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Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
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Jeremy Leatinu’u
Education Coordinator

2. Stories from the Pacific
Te Tuhi Pre visit lesson 3
(Yr 3-8)
Stories from the Pacific: Artists from past to present lesson 3 Years 3-8

3. Welcome to Stories from the Pacific
During this lesson we will learn about…
But before we start, let’s recap on what we learnt during our last lesson…
Designing our story - Symbols
Welcome…
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4. During our last lesson we learnt that Polynesian tapa…
Inspires artists to tell stories growing up.
During our last lesson we learnt that Polynesian tapa…
What we have learnt so far…
Inspires artists to make art about their ancestors and history.
Inspires artists to make art about their culture and community.

5. Let’s start this lesson by ‘Designing our story – Symbols’.

6. As we know artists have been telling their story through pictures and symbols for a long time.
During this lesson we will draw our own personal symbols based on our personal story.
Our symbols…
Image:
Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997.

7. Culture – lets write down our culture.
To start, lets think about what our symbols could represent…
Now that we have a bank of words to describe our identity, we can turn these words into symbols, starting with…
Culture – lets write down our culture.
Family – write down members of our family
Home – write down where we live.
Symbols and stories
Interests – write down a few words to describe your interests.

8. Culture – which nationality do you belong to
Culture – which nationality do you belong to? And is there a national flag?
Flags can be used to represent a country and can remind us of culture.
Create symbols inspired shapes from your national flag. Try using black and white only and in a box similar to symbols in tapa.
New Zealand
Samoa
England
Tonga
Japan
China
If you belong to more than one culture, you can create symbols for those too.
Here are a few examples. Try to spot where the shapes were taken from.
Symbols that represent my culture
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9. Family – how many members in your family?
Family are people who know us best. This can include pets you have.
Using black and white and in a box, draw symbols that represent your family and how important they are to you.
Here are a few examples to get you started…
Symbols that represent my family
Our family
Our pets
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10. Auckland Sky tower Nearby beach Your house
Home – where do you live? Is there something that makes your place unique?
Home is where we live, a place we know well and where our friends and family live.
Things that remind us of home might be our house, a local park or mountain, nearby beach or unique building or town clock.
Here are a few examples to get you started…
Symbols that represent my home
Auckland Sky tower
Nearby beach
Your house
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11. playing a musical instrument
Interests - do you have any hobbies? What do you like to do?
Our interests (hobbies) reflect our personality. They are things are interested in or may do in our spare time.
Here are a few examples to get you started…
Symbols representing my interests
Listening to music or
playing a musical instrument
Playing video games
Watching movies
Playing sports
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12. With all our symbols we can tell our personal story like Polynesian tapa can.

13. Art activity
Now that we have our symbols, we need to put together a pencil design for our personal tapa cloth.
Year 3-8 students design
6 symbols
On an A4 paper divide the page into 6 squares.
In each square draw one symbol. Each drawing needs to be big (the size of the square) and should be simple line drawings - no shading/no colouring in.
Now we have our tapa cloth design. We will need to bring these drawings to Te Tuhi when we visit.
Year 1-2 students design
4 symbols

14. Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far…
As we have seen, symbols and what they represent can tell a story that is personal and unique…
Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far…
Lets recap on what we have learnt…

15. What have we learnt so far?
Symbols…
Can represent our family.
Can represent our culture.
Can represent our home.
What we have learnt so far…
Can represent our interests.

16. During our gallery visit we will experience artworks that have their own stories. We will also make our own art telling our personal story so make sure we bring our drawings with us when we visit Te Tuhi.
We hope you have enjoyed learning about the stories of Polynesian tapa…
In the next lesson…

17. We look forward to having you all here
End of lesson