We were invited to work with one of the newer schools in Queenstown region – Te Kura Whakatipu o Kawarau – Primary School The school was immaculate and new and I was even offered an expresso at their expresso bar…
Workshop was one of the first held in the new Luggage Hall. We were supported by the local Librarians who got an opportunity to learn alongside the team and were interested in how the program could be adopted and used…
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The students were picked to be part of the program and were highly creative and engaged. As we didn’t have the rainbow colour boxes due to the van breakdown, however we worked with them on the composition skills and even…
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Whakatane Intermediate was one of my favourite stops on the tour. Honestly just the sweetest kids. Attentive, curious, playful and talented. So enjoyed working with them and their very keen teacher Ms. Brooke Bayley. Brooke had selected a group of…
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We are thrilled with the funding received from Upper Hutt City Council, which enabled us to work with Maidstone Intermediate and organize a successful Click Happy/Visual Poetry Jam workshop. Our goal is to foster creativity, storytelling skills, and confidence among…
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We started the day with a workshop to familiarize the students with the advanced settings on their cellphones. Then we worked on post production skills using the free apps from Lightroom and Snapseed. We went on a photowalk through the…
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As we were disappointed with the Anzac turn out we didn’t want to leave it at that so we have kept at it and finally got an opportunity to work with one of the local colleges. With the strikes and…
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When we first started planning for the Gore workshop we went to the Library but unfortunately they were in temporary accommodation so Julie de Villiers from the library suggested that we connect with the local Intermediate. They were delighted to…
Awesome Dunedin Library staff put their hands up to help organize students for the workshop The students got to cocreate the rhythm of the day and chose to do a photo walk through Dunedin as part of the workshop in…
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This is one for the GRIT books. One where we get to show what creative resilience looks like. First COVID set us back, then we had a miscommunication with Ara Toi which was our first attempt for the Jam which…
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