Creative Matters
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING + DEVELOPMENT
"The professional learning that Mandy delivers, is of the highest quality. Her delivery and engaging style, empower all staff in a positive way which reminds us that we are learners too, and that we can be successful as artists and teachers. She provides impactful sessions that are bespoke to our school's needs. A session with Mandy invigorates our team every time and we look forward to each impactful session. This PLD is exceptional and Mandy's experience and passion are the reason why."
Grey Lynn School Principal Alicia Whata
Ko pohewa, ko auaha ngā ara ki ao hou.
Creativity and imagination transport us to new worlds.
THE NZ CURRICULUM
With the new expectations of the MoE to teach 1 hour each day of reading, writing and maths it can feel hard and overwhelming to incorporate visual art into your weekly programme.
We can work with your school to introduce effective methods for integrating visual art and creativity with numeracy and literacy. Refreshed NZ Curriculum aligned, interactive, accessible PLD sessions that will inspire and motivate
STAFF MEETING - 90 minutes
Interactive art making and discussion
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Explore and discuss a number of Aotearoa NZ artists artworks, as well as well known international artists work, that display mathematical ideas
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Identify and discuss the mathematical and visual arts elements within the works
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Create a number of simple artworks that teach and consolidate maths skills as well as visual arts skills/techniques
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Discuss the numeracy and visual arts learning and how these ideas could be extended
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Discuss ways to connect with literacy
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Brainstorm in teams ways to respond to a given artwork with numeracy and literacy
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Identify ways to adapt ideas to the level you teach and connect with the curriculum
FREE RESOURCE
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A slide presentation with numerous examples of NZ and international artists' work, links for more info, curriculum links and connections with numeracy and literacy.
Trialed and modified with teachers at Glenavon school
GLENAVON TEACHER FEEDBACK
I love the way we got to participate and extract the language and concepts from each other
Enjoyed the activities, sparked workshop/lesson ideas to do with my tamariki, built confidence for using art language in different contexts.
It always seems quite a big task to integrate, but your activities have shown it’s much simpler than I thought, while still being effective
This has shown how easy art, literacy and numeracy can be integrated and still achieve outcomes within all.
I will literally take these activities straight to the classroom next week
Hands on helps me to cement learning and gives me other ideas on what it would look like in my classroom
The practical art-making showed me it's achievable and taught me to let children create their own artwork. They see things differently, and it's important not to interfere with their unique perspectives and creativity.
NEW COURSE!
integratiNG the VISUAL arts
with numeracy and CONNECTING TO literacy
NUMERACY
I CAN
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classify shapes based on their geometric properties
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visualise, predict, and identify a shape that is a reflection, rotation, or translation of a given two-dimensional shape.
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make statements and give explanations based on observations
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add or subtract any whole number reliably and efficiently
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recognise and explore patterns and draw conclusions about them
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represent decimals, fractions, and percentages using both discrete and continuous models
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count
LITERACY
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Connect through storytelling involves the use of creative processes to explore ideas in visual texts (artworks)
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Use a creative process to experiment and innovate, making decisions that extend or elevate ideas
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Combine written language, oral language and visual modes to communicate
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Record and discuss processes, stages, reflections, descriptions, procedures
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Interpreting and expressing meaning in artworks
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Develop visual communication
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Find similarities and differences in visual texts (artworks)
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Investigate artists and their work
VISUAL ART
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Explore some art-making conventions, applying knowledge of elements and selected principles through the use of materials and processes.
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Develop and revisit visual ideas, in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination, supported by the study of artists’ works.
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Describe the ideas their own and others’ objects and images communicate.
PLD priorities
aromatawai
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emanates from ako
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focuses on learners as learners
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focuses on teacher competence and confidence
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focuses on teacher inclinations and dispositions
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is authentic
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captures tamaiti, whānau, hapū, and community voice
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captures ākonga potential and talent
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informs planning and required targeted assistance
cultural
capability
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understanding, valuing and amplifying different world views and perspectives through the study of an artist
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recognising diversity of identities
HISTORIES
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develops understandings of histories through the study of artists, art movements, artworks and art themes.
"Arts education explores, challenges, affirms, and celebrates unique artistic expressions of self, community, and culture." NZ CURRICULUM
TEACHER ONLY DAY
Choose an interactive course for your next Staff only day.
Connect through art making and learning.
A wonderful mindful, therapeutic session.
Cost TBC depending on timings
Staff meeting
Choose our new course or from our PLD course selection.
2025 special rate $480 +GST including all materials
KĀhui Ako
conference or meeting
Choose an interactive course for your next conference or meeting.
Connect through art making and learning.
A wonderful mindful, therapeutic session.
Cost TBC depending on timings
1 day art intensive
Mandy can come to your school, design a session in consultation with teachers and teach a class for an art day intensive, with your teachers involved - the best PLD ever!
other PLD options
We have many interactive, cross curricular visual arts PLD and visual arts opportunities for you to choose from which focus on how to develop a rich creative process of exploring, experimenting, creating, reflecting and sharing, (understand, know, do).
Teachers are guided to experience this process first hand, develop their practical knowledge, discover how they can apply the techniques and approach in their classrooms and make links across the curriculum.
Exploring an artist and responding to their artwork
Learn techniques for exploring an artist, talking about and interpreting their work, developing practical knowledge and responding to the artist's ideas in individual ways.
Creating collaborative art installations
Teachers will create the beginning of an art installation for the school, learning about all the considerations needed for creating an installation and practical skills for making. Then the learning will be taken to their ākonga to continue the collaboration journey.
Exploring printmaking
Learn practical techniques in printmaking methods of your choice and ways to develop the process:
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etching
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mono printmaking
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linocut
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collograph (cardboard)
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woodcut
Talking about Art
Communicating and Interpreting - Develop creative and critical thinking skills and strategies for:
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looking closely at artworks
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making predictions and comparisons
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identifying symbols, art elements and features
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discussing thoughts and reactions
1-1 or small group mentoring
Do you have a new role in visual arts and need support? Do you need a refresh or support with visual arts techniques or developing the creative process? Mandy can help.
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1 hour Zoom meetings at your choice of time for as long as you need!
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At your school
