Following the COVID restrictions we began working with a group of students from Windley School, over a term to develop their interest and skills in visual storytelling. The program was conducted on a weekly basis. The students were encouraged to…
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Melissa Lee the lead youth librarian worked to bring us to the central library. We held the workshop in the Albert Park Keepers cottage. She stayed with us the full day experiencing the workshop for herself. The cottage was quaint…
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. The students got to do a photo…
Join us on a visual journey through the vibrant moments of our Visual Poetry Jam Workshop at Dargaville Intermediate School, where the talented teacher Justine served as our gracious host. Justine’s exceptional involvement and support set the stage for a…
We held an amazing Visual Poetry Jam at Bulls School, where the lovely Kerri Guard, Teacher of the Year 7/8’s, hosted us. A group of 18 enthusiastic students, along with a teacher’s aide, joined in for a day of creative…
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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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I liked: Yavi the senior teacher was just as engaged as the students and started to rift on ideas of how they could take this day as a springboard for a whole local curriculum project based learning opportunity to create…
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I like: We are now building a relationship with the school through the photography teacher Jen Benevedis as this is our second time visiting the school and she specifically reached out to have us come and visit. The comment we…
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