Community

Mrs Hanson sent us out in groups to take pictures of things that represent one of our school values: Community. Here's what we came up with!

Maiya's flower photos

Maiya was inspired by the Spring flowers on her walk home. We have talked about making sure our photos are in focus before we capture them, and Maiya has definitely made sure hers are in focus! She has also used the idea of thirds that we have discussed; making sure the photo has the subject in one third of the picture. Beautiful pictures Maiya!

FUN Value photography poster

School values: FUN!

Last week, Miss Falkner sent us out at lunchtime to capture photos of students having fun! Fun is one of our school values so is very important to us. Check out all the ways that students at St Albans have FUN during lunchtimes!

 Seniors playing basketball

 Students playing on the junior playground

 Awesome basketball skills!

 Climbing a climbing frame!

 Playing padder tennis.

 Juniors playing in the sun.

 Sandpit fun!

 Skipping!

Building team skills and ball skills!

Camera

Henry brought along his dad's old camera. We loved looking at it and seeing how different it is from cameras today.

Henry's sky and landscape photos

Henry is an awesome part of our St Albans Snappers team! He often brings his own camera to school and uses his initiative to take photos of school events.

This morning he was inspired to take photos of the beautiful sky we had in Christchurch this morning.

Keep it up Henry!

Cross Country photographs

The St Albans Snappers will photograph lots of school events this year. The most recent event was the Cross Country. Piper, Maiya, Bella and Jake were positioned in different places around the track, capturing interesting moments and using different angles. Here are some of their shots. Many of these will feature in the Year 5/6 Yearbook at the end of 2014.

Things that are special about St. Albans School

Miss Falkner sent us out with cameras to capture photos of special things about St. Albans School. It was interesting to see that some groups captured the same things!

Maiya and Arihia:

 The Oak Tree, the symbol of our school.

 The totem poles by the sandpit.

 The carving outside the bilingual unit.

 Our office area.

The mosaics outside the hall, created by students.

Caitlin and Jordyn:

 Our school library.

 The house shield.

The heart of achievement board.

Bella and Lydia:

 Lots of trees in our school.

 Amazing views from the senior block.

The awesome wooden playground.

Catherine and Aliana:

 Our monarch garden.

 Amazing carving inside the bilingual unit.

Henry, Jake and Piper

 One of our fantastic sports sheds.

'Eggs' to play on in the senior playground.