End Of Year Reflection
This year in reading I have learned how to make sure I have read the instructions or questions properly. I would still like to learn how to skim and scam to only get important information when I am researching. I think that when we teacher read I have learned to understand meanings of words, my favourite book that we have read is Wonder, I like this book because it hooks the reader.
This year in maths I have learned that in algebra I do quite well when I don’t know I’m doing it. The thing I want to learn how to do is number strategies and geometry. Next year I hope to complete what I want to learn. Also I think I need to practice reading the question correctly so I don’t understand the question wrong for tests. I have enjoyed working together to solve problems, also helping each other on what they’re stuck on.
This year in writing want to learn how to come up with ideas especially when we are doing descriptive writing, I have learned how to use various types of punctuation and how to do a persuasive piece of writing. The thing I enjoy about writing is Pobble, it is where there is a calendar and you pick a date and it will come up with a story starter and a picture. My favourite genre of writing is fantasy.
My highlight of 2017 was tech. I learned how to work together nicely, how to work with people I don’t usually work with and enjoy learning new things. The things that I enjoyed about tech are making really cool stuff. This term I am doing movie making with Mrs Hancock. In movie making we will be making a movie about our school. My favourite thing for tech was wearable arts term three.
In Enviro I have learned to work with some people I don’t usually work with, also to discuss ideas to plan for enviro. In our class Mrs Hancock split us into small groups, I was with Aylah, Arlo and Leith. Our group decided that we should build birdhouses and feeders. I enjoyed working as a team and coming up with ideas.
My goals in class are to learn to make use of previous knowledge, how to come up with ideas for descriptive writing. I want to learn how to get good ideas because when I do writing tests I feel under pressure and can’t come up with good ideas. In maths next year I will try to make use of previous knowledge.
This year I have achieved most of my goals I set at the start of this year like I have learned how to do algebra and difficult division and times tables. I have also achieved to be a helpful techie person. Also I participated in the Science Fair for the first time, and I am building up my perseverance. At calf and lamb day I achieved a few ribbons with my calf. Hopefully next year I will complete most of my goals too.
Being a learning means to take roles and to seek responsibility. I do that by helping the teachers and others, and making sure that I do the P.E shed on the right days, etc. Participating and contributing, to be able to do that you have to contribute with everything around you. I have awareness of how words and actions affect others.
Monday 20 November 2017
Wednesday 25 October 2017
String Art
Goal: explain about string art and reflect critically on my own work
String Art
For calf and lamb day the teachers decided we needed a change. So this year the Year 7 & 8’s did string art, the Year 5 & 6’s did salt dough creations, the Year 3 & 4’s did rock painting and the Year 1 & 2’s did tin can creations.
If you are wondering what string art is, it’s when you nail around the edges of your picture and then you tie the end of the string to a nail and wind it around the nails.
A few weeks before we had to know what picture we were doing so Mrs Hancock and Miss Jury could get the string in the colours we need. When the wood came we had to paint it, I painted mine white. When we decided our picture we printed it off and cut it out so we can trace around the picture.
The day before calf and lamb day we nailed in all the nails and wound the string around the nails in the morning, I chose black and bright blue string. In the afternoon the judges judged them.
For my art I did two birds on a branch, maybe if we do it next year I think I might try a simpler picture. If I could change one thing about my art is to make my nails straight because on my art the nails were quite crooked and it didn’t look the way I wanted it to be.
When I walked into Room 6 (where everyone’s art was displayed) I went straight to my string art, there was a blue tag stuck beside my art. I had come second! I said congratulations to the other people who got other places.
String Art
For calf and lamb day the teachers decided we needed a change. So this year the Year 7 & 8’s did string art, the Year 5 & 6’s did salt dough creations, the Year 3 & 4’s did rock painting and the Year 1 & 2’s did tin can creations.
If you are wondering what string art is, it’s when you nail around the edges of your picture and then you tie the end of the string to a nail and wind it around the nails.
A few weeks before we had to know what picture we were doing so Mrs Hancock and Miss Jury could get the string in the colours we need. When the wood came we had to paint it, I painted mine white. When we decided our picture we printed it off and cut it out so we can trace around the picture.
The day before calf and lamb day we nailed in all the nails and wound the string around the nails in the morning, I chose black and bright blue string. In the afternoon the judges judged them.
For my art I did two birds on a branch, maybe if we do it next year I think I might try a simpler picture. If I could change one thing about my art is to make my nails straight because on my art the nails were quite crooked and it didn’t look the way I wanted it to be.
When I walked into Room 6 (where everyone’s art was displayed) I went straight to my string art, there was a blue tag stuck beside my art. I had come second! I said congratulations to the other people who got other places.
Monday 25 September 2017
Speech Board
Something that I enjoyed about speech board this year was the drama and the telephone call. For the past years I have been doing poems for speech board but the Year 7 and 8’s do dramas. The drama could be a fairy tale with twist, a myth or legend. My group (Aylah, Arnika and I) did a fairy tale with a twist (Jack and the Beanstalk.) The telephone call was quite cool because you are asked to leave a message or call someone. In this telephone call you had to use courtesy, we had to introduce ourselves appropriately and explain why you are calling. Our phone call was related to our informal speech.
Something I disliked about speech board this year was that we had to do four different things for speech board. We had to do an informal speech, a telephone call, a drama and also we had to read a passage (one hundred and fifty words) from a book. Also I disliked my speech because I kept forgetting things I was supposed to say. My speech was quite hard because ömine was about making lip balm. Something I would do differently is to include more research.
Something that I found interesting about my speech board was that the Year 7 and 8’s had to include research, for my speech it was hard to get anything interesting but I got who made the first lip balm, etc. The first lip balm was a wickless candle wrapped in tinfoil, and that the inventor of lip balm is Dr. Charles Browne Fleet. Frank Wright Jr was a commercial artist,l he drew the CHET chapstick logo that is still in use today.
Next year I hope to do better than this year, also try and get distinction since next year is my last year of speech board.
Thursday 21 September 2017
Persuasive Writing
Persuasive Writing
Yesterday Room 3 and 4 did some persuasive writing to explain why our group deserved a box of Favourites. The first thing we did was got into groups of four and we got 20 minutes to write a persuasive piece of writing about why we should win a box of Favourites. After the 20 minutes was up a group went up one at a time to share what they had written, my group (Libby, Troy, Leah and I) went second. Miss Jury recorded our speech.
Once everyone had shared we got sent outside for a run while Mrs Hancock and Miss Jury discussed who deserved a box of Favourites, (there were two boxes of Favourites so two teams could win.) I don’t mean to sound competitive but I really wanted to win, but Aylah’s group (Sam, Kaleb, Hollie and Aylah) won one box and the other box got shared with the rest of the class.
When they introduced persuasive writing to us, Mrs Hancock and Miss Jury held up two boxes of Favourites and if we wanted it we had to write a very good piece of persuasive writing to win the boxes of chocolates. They said that the group with the best persuasive writing will win the box of chocolates. We had to do the persuasive writing because Room 3 and 4 have to write proposals to the board for enviro, room 4 are asking for bees and my class are asking for lots of things.
After we had finished we opened a google doc and put all the things that we learned about persuasive writing. We learned that in the introduction you need to put who, what, where, how and why. Also that the first paragraph has the strongest idea, each piece of persuasive writing needs about 3 or 4 main ideas. A piece of persuasive writing needs language features like strong and powerful adjectives, emotive words, rhetorical questions, present tense, facts and statistics, etc.
Writing persuasive speeches is very interesting and fun, I think that doing some more persuasive writing for different things will help me learn a lot quicker.
Once everyone had shared we got sent outside for a run while Mrs Hancock and Miss Jury discussed who deserved a box of Favourites, (there were two boxes of Favourites so two teams could win.) I don’t mean to sound competitive but I really wanted to win, but Aylah’s group (Sam, Kaleb, Hollie and Aylah) won one box and the other box got shared with the rest of the class.
When they introduced persuasive writing to us, Mrs Hancock and Miss Jury held up two boxes of Favourites and if we wanted it we had to write a very good piece of persuasive writing to win the boxes of chocolates. They said that the group with the best persuasive writing will win the box of chocolates. We had to do the persuasive writing because Room 3 and 4 have to write proposals to the board for enviro, room 4 are asking for bees and my class are asking for lots of things.
After we had finished we opened a google doc and put all the things that we learned about persuasive writing. We learned that in the introduction you need to put who, what, where, how and why. Also that the first paragraph has the strongest idea, each piece of persuasive writing needs about 3 or 4 main ideas. A piece of persuasive writing needs language features like strong and powerful adjectives, emotive words, rhetorical questions, present tense, facts and statistics, etc.
Writing persuasive speeches is very interesting and fun, I think that doing some more persuasive writing for different things will help me learn a lot quicker.
Tuesday 19 September 2017
Monday 18 September 2017
Calendar Art
Calendar Art
Here is my calendar art, the art is based on Warren Pohatu's patterned art. Please get some of my art!
Here is the prices of the art.Tuesday 5 September 2017
Hanami Project
For the last few terms we have been having Japanese lesssons. This is a project that Heidi, Aylah and I made, it is about the traditional cherry blossom festival (Hanami) Last Friday we had a Japanese day, we did origami, how to write your name in Japanese, art and cooking.
Friday 25 August 2017
Friday 11 August 2017
Science Fair
Science Fair
Why I picked this topic
We picked this topic for science fair because one of the hardest stains to get out is the tomato sauce stain. Also mothers have a very hard time getting these horrible tomato sauce stains out so we compared products from Vanish to Sprite and picked the best one.
What was the most interesting part of this project - why
The most interesting part of this topic was because Vanish did not work as well we thought it would, in fact it was the worst product we used. Also we was not surprised that bleach worked the best, but we learned that bleach also as well as cleaning but also wrecks the cloth.
What was the hardest thing about the investigation - why
The hardest thing was figuring out what to use instead of a washing machine because if we used a washing machine the products would have mixed, so we ended up using a scrubbing brush. Next time we think we should use something else instead of a washing machine and a scrubbing brush.
What would you do differently next time - why
We think next time we should find a better solution of cleaning the stains instead of a washing machine and a scrubbing brush. Also we think that instead of using cloth for the tests we should use actual white clothing.
We went to the science fair on the 9th August with my class and Room 4 to look if we got anything. Unfortunately we got nothing but it was fun making it.
Friday 4 August 2017
Scientific Writing
This week we have been creating our science investigation, but we did not know the parts of a science investigation and how to write it up. So Mrs Hancock taught us the proper way of writing up our science investigation, we did an egg experiment to learn how to write it up.
Egg Experiment
Aim: My aim is to find out what happens to an egg submerged in vinegar.
Hypothesis: I believe that the egg will bounce and the shell will dissolve, based on this information the acetic acid in the vinegar will dissolve the eggshell made of calcium carbonate. And it makes a chemical reaction.
Equipment:
Plastic cup x1
White Vinegar
An Size 6 Egg
Method:
- Put the plastic cup on a flat surface.
- Place an egg in the cup.
- Pour the white vinegar in the cup until the egg is submerged in vinegar.
- Wait for four days.
- After the four days see what has happened.
Results: I took the egg onto the grass to test what the vinegar had done to the egg. I held the egg about 15 centimeters off the ground and let it fall, it bounced a few times then stopped, but when I dropped it about 1 meter off the ground and it cracked.
Conclusion: Overall my hypothesis was correct because I thought that the eggshell will dissolve and it would bounce. It was cool seeing the shell disappear. My main finding was the chemical reaction, when the acetic acid (in the vinegar) and the calcium carbonate (the eggshell) combined it creates a chemical reaction and causes the shell to come off.
Monday 19 June 2017
Solitary Existence
Solitary Existence - Pobble
March - 10th
Six months earlier, Ben had lived in the city. Life had been busy; a constant buzz of people and traffic. In some ways, living in the city had been comforting, as if he was part of an urban family, a melting pot of people of all ages and all walks of life. However, Ben had tired that life; it was now time for a change of direction. Standing on his porch, Ben drew breath. As the clean, cool air filled his lungs, a smile spread across his face as he looked around him, he was surrounded by a lake. In the distance he could see the sun rise with its warm glow, Ben yawned “well, I’m up” he said to himself as he shuffled inside. His house was wood planks, furnished with a small kitchen and a bed, and a chest of draws. Not much but it will work if you’re living the middle of nowhere.
Ben settled himself on the bed looking at an old map he was given when he moved out of the city. Ben sighed still staring at the map nothing interesting here what shall I do now he thought. Grumbling he sat up and made a beeline for the door. Floor boards creaked as he moved. Outside the sun was high and the birds were awake singing their songs, “that's cold” he said feeling the water with his hand, “still I’m still going to kayak.”
Splash, Splash, Splash…. Went the paddles as Ben went to the middle of the lake to go fishing. Now don’t ask me why he goes fishing on a kayak but that's how he survives, because there are no super markets around his area “Ohh, there's a live fish on my line!” He shouted reeling it in, it was huge, that's lunch Ben thought paddling back home.
Back at home the smell of cooked fish filled the air, as Ben cooked the fish he looked around a saw something out of place in the wall. One of the planks corners was pushed forward further into the wall. That was strange, very strange. Ben walked over to the wall and pushed the corner, the plank fell down into the, passage? Or was it just an opening in the wall.
Ben carefully placed the plank back and looked back at the pan it was filled with smoke, Uh Oh!!! Fire!!
For the next half an hour Ben was using the fire extinguisher to stop the fire. Oops that's lunch gone, back to the passage he placed his index finger and it fell away instantly, Ben rummaged through the dusty draws trying to find his flashlight.
Finally after finding his flashlight in the kitchen draw he squeezed through the passage (or hole in the wall) and shone his torch down. Sure enough there was a deep dark (pitch black) hole, but there was something else other than the hole, there was also an old wooden ladder leading down, down and down.
Ben cautiously climbed down not knowing when it will end. Maybe it will ending the middle of the earth……. He thought about going to the middle of the earth with steaming lava and the heat (man that would be hot!), nah silly idea. Finally the hole ended, he looked up and the top of the hole was a little dot (like one point perspective) “oh well” he said walking through the lit passage, noticed I said lit, well there were torches that were still going well some of them.
Cautiously Ben walked down the passage full of curiosity, down a winding path he went stopping every now and then to catch his breath. It seemed like the passage would never end, but it did in a clearing in the forest. Ben took a deep breath of fresh air. He could hear birds chirping as the golden sun sunk deeped, “oh great the sun is going down” he said starting to run back down the passage and stumbling up the ladder, clumsily fell out of the hole in the wall.
Ben cooked up a stew and ate it up. Ben looked out the window, rain drops were shooting out of the sky like bullets, lightning flashed in the distance, thunder rumbled loudly overhead. Ben flopped on his bed and fell asleep.
At first light Ben was awake and the smell of bacon, eggs and mushrooms was filling the room. As soon as he had gobbled up his breakfast he was on his way down the passage to the clearing he found yesterday, before long he could see light at the end of the tunnel. He stepped into the clearing and took a breath of fresh air. It was getting pretty dark, the day had gone so quickly because the passage was long. Ben decided he’ll come back tomorrow.
The next day was raining unfortunately so he ended up staying inside for the day. All he did was clean the house and sleep. After lunch he was quite bored of cleaning and sleeping so he went to the passage to see if there was anything he has missed. Slowly Ben walked down the passage looking on both sides of, about half way he stopped to see and old iron door that was covered in moss so it couldn’t be seen unless you are looking for it. Ben gave the door a sharp nudge and the door flew open revealing a pitch black room. Ben feeling way more excited as he was before ran back to his house to grab a flashlight then ran back to the iron door.
The flashlight made a big difference, a fountain glowed as the light bounced off it also there were stone statues along one side of the room and big chests along the other, Ben walked over to the chests and stroked it gently but as he did it the chest crumbled and a waterfall of gold coins and jewels spilled out. Ben thinking how rich he would be (old money is worth a lot more now) ran up the passage and clumsily climbed the old ladder. Ben phoned the police to come now, while he was waiting he cooked a lunch for him and the police it was buns; jam; butter; coffee and biscuits. The police came right on time, “Hi my name is Sergeant Jonathan and this is James” he pointed at James and shook hands.
“Welcome” he said and paused “why don’t we have lunch then we could explore” The sound of laughter filled the room as they joked, “tell us about how you found the passage and how you discovered the door” James said in the middle of laughing. Ben managed to tell his story in between laughter.
Soon they were down in the passage (Ben stifled a giggle because the Sergeant Jonathan and James struggles down the ladder) and examining the room. Sergeant Jonathan and James whispered to each other Ben only caught snippets of words like ‘million dollars,’ ‘rich’ and quite a bit more. The police turned around and stared at Ben “do you realized how rich you will be if you gave us the gold” James said quite amazed about all the gold “yes I have realized” Ben answered.
“Will you hand the gold over? You can keep the jewels though” Sergeant Jonathan said “yes I will hand the gold over, but tell me how rich I will be”
“With five chests of gold and jewels you will have three million dollars” James replied
“WOW” breathed Ben. After a long talk the police left Ben was alone, he went back to his house a cooked dinner and went to bed.
The next morning the money had arrived, Ben thought about what he could do with all that money, he thought of building his house in the clearing and use the one in the lake for an office or something. He could store all his valuables in the room in the passage. Don't tell anyone. A lot of planning was to do because he was going to do all the things he thought of building new house, etc. He decided that the house was sort of like a cottage but bigger. He was building it himself.
A year later Ben had settled in his new home, stored his valuables and made his office. Now Ben was known as the millionaire who lives in the middle of nowhere.
March - 10th
Six months earlier, Ben had lived in the city. Life had been busy; a constant buzz of people and traffic. In some ways, living in the city had been comforting, as if he was part of an urban family, a melting pot of people of all ages and all walks of life. However, Ben had tired that life; it was now time for a change of direction. Standing on his porch, Ben drew breath. As the clean, cool air filled his lungs, a smile spread across his face as he looked around him, he was surrounded by a lake. In the distance he could see the sun rise with its warm glow, Ben yawned “well, I’m up” he said to himself as he shuffled inside. His house was wood planks, furnished with a small kitchen and a bed, and a chest of draws. Not much but it will work if you’re living the middle of nowhere.
Ben settled himself on the bed looking at an old map he was given when he moved out of the city. Ben sighed still staring at the map nothing interesting here what shall I do now he thought. Grumbling he sat up and made a beeline for the door. Floor boards creaked as he moved. Outside the sun was high and the birds were awake singing their songs, “that's cold” he said feeling the water with his hand, “still I’m still going to kayak.”
Splash, Splash, Splash…. Went the paddles as Ben went to the middle of the lake to go fishing. Now don’t ask me why he goes fishing on a kayak but that's how he survives, because there are no super markets around his area “Ohh, there's a live fish on my line!” He shouted reeling it in, it was huge, that's lunch Ben thought paddling back home.
Back at home the smell of cooked fish filled the air, as Ben cooked the fish he looked around a saw something out of place in the wall. One of the planks corners was pushed forward further into the wall. That was strange, very strange. Ben walked over to the wall and pushed the corner, the plank fell down into the, passage? Or was it just an opening in the wall.
Ben carefully placed the plank back and looked back at the pan it was filled with smoke, Uh Oh!!! Fire!!
For the next half an hour Ben was using the fire extinguisher to stop the fire. Oops that's lunch gone, back to the passage he placed his index finger and it fell away instantly, Ben rummaged through the dusty draws trying to find his flashlight.
Finally after finding his flashlight in the kitchen draw he squeezed through the passage (or hole in the wall) and shone his torch down. Sure enough there was a deep dark (pitch black) hole, but there was something else other than the hole, there was also an old wooden ladder leading down, down and down.
Ben cautiously climbed down not knowing when it will end. Maybe it will ending the middle of the earth……. He thought about going to the middle of the earth with steaming lava and the heat (man that would be hot!), nah silly idea. Finally the hole ended, he looked up and the top of the hole was a little dot (like one point perspective) “oh well” he said walking through the lit passage, noticed I said lit, well there were torches that were still going well some of them.
Cautiously Ben walked down the passage full of curiosity, down a winding path he went stopping every now and then to catch his breath. It seemed like the passage would never end, but it did in a clearing in the forest. Ben took a deep breath of fresh air. He could hear birds chirping as the golden sun sunk deeped, “oh great the sun is going down” he said starting to run back down the passage and stumbling up the ladder, clumsily fell out of the hole in the wall.
Ben cooked up a stew and ate it up. Ben looked out the window, rain drops were shooting out of the sky like bullets, lightning flashed in the distance, thunder rumbled loudly overhead. Ben flopped on his bed and fell asleep.
At first light Ben was awake and the smell of bacon, eggs and mushrooms was filling the room. As soon as he had gobbled up his breakfast he was on his way down the passage to the clearing he found yesterday, before long he could see light at the end of the tunnel. He stepped into the clearing and took a breath of fresh air. It was getting pretty dark, the day had gone so quickly because the passage was long. Ben decided he’ll come back tomorrow.
The next day was raining unfortunately so he ended up staying inside for the day. All he did was clean the house and sleep. After lunch he was quite bored of cleaning and sleeping so he went to the passage to see if there was anything he has missed. Slowly Ben walked down the passage looking on both sides of, about half way he stopped to see and old iron door that was covered in moss so it couldn’t be seen unless you are looking for it. Ben gave the door a sharp nudge and the door flew open revealing a pitch black room. Ben feeling way more excited as he was before ran back to his house to grab a flashlight then ran back to the iron door.
The flashlight made a big difference, a fountain glowed as the light bounced off it also there were stone statues along one side of the room and big chests along the other, Ben walked over to the chests and stroked it gently but as he did it the chest crumbled and a waterfall of gold coins and jewels spilled out. Ben thinking how rich he would be (old money is worth a lot more now) ran up the passage and clumsily climbed the old ladder. Ben phoned the police to come now, while he was waiting he cooked a lunch for him and the police it was buns; jam; butter; coffee and biscuits. The police came right on time, “Hi my name is Sergeant Jonathan and this is James” he pointed at James and shook hands.
“Welcome” he said and paused “why don’t we have lunch then we could explore” The sound of laughter filled the room as they joked, “tell us about how you found the passage and how you discovered the door” James said in the middle of laughing. Ben managed to tell his story in between laughter.
Soon they were down in the passage (Ben stifled a giggle because the Sergeant Jonathan and James struggles down the ladder) and examining the room. Sergeant Jonathan and James whispered to each other Ben only caught snippets of words like ‘million dollars,’ ‘rich’ and quite a bit more. The police turned around and stared at Ben “do you realized how rich you will be if you gave us the gold” James said quite amazed about all the gold “yes I have realized” Ben answered.
“Will you hand the gold over? You can keep the jewels though” Sergeant Jonathan said “yes I will hand the gold over, but tell me how rich I will be”
“With five chests of gold and jewels you will have three million dollars” James replied
“WOW” breathed Ben. After a long talk the police left Ben was alone, he went back to his house a cooked dinner and went to bed.
The next morning the money had arrived, Ben thought about what he could do with all that money, he thought of building his house in the clearing and use the one in the lake for an office or something. He could store all his valuables in the room in the passage. Don't tell anyone. A lot of planning was to do because he was going to do all the things he thought of building new house, etc. He decided that the house was sort of like a cottage but bigger. He was building it himself.
A year later Ben had settled in his new home, stored his valuables and made his office. Now Ben was known as the millionaire who lives in the middle of nowhere.
Friday 9 June 2017
Term 1 and 2 Reflection
Term 1 & 2 Reflection
So far this year we have discovered lots of new things and have enjoyed most of them.
In math we have done quite a few different things like decimals , tiny house…… For decimals I have struggled quite a bit but I am getting better at it. I have learned to add and subtract decimals. The thing about decimals that I hate is when I get it wrong then I feel ready to give up.For tiny house we had to find the perimeter and area of the furniture and try and fit everything required in the tiny house.
Outside the classroom has been fun too because of the awesome activities, here are a few of the activities; Survival Swimming, Write around NZ and Tech……
Tech was my favourite subject out of class because I was with my friends in Wearable Arts. The most fun thing about Wearable Arts was creating a costume for October for the competition, our costume is a peacock and Pascoe is the model. The annoying part was when there was nothing to do because I wanted to help so bad! And survival swimming was fun and quite boring. Now that I’ve learnt about surviving in the water I am scared of it!
Inside the class has been interesting and fun at the same time.
For Write Around NZ we had to finish a poster and send it to a intermediate school in Rotorua. We also did an ANZAC project that involved math, reading, writing and creativity, in my group was Aylah and Libby. We had about a week to finish the project, the first part we had to do was find out about life in the 1900’s, then we had to choose a solider that was related to one of us. Unfortunately we had quite a few soldiers to choose from but in the end we chose one and found a lot about James Roland Russell. Also we had to find war in numbers and a few other stuff, at the end of the week we had to make a care package for the soldiers.
STEM: The most fun thing about STEM is working together and building or creating what we have planned, also enjoying the results in this I have learned to work together and create a structure and to include everyone’s ideas. The most annoying part was when something went wrong or when it didn’t turn as well as we thought.
Two weeks after school started we started Toko TV, we had a lot to learn and a lot to get right. Now we have had quite a bit of experience and we are doing it quite well now. I am ALWAYS backstage because I do not like being in front of the camera. Japanese was another thing we learned over the 2nd term, we know how to introduce people, say the greetings and introduce ourselves.
I don’t have a leadership role but I want one next year. Next year I want to be a House Leader, house leaders help with the wicked wheel (it is an activity we do at the end of each term). There are house leaders for four different color house. Kahikitia (green), Totora (blue), Rimu (red) and Kauri (yellow). The leadership role I do not want is an Enviro Leader because they have to go to lots of stuff and speak to lots of people.
By the end of next year I want to be able to do decimals (,-,x, and division are the ones I can’t do well). I am looking forward to more tech and camp. Near the end of the year we are going to Rotorua for camp! And for tech I want to do cooking.
Thursday 1 June 2017
Wearable Arts Tech
Wearable Arts
Two weeks before Tech Week we had to fill out a sheet that had four options for tech, wearable arts, go Karts, 3D printing and cooking. We had to pick our favourite choice and hand it in. A week later we found out what group we were in. I was in wearable arts with: Aylah, Jess, Charna, Hollie, Libby, Pascoe, Arnika, Xanthe and Miss Jury. A few minutes afterwards we headed off with our groups and planned what we were going to do this week. Our group designed our costume for wearable arts. Some one also lent us a UV light.
Monday
Monday we had finished our design, the costume is a glow in the dark peacock. The first step of our costume was to cut the milk bottles (for the tail feathers) into rectangles and wash them because they smelt bad. Once we had dried the rectangles we cut slits in them. Later, after we had finished cutting the rectangles we painted them white. Also the glow in the dark paint arrived in the mail. I couldn’t wait for tomorrow.
Tuesday
Tuesday was the most exciting day of the week because we got to go shopping for materials and more paints. The first shop was Mitre 10 to get some dowels for the tail feathers. Next was Spotlight. We thought that there would be quite a lot of glow in the dark material but there wasn’t. We found a few the glowed, also we found some glow in the dark paint. The last shop was the 2$shop and bought a neon green flower necklace. Then we stopped for lunch then went back to school. Back at school we drew a name out of the hat instead of fighting over who’s our model, it ended up being Pascoe. We also had to cut the dowels in half and painted the white.
Wednesday
Today Kerry, Miss Jury's’ cousin came to help us sew the top and start the skirt. The skirt had the glow in the dark material we bought from Spotlight. We cut the material into leaf shapes, big and small. We also started the hat which has a beak. The hat was made out of paper maché, firstly we had to glad wrap the top of Pascoe’s head so the paper maché didn’t stick to her hair and so it fitted her comfortably. While a few people were paper machéing Pascoe's head and few of us painted the dowels and the tail feathers green.
Thursday
Thursday was a day about sewing and putting stuff together. We sewed the leaf shaped material onto the skirt, Kerry came in again and continued helping us. Today we started the top. The top was sleeveless, it was made of white material painted blue. We continued to paper maché Pascoe’s hat. Also we had to cut more milk bottles because there wasn’t enough, we hot glued the dowels onto and semicircle with heaps of glue. Another thing was that we started to paint the eyes for the tail feathers. We had to paint the flowers blue, the flowers were from the neon green necklace we got on Tuesday.
Friday
Friday was unfortunately the last day for Tech (Friday had come so quickly!) but it was the most busiest. The first thing we did was glue the feathers and the eyes onto the dowels. We used the neon green flower necklace for the tail. Also we glued the eyes on the tail feathers, the mask was the one that still needed a lot of work because we had to paint it blue and hot glue the head feathers on. To test the costume in the dark using the UV light. It looked amazing!! By the end of the day we had nearly finished the whole costume, the thing that was not finished was the hat. I didn't’ want this week to end.
I can’t wait until October for the Taranaki Wearable Arts competition and next term for another week of tech!!!
The Plan
Thursday 18 May 2017
Catch-A-Lot
Catch-A-Lot
Goal: to use speech marks properly.
On a misty morning Tim and son were out on a boat, looking for some fish to take home. After a few hours a big burst of water rose in the air!
Tim grabbed his spear and tossed one to his son (Tom). Tom sighed, Tim sized his shoulders "Aw come on, this could be a good catch, Come On!" he roared.
"But" Tim sputtered "but..."
"No buts, just get on with it!" Tim yelled madly. While they were arguing Bill (their pet seagull) had seen something behind them...
"Row the boat son!"
"Why do I have to, you're stronger?" Tom whined. Tim didn't answer he had just seen what Bill had seen.
"Don't move son, don't move"
"Why?" Tim turned and saw a giant beady eye staring evilly at him.
Goal: to use speech marks properly.
On a misty morning Tim and son were out on a boat, looking for some fish to take home. After a few hours a big burst of water rose in the air!
Tim grabbed his spear and tossed one to his son (Tom). Tom sighed, Tim sized his shoulders "Aw come on, this could be a good catch, Come On!" he roared.
"But" Tim sputtered "but..."
"No buts, just get on with it!" Tim yelled madly. While they were arguing Bill (their pet seagull) had seen something behind them...
"Row the boat son!"
"Why do I have to, you're stronger?" Tom whined. Tim didn't answer he had just seen what Bill had seen.
"Don't move son, don't move"
"Why?" Tim turned and saw a giant beady eye staring evilly at him.
Thursday 11 May 2017
STEM Challenges
STEM
Last week we had to build the tallest tower that can stand by itself. The materials we had to use were raw pasta and marshmallows. The hardest part was connecting the pasta with the marshmallow because they kept snapping. When we were judging the structures by measuring them, the top of our structure fell down.
Last week we had to build the tallest tower that can stand by itself. The materials we had to use were raw pasta and marshmallows. The hardest part was connecting the pasta with the marshmallow because they kept snapping. When we were judging the structures by measuring them, the top of our structure fell down.
Japanese
Japanese
We have been learning Japanese. Here is a video of what we have learnt. Here is Aylah and I asking each other what our names are.
Monday 8 May 2017
Found Poem
Found Poem
Last term Mrs Hancock taught us how to make a found poem. The steps of making it are quite simple.
First we had to cut out random words from a magazine or a news paper. Then we had to make a sentence, quote or a saying out of those words. To present it we had to glue it on colored card.
Here is my found poem. -------->
It says: Dream big and love the life you have.
Friday 5 May 2017
Angry Bird
Angry Bird
If looks can kill, survival would be a whole lot easier, but that brings me to today when the angry look failed. I strutted through the forest (it was the kind of forest that gives you the shivers, the sun shines through the leaves and the fog glows in the dawn.) I could feel the forest floor soften under foot as something rustled in the nearby bush, I pecked around at the forest floor and stopped suddenly hearing the noise again.
Looking around I couldn't see anything because the fog was too thick to see a few feet ahead of be. Unable to move I could feel something breathing down my feathery neck, I turned around to see something I wish I didn’t see: it was a green, scaley snake looking me evilly in the eye.
I made a decision in the blink of an eye: stare at him. After what seemed like hours, the snake looked at me strangely a slipped off. I followed the snake full of curiosity. Flying through the old misty forest, the trees clawing me as I flew past. The snake suddenly stopped and stared like some had put him on freeze. Without realising I was still flying I ran into something old, something rickety, rickety as in it’s going to fall apart any second now.
Crash!Bang! The snake and I winced as the building broke. I thought that was it but it wasn’t it, a wolfhound bounded out an howled, “ what is it boy?” asked one of the men that just came back from hunting. I used my angry face power for a few minutes. Come on….. Come on….. The wolf and the snake were having the fight of their life, while I was staring and staring and staring.
The snake lost and and slipped off, now it was up to me. It was now or never… SKWORK!!!! The angry look failed, the vicious wolf had bitten me. That was the end of the angry look. Frighted after the bite a stubbled back into the forest wishing I would never see that wolfhound again.
Thursday 30 March 2017
One Point Perspective Art
One Point Perspective
Goal: to use precise vocabulary related to the topic.
One point perspective where everything going to one point in the drawing, picture, etc. Here is an example:-->
When you draw it everything points to the vanishing point, it creates an illusion, making it look like the road*, railway*, bridge* is going into the horizon.
The first step we took to draw an one point perspective picture is to draw a X to fill he page then draw the buildings in one of the sides of the X and trees on the other. After we had finished those two steps, the next thing we did was draw the details of the buildings and sky.
Then color with water colored pencils, then we painted water over the pencil to mix the colors.
I ended up with a picture that I'm proud of:
Now we are doing one more piece of one point perspective but it is buildings looking into the one point in the sky.
*all those things have to be long and straight otherwise it doesn't work.
Goal: to use precise vocabulary related to the topic.
One point perspective where everything going to one point in the drawing, picture, etc. Here is an example:-->When you draw it everything points to the vanishing point, it creates an illusion, making it look like the road*, railway*, bridge* is going into the horizon.
The first step we took to draw an one point perspective picture is to draw a X to fill he page then draw the buildings in one of the sides of the X and trees on the other. After we had finished those two steps, the next thing we did was draw the details of the buildings and sky.
Then color with water colored pencils, then we painted water over the pencil to mix the colors.
I ended up with a picture that I'm proud of:
Now we are doing one more piece of one point perspective but it is buildings looking into the one point in the sky.
*all those things have to be long and straight otherwise it doesn't work.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Isabel H
Goal - Write a metaphorical poem describing myself.
Isabel H is a loud rushing ambulance always trying to help someone.
Isabel H is a warm colorful sweater not drawing much attention.
Isabel H is a loud rushing ambulance always trying to help someone.
Isabel H is a bright mansion full of surprises and mysteries, surrounded by a colorful garden always on the bloom.
Isabel H is a local library full of knowledge and feelings, always leaving the door open.
Isabel H is an ice cream full of different colorful flavors of personality.
Thursday 2 March 2017
Tiny House Project
Goal : explain clearly what a tiny house is and use effective video skills that engage the audience
Friday 24 February 2017
Survival Swimming
Survival Swimming
On Wednesday Room 3 & 4 (Year 7 & 8 classes) went to the Stratford pools to do survival skills. There, Emma (lifeguard) and Ashley (swimming teacher) taught us how to stay safe in the water. Ashley taught us how to throw a rope to someone in the water, and Emma taught us the survival position, how to take clothes (and life jackets) off and back on, in the water, and how to swim in a group.
When I was with Ashley, we paired up. I jumped in the while my partner (Aylah) held the rope. The first instruction was to act like you’re drowning, then she told the others how to hold the rope and throw it. When our partner threw the rope I had to grab hold of the rope and let our partner pull us in.
When we were with Emma we got into two groups, girls and boys. The first thing we did was put some life jackets on and jumped into the water, the safe way: feet first. Then Emma told us to form a circle and put our legs in the middle, in the circle (to hold onto each other for the circle and the line, you had to hold the person under the armpits) we had to make our way from one side of the pool to another. Still in our groups we formed a line and made our way across the pool. Next we had to try not touch the bottom of the pool while we taking our life jackets off, and the same with clothes.
I have learnt how to pull each other out with the rope, also how to do the survival position. After the survival lessons I felt a bit scared of the water.
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