Summer life

Kia ora,

Today I have been creating a poem about summer life. My poem is set in my favourite place. Can you guess what it is?

If you were wanting to write a poem I would  suggest writing one about something you know alot about so it's easier to get describing words.

Ma te wa

 Irelyn

My pet pug

Kia ora,

Today I have been writing a clerihew

about my pug dog sid. 

A clerihew is a short poem with the first

line  ending with a name.

I enjoyed finding a topic for my poem

I found it challenging to find rhyming words for my poem.

Ma te wa

 Irelyn

Captain morgans

 Kia ora,

Today I have been writing a poem.

About Captain morgans.

Writing poems is a fun way to learn how to rhyme words.

I enjoyed righting my poem because i found it fun choosing a topic

Ma te wa

Irelyn

My clerihew

Kia ora,

Today I have been learning how to write a clerihew.

My clerihew is about a horse.

Did you know that the clerihew poem was invented by Edmen clerihew bentley; he named the poem after his middle name. A clerihew is a short poem with the first line  ending with a name.

I enjoyed finding a topic for my poem

I found it challenging to find rhyming words for my poem.

Ma te wa

 Irelyn

 

Text graphic

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Sizzle zazzle I can smell and almost taste the sound of the sausages cocking on the barbeque. What's your favourite sound in summer?

Today I have been creating a summer text graphic.
With a quote about summer.For this task to step it up I have created a text graphic using my own image.

I enjoyed finding my own image for this task.
I found it challenging to find a quote.

Ma te wa
Irelyn

Kia ora,

 Today I have been making my own snoozatron.

You may be thinking, what is a snoozatron?

Well a snoozatron is a machine that helps you sleep or like it says in the name snooze.

My snoozatron has three things to  help you sleep.

I enjoyed doing thIs task because it was fun to think of things to help you sleep.

Next it i would add more to my slide 

Ma te wa

Irelyn

 

Optical illusions

  Kia ora,

 

Today I have been learning about optical illusions.

 Optical illusions trick your brain into thinking that something is what it is not.

So for this task I have created my own optical illusion.

My optical illusion looks like it is a tunnel or a hole.  

I enjoyed looking at the different optical illusions there are.I found it difficult to get the lines even

Ma te wa

Irelyn

Summer fun

 Kia ora,

Today i Have been learning how to create a photo collage of all the things that remind me of summer.

In this collage i have Included pictures of 

Seals, Jellyfish, People surfing, Sunglasses, The beach,Ice cream, Palm trees, Flip flops And a barbeque

I enjoyed creating my photo collage because it was fun finding all the photos.

I found it difficult to fit all the images in the college.

Ma te wa

Irelyn

magnet poem

 Kia ora, 

Today I have been creating a magnetic poem on google drawing. 

For this task my challenge was to create a poem using words about summer.

I enjoyed making this poem because I have never done a magnetic poem before.

Next  time I would only use 5 nouns to make it harder.

Ma te wa 

Irelyn

Cat food pourer

 Kia ora,

Today i have been learning about inventing

And how inventions are made to fix problems.

So for this task I have come up with an invention that will fix the problem of spilling cat food.

I enjoyed envinting my invention and I found this task fun because I liked designing my invention.

I found it challenging to find the right fighting shape to make my invention.

 

Ma te wa

Irelyn

Buzy bees 🐝

 Kia ora,

Today I have been playing on minecraft bees.

On minecraft i got to learn heaps of interesting facts and i even got to decorate my own field with flowers and hives. 

Well doing this task i learnt about honey bees, worker bees, honey bees and mason bees. 

Worker bees collect pollen from flowers and then bring it back to the hive. 

Mason bees or jewel bees can be bright sparkle green,  blue or red.  

Unlike humans All bees have a hard outer shell called an exoskeleton. Bees have three main body parts: the head, the thorax and abdomen. Bees also have an open circulatory system meaning they don't have veins or arteries but rather all their internal organs are gathered in liquid, a mix of blood and lymphatic fluid.

I enjoyed learning about the bees especially mason bees and the cool colours the can bee

Ma te wa 

Irelyn

             The farm where you learn about honey bees. 

   

The hive where you learn what happens to the pollen that gets collected by the worker bees.

Fun fox

 Kia ora,

Today I have been learning how to draw to create a fox out of geometric shapes

The first thing I did was watch a video that taught me about three different types of triangles scalene, isosceles and an equilateral. A scalene is a triangle with no equal sides. An isosceles is a triangle with only two equal sides and an equilateral has all equal sides.

I enjoyed doing this activity because I enjoyed learning about the different types of triangles.

I found it difficult to choose the right shapes to make it look like a fox 

Ma te wa 

Irelyn

Forced perspective

 Kia ora,

Today I have been learning about a forced perspective. A forced perspective is when you make something look what it is not.

The first step you need to do is get an object that can be a toy, a pet or even your hand. Then you need to line the camera up perfectly where you want it so it looks like you are holding something or running away from something. Then you can take the photo.

I enjoyed collecting bits and being creative for my photo

I found it challenging to line up the camera with the object 

Ma te wa 

Irelyn 

Cool coding

 Kia ora, 

Today i have been learning how to code with minecraft hour of code. 

I think hour of code is a fun game on minecraft that teaches kids how to code. When you enter the map you are greeted by a person who will help you along the way. I liked playing hours of code because I think it is really fun and I like how many things you get to choose from. Once you have chosen your agent you are given a set of places in time that have been messed up like instead of people trying to domesticate they try to domesticate bears. Then  you have to code your agent by giving step by step instructions. I found it challenging to give the right code to my agent. If i could travel to any time in the world I would go to when the Mona Lisa was painted or when ice cream was made.

If you haven't played an hour of code yet why not give it a go.

Ma te wa
Irelyn

The amazing race

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To get Active we are doing a challenge called the amazing race. The amazing race is where we have to do different challenges all around japan. There are individual, duo and whanau team challenges you have to complete.


The individual challenges were to create an origami cup and a spot the difference.


The duo challenge was to draw three hills with a blindfold on and the other person had to tell you the steps to draw it.


The whanau team challenge was to create a outfit out of newspaper. For this challenge we made a top, a hat and a skirt.  We did this by folding, cutting and curling the newspaper, we secured it together using staples.  To make the flower on the hat I used skills that I had been taught during the school holiday art programme at the museum.  If you would like to have a go at making a newspaper hat click on this link.


I enjoyed doing this challenge with my whanau and I especially enjoyed making an outfit out of newspaper. I found it challenging to make the origami cup because three were some tricky parts.

Ma te wa 

Irelyn