Painting

We explored changing the tone of a colour in our art lesson.
Mrs McKenzie taught a group of children how to add white and black to change tone.  

 

Then we taught each other.

We reflected on what it was like to be the teacher and the learner.

•  other children helped us and showed us what to do-Jasnoor
• I felt like I was the teacher. I was telling other children what to do-Ezra
• it was really hard because it was hard to mix the tones-Cassia
• it was confusing because a lot of people were talking at once-Dezyre
• when I got there they showed me what to do. I liked listening to other children-Logan
• it was confusing to know which thing to do first because everyone was doing something different-Matiu
• it was very difficult to change the tone lighter and lighter-Hodan
• it was hard to listen because lots of us were talking and learning together-Lydia
• it started hard because it was our first time. We kept practising and it got easier-Anna
• it was hard being a teacher. Children did listen to me-Qwayde
• it was easy to show them because I did it first-Carmelo
• it was hard being a teacher. I thought it was going to be a dream come true – Dezyre
• it was fun mixing the colours and changing the tones-Raumati
• it was very different being a teacher because people were listening to what I was saying-Sam
•  it was hard changing the dark tone because it kept staying dark-Dezyre
• it was hard wiping the paint off the brush on the paper-Jamie
• Hassan helped me mix the paint-Samuel
• it was difficult listening and learning how to wipe the brush on the paper-Hodan
• it was difficult to mix the colours up and I didn’t know what the colour was going to be-Daisy
• it was very tricky making the black. I was first and I had to help other children-Boston
• it was hard to hear because we were all talking and learning together-Nicholas
• mine was different, it kept going grey-Noah
• I like helping other people learn how to mix the paint-Brooke
• it was fun being a teacher because I could boss everyone around-Sakthi
•  it was hard listening to what my teacher was showing me-Ashen
• it was hard mixing the white-Regahn