Classes
Helen Savage
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04-297-9277 / 022-505-4058
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Kia ora Art Lab whānau
I will be taking a break over the Christmas / January holidays as well as Term 1, next year. So I won’t be offering art classes until the autumn holidays (end of Term 1, 2024). This will enable me to do a tidy of the studio, resources and refresh the curriculum to keep me and the children inspired. I have been developing my home as an art teaching studio since returning to New Zealand 5 years ago, and I really do need to down-size all the art resources I’ve been accumulating!
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Spring - Sept Holiday 2023 ... 9am-1pm
Bookings open Sunday 10th Sept, 6pm
Week 1 – Art Lab
6 Rainbow Court
Helen draws from her 30 years of teaching children to offer…
favourite art and craft activities – from construction and painting, to science and sewing.
Week 2 – Garden Art Lab
26 Glen Road
Exciting news… We will be making art from the garden!
Three days of exploring the garden, finding out how seeds and soil make magic together, what lives in the dark under the ground, and what flourishes above. Then, creating nature arts and crafts with Helen & Amy!
Sarah’s garden has multiple areas to explore. For example, there are many types of flowers, fruits and vegetables growing, and there’s even a lizard garden and worm farm.
Sarah Hutchison also provides organic gardening workshops for adults in her wonderous spring garden and approached Helen to share her garden with the Art Lab holiday programme. There is a sheltered deck to do the artwork on. Learning support will be provided by Helen, Sarah and Amy.

Time: 9am – 1pm
Price: $68
- Limited to eight children per day
- No booking or credit card fees
- Book multiple children/tickets
- Phone Helen if you have any questions
PDF printable timetable – click to download/open
Children attend for the whole 4 hours. There are multiple activities each day. A small morning team is provided at 10am and lunch at 12pm.
All materials are included in the cost.
Everything you make you take home!
“Never before in the history of KiwiSport have I seen the kids so engaged for 3 hours in an art activity!”
– Julie Reynolds, KiwiSport Holiday Programme Supervisor, Jan 2009
Term 4, 2023
Bookings open Sunday 10th Sept, 6pm
The three genres of ‘painting & drawing‘, ‘clay & sculpture‘ and ‘fabric art‘ are part of each term of classes. As an example, the art classes may consist of 2 clay, 2 fabric art, 2 painting & drawing sessions. Each class is adjusted to meet individual student learning needs.
When
3.30 – 5pm : arrive from 3pm onwards
(For late stay pickup, talk to Helen)
Term 4 has seven sessions with a break week
Tuesday’s class – 17th Oct – 5th Dec
(no class on the 14th Nov)
Wednesday’s class – 18th Oct – 6th Dec
(no class on the 15th Nov)
Thursday’s class – 19th Oct – 7th Dec
(no class on the 16th Nov)
Price
$210 = 7 x $30 per class
- 7 children per class
- No booking or credit card fees
- Book for multiple children on one form
- Phone Helen if you have any questions
new activities each term
Each term includes…
DRAWING and PAINTING
CLAY &
SCULPTURE
Making CLAY animals, wizards, mermaids, dragons, plus+!