Letter To The Minister Of Education

Alexa Birkett

52 Orchard Rd West

Ngatea, New Zealand

07 867 7305

Office@ngatea.school.nz

1st June 2018

Minister of Education

New Zealand Government

Molesworth St

Pipitea, Wellington

Dear Minister of Education,

I am writing to you, trying to persuade you not to take out art out of the school curriculum.

Why? Art should not be taken out because lots of children love doing art and it's a way to express

your creativity and everyone has their own style so most of the time nothing is the exact same.

At the end of the year, we also have to make an art piece to put in the hall so at prizegiving everyone can see it. Everyone uses different materials like:

• Pencils
• Pastels
• Colored Pen
• Paper Mache
• Paint
• Water Colors

There is still many more that I did not list

By taking art out of the school curriculum you are: taking away their way to express their selves

and be creative, the classes won't be as colorful and full of art and it's also really fun to do.

If you took art out of the school curriculum some kids might be afraid to show off their art

because they think its "bad" because they judge their selves too hard. Also if you took it out no

kids would really get better at art unless they do it at home so there would be no more Picassos

and if someone put their art out they could get ignominy because it's not that good and no one wants

that.

Those are my reasons you should not take art out of the school curriculum.

Thanks

Alexa Birkett