He piko, he Taniwha

If you've made in it to Room 18 is the last wee while you may have noticed the learners mural of their river journey and the Taniwha. We began by sketching Taniwha, using various books and pictures as inspiration. From the sketches we chose an area or aspect of our sketch to focus on and picked out the key details. These key details were then drawn in sharpie and we painted the Taniwha.

This mural represents both the journey of the Waikato River and also our learning journey through the year. Sometimes the journey is straight and fast, sometimes it is winding and twisted. Our journeys come together in our class as we travel together.