room 1 Certificates!

Well Done Wilmer and Sara lee for receiving Room 1's first awards at the Kauri Whanau assembly this week!

You have both displayed exemplary Sunnyhills school character, by always putting in your best work with a smile and treating others with kindness and respect at all times.