Yesterday we presented our speeches to the class. I think mine went well but I still think I could work on some things. Today we were tasked to do a self-reflection on our speech and then write something other people did well. I wrote my speech on Crazy Olympics and why they should be back in the Olympics. I think I did well by engaging with the audience. I also spoke loudly. I think I could have done better by speaking clearer or trying not to look nervous. I think Ella presented her speech well because she spoke clearly and knew most of it.
Last term and some of this term we have been working on wearable arts. Wearable arts is a thing where you collect a lot of rubbish and turn it into a costume. Our design was a fisherman called Martin. Martin ran a tuck and bait shop but when big fish companies came and caught all the fish he had nothing to catch besides plastic and he ended up going out of buisness. It was really fun to make and I had so much fun doing. Have you ever made a costume out of rubbish?
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This week we have been learning about idioms. Idioms are sayings e.g This was a piece of cake. We were tasked to make a story and make an animation about that story. Me and two of my friends decided to make a sad story about Shrek. It was really fun to make and I enjoyed looking at the final product. Do you know any idioms?
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For the last 13 weeks, some students have been doing production. The production was Aladdin. I tried out and I got put as the Sultan in group rua. For the first 3 weeks, everyone was tasked to remember all their lines which was very hard. After those first 3 weeks, we started learning dances. The dances were very easy to learn and fun to do. Once we had finished doing most of the dances we started the acting which was my favourite part. Then after 13 weeks, it was finally time to go up on stage. It was really cool to see it all come together and awesome to watch. Have you ever done production?
Happy Matariki everyone!
On the 2 July, we celebrated the Māori New Year, a time to consider the year ahead. The days are starting to lengthen and spring will soon be here, we just need to get through this cold winter first!
Matariki and the Pleiades star cluster, have got many stories attached to them. We looked at two; one about how Ranginui and Papatuanuku were separated by Tāne Mahuta, and how Tāwhirimatea was so angry he ripped out his eyes and threw thunderbolts to the sky, creating the cluster, and another story about 7 sisters making kites, and them going to the sky. Ururangi’s kite was different from the rest, it was rainbow coloured. We have mixed these two stories to create the design of our kites.
My kite is a red and black Taniwha with a red and black background.
What stories have you heard about Matariki?
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For the past few weeks, our hub has been doing an art project on Matariki. We started off by learning where the stars were positioned and drew them down on a piece of paper. We then had to draw the stars down as spirals on our piece of paper the annoying thing was we had to draw them backwards. Once we had done that we had to draw mountains down underneath the stars. When we had finished it off we had it checked by a teacher. After that, we copied our sketch onto a piece of polystyrene. Then once we had done that we got to dye our polystyrene with the colours of our choice. When we had finished that we had to lay the die on a piece of paper and after about twenty seconds of the dye being on the paper we were done. It was really hard to make but in the end, it turned out looking really good.
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Today we did a test with an egg. We had to create a protection for the egg for when it dropped so it would not crack. We first designed the protection and showed the teacher. We then started making it. It took about twenty minutes to make. We each shared some ideas we had and made it better every single time. But then it came to the drop. The drop was about 3.5 meters high. The teacher dropped it. It was looking good at the start but when she opened it there was yolk all over it. So we failed our design but at least we had a lot of fun making it.
Today for inquiry I made a Voki. Voki is an app with characters who say what you write down. Our Voki had to be about the point of view of the British or Maori when they were signing the treaty. I chose to do the British. It was fun to make and see the different costumes and voices people could have. Have you ever made a Voki?
Link: https://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=17644005&chsm=cdf3ec10a9c5e586e9fdfbfd8ea204d7
At camp, we had an activity called code breaker. In the game, your group had to complete activities. Once your group had finished the activity they would answer a riddle to get on to the next activity. My favourite activity was the last one which was they safe my team was the first team to get there so we had a few attempts before the next team came luckily they got the code wrong. So it was our turn everyone was nervous but our team got the code and the chocolate. Where are you going to camp?
