Youthtown Certificate

Camp MERC Certificate

Mathletics First in the Country Certificate

This is my Mathletics certificate for first class in the country for Mathletics. Everyone is Room 20 got a certificate for it.

Mathletics Gold Certificate

This is my gold Mathletics Certificate for getting 20 bronze certificates :D

Auckland Landscape Painting

My Reflection:

Room 20 has been learning to make an artwork of Auckland city. First we had to paint yellow, orange and red onto a blank piece of paper. We had to blend the colors to make it look like a sunset. Then we hang them all up to dry. Next we made the buildings and the sky tower. When everyone was making theirs I was sick, so I had to make it on a spare afternoon but I was very fast. After that I got a sponge and did the water with blue paint. Then I glued the buildings on and left it to dry. I chose not to do the grass at the bottom because I liked the artworks without it. I found it fun and easy and I would like to do something like this again.

Grid Value Portrait

Last term our class started to make Grid Value Portrait, inspired by Chuck Close. We had to learn about value colours and how light or dark patterns can be depending on how close or far apart they are. We learnt about taking our line for a walk, making spaces on our paper to practise the different patterns we could use. We had to get our pictures taken while standing in a pose to copy off.

After the pictures were printed we got a piece of paper and we had to rule grid lines on it. After we ruled the lines then we did light patterns that were far apart for the white background. The pictures were black and white so it was easy to choose whether to do a light or dark pattern. After doing the background I traced my head and hair. That for me was about the hardest part of the drawing. I did the outlining of the whole picture first then I did the patterns. (the easy part)

Each square had a different pattern. We spent lots of afternoons and spare time finishing the art. It was hard to think of new patterns for every single square but I used the same patterns 2 or 3 times but not close together. After it was finished it looked really cool. But it did take a really long time. It was hard but I finished. (Eventually)

My Peer Mediator Process

My Reflection:

I have been learning how to be a Peer Mediator and use those skills to solve problems outside of school. We had a script and we performed a little skit with 2 people fighting and a Peer Mediator coming and helping solve the problem. In this video I was the Peer Mediator. First I introduced myself, then I asked if they wanted help to solve the problem, then I told them the 4 rules; no interrupting, no name calling or put downs, be as honest as you can and try to solve the problem. After they agreed, I ask the first person what happened and how they felt, then I did the same with the other person. Then I asked how the problem could be solved and then they solved it! Finally, they shook hands and were friends again! 

Room 28/29 Class Korowai

My Reflection:

In Term 1 of 2015, our class make a Korowai (cloak). First we got a strip of paper, then we got some markers and writ our names and some school values on them. When we were finished we put them in a pile, the next day we got a paper leaf, colored it, and put our name on it. When we finished our leafs, the strips of paper were weaved together and looked really cool, and our leafs went on the top. I enjoyed this activity, and it was fun to write and draw on the strips of paper and the leafs. The next step could be making a cloak someone can actually wear! That would be cool. 

Te Tuhi Trip-Making a Callage

My Reflection:

I have been learning about collages. I went on a trip with Room 29 to Te Tuhi to learn about them and make one. The picture above is my collage, but I didn't have enough time to finish it. For my collage, I used paint, colored paper and pictures from old calendars, just like everyone else. 

We started with a piece of paper, then we got some smaller and colored pieces to stick on our page, but we could only use about 3 or 4 pieces. 

After that we got given pictures from calendars and a ink pad kind of thing. Then we all got a pencil and but the calendar piece on top of the ink pad, then traced the pencil around what we wanted on our collage.

When we had done tracing, there was ink on our paper from the tracing.

After that we cut out the picture we traced before and stuck it on our paper, we were expose to put it over where we traced but I accidentally moved mine half way through tracing it, so you would be able to see ink on around my picture and it would look strange, so I put my lizard on top of the ink in a type of angle so you could see the ink but I also put it in a way so you couldn't see that the ink was a little out of shape. 

My next step is to use different materials to make my collage.

10 Facts About The Brain

My Reflection:

I have been learning about the brain, this week there were a bunch of tasks you can do related to the brain. You could choose 2 tasks to do and I chose the "10 Facts About The Brain" task. I really enjoyed making this video, I did some researching to get the facts. I hope these facts are useful and some of them are actually really important and helpful! This was made with Google Slides! Big thanks to them! :)

Video Challenge-How Exercise Helps The Brain

My Reflection:

I have been learning about the brain and did a video challenge where I took notes and put them on this popplet (the image above) I liked this activity and I learnt a lot from it. I hope we can do this again sometime soon.

To learn more watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0jJxwB52I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v6OLCF5Qcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ruu9WXE_g

My Pepeha

This is my pepeha. I have been learning to introduce myself using my pepeha. We also made some art to display my pepeha. My pepeha is talking about me in Maori. A pepeha is a saying that describes you. I hope you enjoy my pepeha because it took a long time to bring it here for you.

The Big Blue Whale Challenge A-Z Challenge

The Big Blue Whale

A-Z Challenge

Air

Blue

Calves

Deep

Eat

Fins

Globe

Hum

Incredible

Jaw

Krill

Loud

Mammal

Noisey

Ocean

Pacific

Quick

Rare

Swim

Toothless

Up

Vulnerable

Warm-blooded

X-traordinary

Yield

Zoom

My Excellence Award

Speech Finals Award Reflection (First Place)

My Award

Proactive Social Behaviour Award

My Super Reading Trophy

Thinker of the Week

Positive Social Interaction Award