Last week the Hoon Hay School hall was transformed into a magical space full of amazing, eye-catching artwork from every classroom. The 470 students had been working so hard during the term on individual and collaborative artworks and were all really proud of their finished pieces. Whanau and neighbouring school all visited during two days to view the art on display.
Trash to Treasure exhibits highlighted the Sustainability theme for the year and many of the classes used recyclable and reusable items to create their art pieces. They had visited the CCC Waste Management centre at Bromley earlier in the year where they were inspired to make some changes with the rubbish that gets thrown out to the landfills.
Lynda Peterson, the school’s Arts Co-ordinator, was impressed with the creativity and variety that the students. “It was such a beautiful display of expression and talent - our school community just loved coming together to view the art with their children, especially the grandparents! Art is one thing that encourages us to press the pause button and slow down just for a bit. We all lead such busy lives and anything that gets us to stop to smell the roses is a good thing! The children were all so proud of the art they had produced.”
