Students in the Visual Arts programme have had a vibrant and creative start to the year, producing work that connects deeply to the theme of identity and place.

During Term 1, students:

• Decorated clay heads that express personal identity
• Created watercolour landscapes inspired by the West Auckland beaches connected to their school houses: Wai Karekare, Te Piha, Muriwai, and Te Henga
• Studied kowhaiwhai patterns, incorporating them into layered mixed-media pieces under the theme Where the Land Meets the Sea

To wrap up the term, students worked on designing house logos to be printed onto school beach house shirts using textile inks. The final designs will be voted on, with the winning logos becoming permanent visual markers for each house group.

Well done to all students for the effort and creativity shown throughout the term — and good luck for the vote!