TREES MATTER TREES MATTER
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!