Month: May 2024

Art

Tui have been exploring the mixing of primary colours. They have been mixing primary colours on the paper to develop their skills before attempting their final artwork. Nevaeh fully engaged in painting. She gripped the paintbrush, with Olivia’s help. Then Nevaeh dipped the brush in the wet paint before she placed the brush on the paper. Nevaeh was all smiles.

Painting is an extension of all the wonderful work that Nevaeh has been doing in poetry. It is exciting Nevaeh can sustain her concentration and participation in this activity. She is developing, and refining her fine motor skills. In response to Nevaeh’s interest, we will add painting to her kete.

Awesome effort Nevaeh

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The Joy of Music

Nevaeh has enjoyed her first music session after two weeks away. She was very responsive to Pepeha, by Six 60. Nevaeh loved the rhythmic flow. Here she is being guided by Marilyn. This was followed by a riotous version of Row Row. She was very excited. In her improvisation session, Nevaeh is showing us more and more that she can move her fingers independently, hitting a single note. She is also playing cluster notes and skip notes. Nevaeh is turning into quite the musician.

Happy Thursday

Thursday must have been the best day ever for Nevaeh. It had been three weeks since her last music lesson and riding. Nevaeh did beautiful finger notes that Marilyn echoed in a higher key. She confidently used just one finger to hit the keys and can move between keys with one finger. Row, Row and You Are My Sunshine are her favourite tunes. For improvisation, she loves exploring the keyboard using various keys with fast lively rhythms.

All of Nevaeh’s hard work is paying off. Her interactions with the iPad are controlled. She is making more deliberate taps and these are directed. Nevaeh can at times engage with her IPad without using her headphones. This is pleasing as it means that Nevaeh can engage more in the class environment.

A couple of hours later we loaded up the car with our riding gear and it was off to RDA. We had a change of mounts. Nevaeh was on Lexi this week. Lexi’s wider girth meant that Nevaeh was sitting taller. She was more planted in the saddle, less likely to move from side to side. A wide smile spread across her face. It took a little time to settle her excitement. It is lovely having Alex as part of the support team at RDA.

It is great to be back at school!