Thursday, December 14, 2017

Summer learning journey week 1 bonus

Summer learning journey (bonus)
I would like to be in a Waka Ama race one day because it would be something different and challenging. I would also like to be in a Waka Ama race because I am apart of Sea Scouts so I do a lot on the water, so I have raced on the water before and even if we lost I still loved it. It would be a great experience and great fun even if I lose or win.

Summer learning journey week 1 day 1

Summer learning journey (day 1)

The Activity: read a short story about a famous man in Maori mythology - Maui. Post three facts that you learned about this interesting man. What other stories have you heard about Maui?


1- The giant fish that Maui caught is the North Island.
2- Maui said his karakia to give the fishing line more strength.
3- The canoe that Maui and his brothers used it the South Island.
  
I also heard that Maui is a demi god and his fish hook gives him the power to change into animals.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Weekend Journal

Weekend Journal!
On Saturday Mum and dad had to go to a funeral so Mum dropped me and Thomas and I off at Holly's house. Holly wanted me to help her with building the trampoline that she got for Sapphire and Tyson. Once we built it Thomas, Sapphire, and I jumped on it. We started to do front flips and other tricks. Then on Sunday Mum took us to the lake for a swim.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Weekend journal

My weekend journal
On Friday after school Mum, Elizabeth, Thomas, Rose-elle, and I went horse riding down to the dam. I rode Leon, Thomas rode Monkey, and Rose-elle lead Jimmy. On Saturday We all went to town to go grocery shopping. Mum dropped Elizabeth of at Tallish's, and Thomas at Holly's. After we did the shopping we went to Holly's place and had a big water fight. On Sunday we went for another horse ride but this time Jimmy walked without a lead and he was really good.  

Monday, October 30, 2017

Weekend journal

Weekend journal
On Friday after school Mum took Thomas, Elizabeth, and I to go stay at Holly's house to look after Tyson, and Sapphire. We had to look after Kirsten's children Lucas and Marie so we had to look after 4 people under the age of 5. On Saturday Eden came out to Holly's house to walk around town going into the shops selling raffle tickets for Lake Brunner Sea scouts. I sold 25 tickets and Eden sold 19. Eden stayed the night at Holly's so the house was packed. Socks Holly's cat had 4 kittens and we named  the all.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Weekend journal

My weekend!!
On Saturday I went to Holly's house for the night so Dad dropped me off. Tyson my nephew has to go to the hospital for his medication 3 times a day he has to go at 8.00am, 4.00pm & midnight. When I got there we had to go up to the hospital for the 4.00pm one. I also went for the midnight one. On Sunday Holly & Tyson came to ours for the night Sapphire and Matt stayed at there house. Tyson was so happy all day he was laughing lot and when me & Mum went to take him into the hospital at  4pm I had to distract him so he wouldn't wriggle so I went outside and he kept laughing when I ran  inside.  

Monday, September 25, 2017

Weekend journal

Weekend Journal
On Saturday Dad, Thomas, and I went to pick up Elizabeth but before we did we went to movie & game world and Thomas picked a PS3 game and I got the movie Snow white & the huntsman. Once we picked up Elizabeth and got home Dad said that he was going to go for a nap because he got home around 4AM in the morning on Friday so he was tired. When Dad woke up he took me and Thomas swimming. The lake was really cold but we still had a good time. The next day Dad and Thomas went to Arthurs Pass to pick up Rose-elle and Drayden from their camp. When they were gone Elizabeth baked some chocolate chip biscuits. Sunday night Dad, Rose-elle, and I watched Mocking jay  part 2.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Maths

Forces activity-Tornados


In class we have been learning about forces. Miss J gave us 3 different things to study
about it, they were tornado, volcano, and hurricane. I picked tornado, For my research I
learnt about 3 different tornadoes the fire whirl, the waterspout, and the gustnado.

Monday, September 11, 2017

Weekend journal

My weekend journal
On Saturday I had a movie marathon of older movies. Then that night Thomas and I went to watch the rugby with Mum. Then when we got home Thomas & I watched some movies but Thomas fell asleep and I was up until 3.30.Then on Sunday Dad and Thomas went to Moana so I stayed at home to finish my movie marathon.  

Monday, September 4, 2017

Weekend journal

My weekend journal
On Friday night I went to Holly's house so I could help with the kids because it was Matt's birthday. When my nephew Tyson went to be a while after his friend Cody came over for a bit but Tyson was in bed. Tyson met his friend at the hospital in Christchurch, and they have the same condition so they met there and became friends. It was a coincidence that they were both there at the same time and with the same condition. The next day Holly took me home. I decided to make a present/card for fathers day, I made a big poster with some of the pictures from the photo albums. On Sunday I made a lemon cheesecake for fathers day, and wrapped presents.    

Monday, August 28, 2017

Weekend journal

Weekend journal!
On Friday Mum took us to town so we got some lunch and ate it down by the river. Then that night Dad came home from work and it was good he was home because he was gone for a week. Then next day Dad went to town to get hay so us kids stayed home and watched Coraline the movie and played monopoly. That night Rose-elle and I set up the movie fast five (the 5th fast and furious) To have a movie marathon but we didn't watch the first movie of fast and furious because we would by up to late. Then on Sunday, Dad went up to do the horse paddocks so I rode my bike up with Ruby & Chloe (our dogs) to him.     

Monday, August 21, 2017

Weekend journal

My weekend journal
On Friday Mum took Thomas, Rose-elle, and I to town for Rose-elle's jabs. We went to the library to get some books out. The next day Holly, Sapphire, and Tyson came over for a bit. We went up to the paddock to clean it up so they came. When they were going home Sapphire stayed for a bit longer. We took her home around 4.30PM. That night Mum, Thomas, and I watched rugby for the night. On Sunday Thomas, Rose-elle, and I played outside in the tree house. Then we had go somewhere for scouts. 

Monday, August 14, 2017

Weekend journal

Weekend journal
On Friday Thomas, Rose-elle, Dad, and I had a movie marathon. We watched all of the divergent movies, but me and Thomas fell asleep in the last one. The next night we watched all the hunger games movies. Jasmine our dog slept on me while we watched them. On Sunday Mum, Rose-elle, and I went to Christchurch. Mum dropped me, and Rose-elle off at the mall while she picked up Elizabeth and did some jobs. Rose-elle and I went and got Hungry Wok for lunch then we walked to Starbucks, it was my first time having Starbucks. After we had Starbucks my and Rose-elle walked around the mall and found a nail salon we decided to get out nails done. Mum messaged us saying she was about to get Elizabeth so we went to Time Zone this arcade place it was really fun. We got home at 7.30PM 

Monday, July 31, 2017

Weekend Blog post

Weekend Journal
On Friday I was playing outside and I smashed my leg on the side of the deck and nearly broke it. I am lucky I didn't break it. The next day was Saturday, Thomas, Mum and I went to Bob's house to watch the Chiefs vs the Crusaders game. Mum and I left after the first half to go to a fundraiser from 9PM to 12PM. The fundraiser was a success. When it finished Bob came to pick us up to go watch the Hurricanes vs the Lions. On Sunday I finished my story for home links.    

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Review of the open window art

The open window
The painting open window by Henri Matisse, is a landscape of a window in France. Outside the double window, there are boats on the sandy shore. On the windowsill the are plant pots with flowers. This painting was painted when Henri Matisse was looking outside his window.


This painting will grip you, and you will want to see more of his pleasing art.


I like how Henri Matisse has used different painting techniques. One of the techniques is dabbing, dabbing is where you press a paintbrush down on the canvas, this technique is used for the flora in the painting. Another technique is long strokes, Henri Matisse used long strokes for the window and the background. He has also used short strokes for the boats and flower pots. I think that it is a quality painting, because he used different brush strokes to add more detail.


Henri Matisse has used range of hot and cold colours. The sky has a mixture of blue, pink, purple, and white, all the colours mix well together the are very well contrasted. One half of the background is a hot pink while the other half is a turquoise, they are not touching, but it still contrasts well.


I like how Henri Matisse painted outside his room window. I like it because it is unique because nearly every artist paints from a different perspective, and it is very detailed. I also like it because the people can see what Henri Matisse looks at nearly everyday, It is a wonderful view so I think that many people will like it. I can make a connection of when I lived closer to Moana I would look out my double window every day and see a beautiful sunrise or sunset.

I like how Henri Matisse painted outside his room window. I like it because it is unique because nearly every artist paints from a different perspective, and it is very detailed. I also like it because the people can see what Henri Matisse looks at nearly everyday, It is a wonderful view so I think that many people will like it. I can make a connection of when I lived closer to Moana I would look out my double window every day and see a beautiful sunrise or sunset.


Overall I think it is a wonderful painting. I think that Henri Matisse has put a lot of time and thought into this painting. It looks like Henri Matisse has a lot of skills for painting.


I recommend all of of Henri Matisse’s paintings, take a look at this website and look up Henri Matisse so you can see all of his paintings and you can learn about him. The link- https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html

for my creative response I wrote a poem about the view then I painted some vines on the paper. I put a piece of blue paper as the background then I sploshed some dark blue paint on it.