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School Production ‘Te Ao Marama’<\/strong><\/h1>\n
December 2025<\/h5>\n

Every second year Bathgate Park School has a production and we are very busy creating props for this school wide mahi.\u00a0 This years production was about the Maori story of creation and all the Atua \/gods and goddesses.\u00a0 We used this amazing book by Katerina Mataira & Peter Gossage for ideas.<\/p>\n

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Enhancing Creativity for Visual Learners<\/strong><\/h1>\n
August 2024<\/h5>\n

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Self Portraits<\/strong><\/h1>\n
August 2024<\/h5>\n

So sometimes, a minimalist approach to drawing can have a maximum impact, as shown in these self-portraits created using only a black pen.<\/p>\n

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Book Art<\/strong><\/h1>\n
July 2024<\/h5>\n

Ruaumoko has been busy creating furniture and headings to add to their display of finished book art.<\/p>\n

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Weta<\/strong><\/h1>\n
April 2022<\/h5>\n

Haumia were inspired by the book ‘There’s a Weta on my Sweater’ by Dawn McMillan to make their very own weta out of wool and card. Here it is climbing the sweater.<\/p>\n

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University of Otago College of Education<\/strong><\/h1>\n
February 2022<\/h5>\n

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Doesn\u2019t this artwork, \u2018Songs of Kiwiana\u2019 By Uenuku of Bathgate Park school look stunning? We are honoured to have been gifted this taonga which includes ukulele designs. You can view this installation in the foyer of the College of Education drama centre.<\/p>\n

February 2022<\/h5>\n

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We are back being creative…. studying the folds in clothing together with the valley’s and mountains on maps. It’s large!<\/p>\n

Making Art<\/strong><\/h1>\n
December 2021<\/h5>\n

Check out this link that highlights just some of the things students have done as part of our amazing Visual Arts Programme.<\/p>\n