Over the last few weeks we have been engaging in an art study. We have been looking closely at four key artists; Claude Monet (France), Pablo Picasso (Spain), Vincent van Gogh (The Netherlands) and our very own Dick Frizzell. We have been amazed...Read more
The teachers at Lumsden have noticed what incredible artists our Lumsden children are. The Creativity-Waihanga-tanga that they show on a daily basis constantly amazes us. We decided to both extend and showcase this talent by producing a range of...Read more
There has been some AMAZING creating going on in the art room. We have been exploring screen printing and we are loving the effects we can create. The first step is to draw a picture. Next we need to cut around our drawing. We need to cut very...Read more
This year, the children chose ‘A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree’ to interpret and perform in front of their parents and whānau at our end of year concert. ‘A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree’ is the New Zealand version of the Twelve Days of Christmas, and...Read more
We have been very busy in the art room, making pictures inspired by one of our favourite stories at Lumsden: ‘I Spy’. There are many different books in this series with different themes and different objects to find, so we decided we would...Read more
In the art room we have been designing and making our very own jigsaw puzzles. The first step of this exciting art activity was deciding on one picture we wanted to paint onto our piece of cardboard. There were a HUGE variety of pictures that were...Read more
The children have shown a huge interest in Piano Wizard, and have also been requesting instruments to play during the session, so we decided to set up a ‘Jam Room’ in the family area. Children were encouraged to bring any instruments that they...Read more
We have been busy in the art room sewing FANTASTIC bags! Teachers are absolutely amazed by the Creativity—Waihanga-tanga of each child here at Lumsden. Every bag is such an individual and fabulous design! Sewing is something that has been done at...Read more
In the art room we have been having a lot of fun exploring different ways of creating print paintings. I looked through a book about different ways of using paint and found an idea. I had to slightly adapt our activity as we did not have everything...Read more
In the art room I took the scrap material out of the cupboard with no plan in mind. After a great discussion with some of the children we came up with the plan to use the material to create collage pictures of ourselves. We all agreed this was a...Read more
We are super appreciative of all the work the whole team at Lumsden have done for Jasmin and have nothing but nice things to say about each and every one of you. We would highly recommend Lumsden to anyone who'll listen!
I am particularly impressed with the wonderful teaching and learning that occurs in the art room and also the teaching of different languages to the children. ... I have nothing but praise for this kindergarten.