Art Extension News

The Art Extension group have started to work with crayoning. In the last lesson, the whole group went out to the wildscape to study and draw bushes and trees.

Unfortunately, with the tight schedule that the Year 7s and 8s have, Art Extension may have to be moved to a more suitable time for students.

Reporter: Helena

Art Extension 2011

This year at Westburn School a new extension class has started - Art Extension. Students have applied to be in Art Extension by entering one of their best pieces of artwork. The students who have been chosen to be in the class go to the Common Room (a.k.a Room 1) to draw different objects (for example, a steering wheel, a chess piece or a violin) and learn different styles of art. Finished artworks are put on walls and some have been on displays at the school expo.

Reporter: Helena

One day art, the next day... Calendars!

Most years as part of a school fundraiser, Westburn School give children and families the chance for their artwork to become a calendar or greeting cards! Once again, this year, students in each class are working hard to see their art work soon become something ideal for gifts or for the family!
Calendars this year have a new illustrated style!

Support our school buy purchases your childs calendar or an eight pack of cards.

Calendars- $10 each
Pack of cards (8 Cards) - $12

Visit the office staff for more information!


Reporter: Daniella

Room12's Kiwiana display

Westburn School Room 12 Kiwiana on PhotoPeach



Reporter: Kaelan

Westburn School Jigsaw Puzzle by Helena

Westburn Jigsaw 5

Can you guess what this class is doing for Art? Do this jigsaw puzzle and send us a comment to answer the question.

Reporter: Helena

Westburn School Jigsaw Puzzle by Emma

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Where is this object located?
Do the puzzle then send us a comment to answer the question.

Reporter: Emma

Car Creations for Upcoming Production

Interviewing Yoon Su and Jennifer.


Outlining the trunk of the car.


Unfinished 50's car traced and outlined by Helena, Jane, Jennifer and Yoon Su.

I have interviewed Yoon Su Kim and Jennifer Jiang, both from Room 8, about making the car props with others for the school's upcoming production.

What did you enjoy about making the cars?

Yoon Su: I liked the painting part of of it because it was very fun and fairly easy.

Jennifer: I think that painting was the best part too. I enjoyed it because I like art.

How did you make the cars?

Yoon Su & Jennifer: We kept a big piece of paper stuck onto the whiteboard with magnets, pulled the projector screen up, got the right picture of the car with the teacher's laptop and projected it onto the whiteboard. Then we traced the image of the car onto the paper and outlined it with Sharpie. Finally, we painted the car.

Is this easy or difficult?

Yoon Su: Sometimes it's easy. It actually depends on whether the car is detailed or not. It's also very difficult whenever somebody nudges the paper while tracing it and moves it in a different place. Then we end up trying to move the paper back into its original place.

Jennifer: It's very easy, even though sometimes everything went hectic and people got stressed out.

I hope they got made successfully! Thank you, Yoon Su and Jennifer.

Reporter: Helena

Clay Masks and Interview

Team 3 have been making clay masks. i have interviewed Julia H and Jane C from Room 8, one of the classes in Team 3.

What do you think about making the clay masks?

Jane: It's interesting because you can learn how to make them. You can learn from making mistakes.

Julia: I think that making the clay masks was fun! It's all squishy and it's very easy to mold into shape.

How do you make them?

Jane and Julia: First, you draw your mask on paper. Then you get some clay, pour some water on it and squish it into shape. You have to put water on it whenever it dries. Make sure you don't have any air bubbles, or when you fire it, they would explode. We use pencils or nails to make the facial details and expressions.

Is it easy or difficult? Why?

Jane: It's difficult because you keep on getting dirty hands, but somehow, it's easy at the same time!

Julia: I think it was difficult to make a clay mask without inspiration for the expression. My first thought was a coconut face with stripes!

Thank you for your time, Julia and Jane. Your clay masks sound like great fun!

Reporter: Helena

Puppet art

Reporter: Daniel

Cultural Art

Reporter: Laura

Puppet art

These are some pictures of the puppet art that the Year sevens and eights have been doing recently. There are many interesting and unique designs to see.

Reporter: Daniel

Cultural Art

Here are some pictures of the cultural art that Westburn's senior school have made,each picture is either the North or South Island. These pictures have icons that represent different parts of the country.
With each picture there is a reason why the person has chosen it.





Reporter: Laura