East Auckland students rocked their self-created outfits down a runway last week in front of a crowd of adoring parents.
Owairoa Primary School hosted its Flash Trash Wearable Arts Show on Friday, where pupils enjoyed sharing their work with parents, as they walked down the runway modelling their creations.
Associate principal Kirsty Rice says the theme for the Year 0-2 students was Mother Earth.
“Learners have worked either in small groups or individually to create their wearable arts costume or accessory. Learners brainstormed ideas initially then narrowed them down to create a final plan,” she says.
“They then had to use their plan to make their creation using a rack of ‘junk’ from their school and home environments.
“The students went through the technological process of creating, evaluating and making changes to their initial design and then implemented these ideas to create their final wearable arts product.
“These students certainly grasped the concept of our focus on combining the importance of environmental awareness and sustainability and focused this in some practical design elements to produce some outstanding creations.”
The well-attended event involved more than 326 students and 20 staff from 17 classes in Owairoa’s Junior School, taking the opportunity to share their artistic creations with an equally enthralled group of parents.
