Wednesday, July 31, 2019

The Call of Abraham and Sarah

Today Tui class were learning about Abraham and Sarah from the book of Genesis. 

Abram and Sarai lived in Haran.  They had been married many years and had no children. One day God said he wanted them to move to a new land and that he would make their family a new nation of people.  Abram and Sarai trusted God.  After travelling for a long time with all of their belongings, their animals and servants they finally arrived in the new land of Canaan.  God said that he would give this land to them both and all of their descendants. Together, Abram and Sarai wondered how this promise would come true because without children there are no descendants!
Many years passed and still there were no children for Abram and Sarai.  Abram told God how disappointed he was.  God told him to go outside and look at the night sky.  God said "count the stars if you can, you will have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky".  He said that Sarai would give birth to a son whom they would name Isaac.  God also gave them new names - Abraham and Sarah. 

One day, three visitors arrived at Abraham and Sarah's tent.  The visitors were welcomed and given food and drink.  Afterwards the men talked to Abraham and said they would be back when Sarah had given birth to their son.  Sarah overhead this and was laughing.  The men asked Abraham why Sarah was laughing saying "is anything too hard for God?"  It was then that Abraham and Sarah realised their visitors were special messengers from God.  Nine months later God's promise was fulfilled when they became parents to Isaac. 

Tui class have retold this story through animation.  Look out for their creations on their individual blogs!  

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Sandra Silberzweig Inspired Portraits


Sandra Silberzweig Inspired Portraits
Kaitaia, 2019
Indian Ink & Chalk Pastel on wet strength cartridge
laminated for preservation

Bright, bold colour broken up with pattern and negative spaces.  Learning included (but not limited to) researching the artist and her inspiration through literacy, investigating shape, pattern and lines through maths, delving into colour (primary, secondary, warm, cool & complimentary) and coping with temperamental indian ink and messy, smudgy, chalky pastels

Check out the Tui Teams individual blogs to learn more!

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Our Place, Our Space...

We haven't re-introduced ourselves in a while so for those of you who are new to the Tui Blog... this is for you!

We live in Kaitaia.

We are at the top of the North Island of NZ.  We are never more than a half hour drive to each coast and there are lots of beautiful beaches all around us.

If you came to visit us these are the things that we think are absolute MUST-DO'S 



🌞 All the beautiful beaches! Ahipara, 90 Mile Beach, Matai Bay, Rarawa, Great Exhibition Bay..... there are too many to list.

🌞 Cape Reinga.  Where two seas meet.  A beautiful spot where you can really feel the wairua. 

🌞 The giant Te Paki Sand Dunes. It looks like a desert next to the ocean.  You can ride down these on boogie boards - SO MUCH FUN!



There are so many things to do and see here.  We have a rich history with Kauri and gum digging.  We have beautiful forests, farms and lakes. 
We love to get outdoors - camping, hiking, swimming, surfing, motorbike and horse riding.......



Where do you live? What would be a must-see in your place?