My Calendar Art

\WALT present a piece of artwork for our parents to buy.

Success Criteria

• Take our time, show patience (GRIT)
• Plan our piece of artwork
• Take care with the painting and dyeing
• Research for our inspiration
• Explain the steps you took to make your artwork on your blog
• How do you feel about your artwork?  
• What was  a challenge?

Since it is nearly end of the year of course that means it’s calendar art time. So Mrs Miller came up with a really cool idea for calendar art this year. It was hand print and footprint ideas, we went to uncle google to get some ideas. I chose this really cool green monster and you may notice it from Monster university.  Now I am going to tell you the steps we had to do  to make our calendar art:)

1. First step was that we had to get an A3 piece of paper and our buddy had to draw our hand print or footprint. Well to make my monster, my buddy Ella had to draw my hand except my middle finger
2. After you have done that you needed to show Mrs Miller, so if Mrs Miller thought it was good then you could get your good copy
3. Step three was you had to dye your piece of paper the color you wanted it to be. I chose a darkish blue for my background

One Week Later

After It was a week, all of room 12’s backgrounds were done, so we all just needed to get Mrs Miller to paint our hand or foot and put it on the piece of paper that we dyed. It really was ticklish for me because Mrs Miller used a really new and soft brush on my hand.  After Mrs Miller hand painted my hand green she said that it looked like I was bleeding green. It was  Monday and some people just needed to do their detail like me. I just needed to draw two trees and color them in and cut them and glue it on. But that’s not all, I needed to add an eye, mouth and two horns:) I was really proud of myself when my calendar art was finished because I put a lot of effort in it and so did Mrs Miller, so thank you Mrs Miller. One of the challenging things were to draw the trees, I found it challenging to draw the trees because I did not know if they would fit my piece of  paper and it was hard because I wanted my trees to look the same and they did.

Passion Blog - Nail Art With Steps

Do you remember when I did a passion blog and I told you that I had two passions and they were quite girly but they were hairstyles and nail art.   Mrs Miller is so kind that she gave everyone another chance to do a passion blog again, so thank you Mrs Miller.   Today I will be sharing my passion which is nail art - step by step.

1. First step is to get an aqua green and paint it on your thumb and little finger which is of course is your last finger.
2. Then for your second finger you need a nice pink, not that dark and not that light just perfect.
3. For your middle finger and 3rd finger you need to paint it white, let it dry because we are going to put on some detail.
4. For your thumb, last finger and second finger you need to get a thin nail polish brush and dip in black nail polish and put a little dot on your fingers that you are supposed to do
5. For your middle finger and and 3rd finger that you have painted white you will need to do this leopard type of design, it will be hard, so practice on a piece of paper. 
6. First on your middle finger you will need to put 5 green spots on the bottom and then kind of do brackets around them with black nail polish if you don't know what brackets are - here they are ( )
7. Now for step 7, our last lucky step, on your 3rd finger do the exactly same but you just need to put 5 pink spots on your 3rd finger and brackets just like you did for your middle finger

Thanks for reading my blog, and If you try my nail art out, please tel me or comment down below. By the way I have tried this nail art and It was awesome and I was proud of myself :)

This is the nail art  we are trying to do :)

It Makes Sense Poem

WALT entertain the audience

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for the writing task
2. I write sentences that make sense
3. I have colour, taste, smell, look, sound and feel each on a new line.
4. I use specific words in the poem.
5. I attempt to write words I don’t know by using my sound/letter knowledge or a dictionary.
6. I use commas, exclamation marks, capital letters and full stops correctly.
7. I will present my poem on an A4 paper from the tote tray.  I need to think about making sure the reader will be able read my writing.

Sadness

The colour of Sadness is sky blue

It tastes like freshly baked cake

Sadness smells like bubblegum

It looks like her tears coming down her face

Sadness sounds like quiet

Sadness feels nice and gentle

Sadness makes me Sad

My Passion Blog Term 3 Week 10

This week Mrs Miller said that we can do our own choice passion blog and I was really excited about this to share what my passion is. Well my passion actually is quite girly - I have got two passions. 
Number one is making hairstyles and number two is doing nail art. But I actually like making hairstyles more so I will give you step by steps how to do a fishtail braid, this is my favorite hairstyle to do in the summer time.

1. Number one is to put your hair into a high ponytail.
2. Then put your hair into two sections.
3. Now get the right piece and cross it over the left section.
4. Then get the left piece and and cross it over the right section.
5. Then get the right piece again and cross it over the left section. 
6. Then get the left section and cross it over the right section.
7. Keep on doing it when you want to stop and put your hair tie on.
8. Its a really easy hairstyle but it looks really difficult. 

So now your fishtail braid is done,thanks if you comment:) 

Term 3 Week 7 Art Trail

Last week, Kauri Hub, which is my hub, went to an Art Trail. Also, a fun bonus thing we got to do was that we got to go to the Art Gallery. 
In my group there was, Henrietta's mum, Henrietta, Briar and Lake. We were in Mr Kenny's group. First, we had to do the Art trail, then when we were finished we would go to the art gallery. I think it was good that we got to do the art trail first and then go to the art gallery because we would be tired walking around town, by going to the art gallery second, we could rest. 
First, our question was to  name all the birds on the wall by the court house. I can't remember all of them but I can remember the first one which was name all the birds. Then, when we finished the art trail it was time to go to the art gallery. When we were in the art gallery this lady came and told us the rules. My favorite thing in the art gallery was the hands beat, what you had to do was there was this box thing and you have to move your hands and it will make a beat. After we looked at all the things we went back to school. I had a great day.

Here is a picture of my group!!

My Biography Writing - Lorde

 WALT communicate and inform the reader effectively

Purpose: to inform

Text type: Biography

Success Criteria (based on Kidspeak progressions)

• I use a plan to organise my writing (structure)
• I use specific words about the topic (vocabulary)
• I write a variety of sentence lengths (sentence formation)
• I support the main ideas with detail (content and ideas)
• I attempt words I don’t know by using my sound/letter knowledge (spelling)
• I use capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas for lists correctly. (punctuation)

Person’s Name

• Lorde\Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor

Information about this person’s childhood:

Lorde’s real name is Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, Lorde is her stage name. Lorde was born in 1996 November the 7th. Lorde is now 18 years old!! She was born in Takapuna but was raised in Devonport, Auckland. Lorde went to Belmont Intermediate School and was also part of the Belmont Intermediate School Band. She became interested in performing as a child but she did not perform when she was little!   

Information about this person’s accomplishments:

Lorde has sang a lot of songs here are most of her songs she has sang. Royals, Everybody wants to rule,Yellow Flicker beat, Team, Tennis Court, Buzzcut Season, Glory Gore, A World alone, White teeth teen, Ribs, Bravoo, Swingin Party and last of all No better.

Why is this person important:

Lorde is a pop singer and she is a songwriter which means she also writes her own songs. Her songs also make her popular, her most popular song is Royals!!

Week 7 Term 3 Driftwood Art

Driftwood Art

This is what my word looks like

My class, Room12 did some driftwood art for the art exhibition. We were inspired by Jack Marsden Mayer. He makes animal art out of driftwood. So we made our own driftwood names. The day we were going to do it Mrs Miller said that you needed to think of a name for your driftwood art. Mine was Livy so I collected all the driftwood that I needed. So then I sat down and started to make my name. But It didn't turn out right so I thought of sky.I found this super cool S and Y already made. The S was made out of bamboo tree. The Y was just normal driftwood. For the K I just had to find 3 pieces of driftwood, one long and two short ones. Once I had made my word I showed Mrs Miller and she took a photo of it. Then it was time to glue my word together. Then a few day's later we had to tie a string onto our driftwood.


Jack Mardsen Mayer

His name is Jack Mardsen Mayer, he's from Manchester, England but he lives in New Zealand. He attended Gordonstoun International School where he studied sculpture. He has been working with driftwood since he arrived in New Zealand 2008!

My Trip To Auckland!!!

  

The Start

Yay, I yelled we are going to Auckland. Last Thursday and Friday I went to Auckland for an important thing. I was kind of sad because Room 12 had an assembly item to do and I wanted to do it to. We went to Auckland to see our guru that we believe in, he is a god to us. He has special words and he gives them to people, he gave them to my mum and dad. My mum and dad are not allowed to eat meat and they are not allowed to swear. They have to say those words when they go to sleep or when they wake up. You have to be 25 or over to get those special words. I can't tell you more because its private.

The Morning

We had to wake up at 6:00 clock in the morning, I had washed my hair the night before so I just had to have a shower and it did not take me long. So when everybody was ready we locked the house and we set off to Auckland. I was so sleepy that I just slept in the car, when I woke up we were in Taupo. The trip was really tiring when we finally reached Auckland.

The Hotel

I was excited to see the hotel, we were in a 2 story house, I have actually never seen a 2 story hotel so it was from the living room and then you we went upstairs, there were 3 doors. In the middle door is the shower, the left door is the kitchen and the right door was of course the bedroom.

The day

Finally it was the day to go meet our guru, I was full of excitement and as well nervous.  I had to sit in the child's room, my sister and brother were allowed to go where all the adults sit.  I sat with one of our family friends she could not go in because had to take care of her baby so mum told me to stay with her. Finally our guru came, he gave us his blessings, it was really good, we got to ask him questions, I did not because I was shy.

Coming back to Hastings

On Sunday morning we had to pack up and leave because we were coming back to Hastings. We shopped on Friday and Saturday. I had a fun week in Auckland. 

The End

Term 3 Week 5 Persuasive Writing

WALT persuade other students to agree with our opinion.  This the purpose for my writing.

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for a writing task
2. I write a variety of sentence lengths with different sentence starters
3. Give reasons with detail - use specific words
4. I write most topic and high frequency words correctly.
5. I use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.
6. Use persuasive language

Cats are better than dogs!

I strongly believe that cats are better than dogs!

In my opinion, I think that cats are better than dogs because cats are cute at all times!  Dogs are not cute because they always have their tongue sticking out, which is also quite annoying!!! When a kitten is born and if you walk anywhere it will just keep following behind you and it is super cute!!

Another reason, is they are really good company, when I feel lonely or have no one to play with, my cat will always want to play. Dogs always are mostly outside so they might be muddy.  Cats are also really cute when they do rolypolys. Some cats are so clever that they can do forward rolls too!

Furthermore, if you have just watched a horror movie  and you are really scared your cat will come and sleep with you. As I already said dogs are too big to sleep with you.They can also keep you really warm especially in the winter because cats if they lay on a spot they lay on it for ages and that's why it makes your bed so warm.

To support my argument that cats are better than dogs here are some things: Cats are more cleaner, they don’t smell and also don’t make a big mess. Generally a lot quieter, having a dog you have to get up early and take your dog for a walk, but I don’t have to walk my cat.  

I strongly believe that cats are better than dogs!

Term 3 Week 4: Pets Should Not Be Allowed At School!!

WALT persuade other students to agree with our opinion.  This is the purpose for my writing.

Success Criteria:

1. I plan for a writing task
2. I write a variety of sentence lengths with different sentence starters
3. Give reasons with detail - use specific words
4. I write most topic and high frequency words correctly.
5. I use capital letters, fullstops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.
6. Use persuasive language

We Should Not Allow Pets In Our School!!

In my opinion I think no school should allow pets!

I strongly believe that your pets could get lost if you are playing with your friends and then you realise that your pet has run away from you!! Another point is you would also be wasting your learning time, if your class and you are looking for your pet.  Another reason is that your pet can jump through any classroom window while you might be talking to your friends. You might not even know what classroom your pet may be in or the classroom may be locked!

Some of the kids might be allergic to pets and they could get really sick and the parents would not like their child to go to the hospital! If the kid might be allergic to pets they could also get really itchy and have really bad rashes. For example  they may be learning and they could get so itchy that they could bleed?

Also kids sometimes can get distracted really fast if they like the thing that would distract them like pets. Instead of learning they could be playing with the pet the whole time or just may be  looking at the pet the whole time. Finally when their teacher gives them a learning sheet to do they won’t know what to do?

You should agree with me that pets should not be allowed at school.

Term Three Week 2: Skimming Reading Strategy

Skimming

WALT skim an unknown text so that we can quickly get an understanding of it. I can decide if a book has a useful imfomation I need, or whether I want to read it for pleasure. 

These are the things that I can do to skim read

1. Find Keywords
2. Read Blurb
3. Read index
4. Find Detail
5. See what page I like

Term 2 Reflection.

This is a Term 2 Reflection about Rippa Rugby!!

I enjoyed Rippa Rugby this year so much because it was my first time playing it and I really enjoyed it. I chose to play Rippa Rugby because I always play Rippa Rugby with my brother and sister. The good thing was that this game had no tackling so you were not allowed to tackle anyone or you would be disqualified. I think I would love to play Rippa Rugby next year. I think the exciting thing that happened was that my group won the semi final. 

Week 11: Things That I Enjoy Doing!!

I like to do lots of stuff that I enjoy so I will be telling you all the things that I enjoy doing. I have told you 6 things that I enjoy doing. Number 5 and Number 2 are my most favorite things that I enjoy.

1. I love to read books, I will tell you some of my favorite books I like to read - Roald Dahl, The Twits, Harry Potter and Wonder.
2. I also like girly things so I am really good at painting nails, I can paint both of my hands but I actually am a righty, I also love to learn new hairstyles -the braids that I know how to do are, French Braid, Chinese Braid, Ponytail, Plait and Fishtail.
3. I love to go outside in my back yard and do some tricks on my monkey bars or swing set, even the slide. But I always end up getting hurt no matter what. 
4. I enjoy spending time with my family in winter and watching a movie. Also my favorite season of the year is actually winter. 
5. Since the holidays are coming, dad said that my family and I will go and play with the snow. I enjoy playing in snow.
6. I also enjoy having a pillow fight with my siblings. My brother is the oldest, and then it is my sister so I am the little one. But I am still tough and I always end up having an argument.

So these were the 6 things that I enjoy doing. Thank you if you comment:)

Week 10: Matariki Day

Matariki

Poi Making

Yesterday it was Matariki day which means means Monday the 15th. My hub is Kauri Hub, we got to do lots of fun stuff but we were only allowed to choose two things, one before morning tea and after morning tea. But after lunch the Kahurangi dance people came in and taught us maori games. There was hand games, String making and Maori Knuckle Bones.
My two activities I chose was Poi Making and Weaving Matariki Stars.
I did Poi Making before morning tea so that means I did it in the morning. Of course I did Matariki Stars after Morning Tea. 
So for Poi Making our teacher was Emma, I know Emma from last year because her daughter is my friend. So the first step was to make the 4 plait and the colours were green and white. We could do two types of different plaits, there was this 4 plait you could do or a fishtail. I chose the fishtail because the fishtail is a plait you can do for your hair and I know how to do a fishtail. So when we were finished plaiting we got some newspaper and tied that in a knot with the string. After that, we got this fluffy thing and put that over the newspaper. We got a plastic bag and put it over the fluffy thing. Then we cut off the rest plastic bag and then our poi was made. 
Then we just learnt how to do some actions with the poi, we also sang a song, it was fun making poi’s.
Weaving Matariki Stars 
After morning tea my activity was weaving matariki stars. I think I found that it was really tricky, I thought that I would do two matariki stars but actually I could only do one. The first thing that we did was we got 4 coloured strips of paper. I don’t remember what colors I got. I wish I had the instructions because I don't remember how to make one. But if I had the instructions I would still need help and practice over and over again to make sure how to make one without instructions.