For the past few weeks we have been doing a thing called passion projects. You can choose from a series of classes and pick the one you are passionate about. I chose visual arts and did heaps of different things like painting drawing and making things with different materials. For a end project I made a drawing with funny faces and a back made out of various different things. Here is a photo of my funny faces drawing :)
Kia Ora! This week for Wananga with Mrs. Alpers we had to write a blog about our awesome holidays. But, we had to do it on the S.P.I.L.E scale. S.P.I.L.E stands for Social Activities, Physical Activities, Intellectual Activities, My Likes and My Emotions. Here is most of the things I did during my holidays. Whakangahau (Enjoy) :)
Socials Activities - Photography with my Gran, Cooking with my Gran, Seeing old family friends, Hanging out with my friends, Went swimming with my brother, Talked to my friends heaps.
Physical Activities - Went for walks around the farm in Ashburton, Did tailing for the lambs ,Went to Washpen Falls and did walks with my Project K group (didn't do much physical stuff hahaha)
Intellectual Activities - Did puzzles in magazines, Read the magazines, Played heaps of card games with my Gran, Did a very miniscule amount of school work, Played heaps of videos games with my online friends.
My Likes - Being on the farm, Being with my Gran and Grandad, Being away from home, Not having to go to school, Doing actually fun stuff and not being at home all the time but mostly talking to my friends.
My Emotions - Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, HAPPPYYY!!!
Today in English we wrote a 100 word challenge. We had to write it about a girl named Stracey and how she found out why no one went into the class room number 12. I put a bit of a horror twist on it so it was very fun to read. Enjoy :)
Today in English we had to write a poem. We had to make it that you didn't know what it was until you were told. I am actually very proud of my poem. It is about a Lemon and It's Tree. Enjoy :)
This year for science we are learning about heaps of different topics. The first topic we learnt was Atomic Science, which was around the periodic table and chemicals. For this blog I'll be explaining my learning. Enjoy :)
What does the periodic table show us ?
1. Mass Number
3. Atomic Numbers
4. Different Alumns
5. Different Rows
6. Features Of The Elements.
( Alkali Metals, Transition Metals, Gases )
I had a lot of fun with this topic because it was fun learning about all the elements and the atoms, neutrons, electrons and protons. Our next topic is going to be about acids and bases. I'm really looking forward to this one too :)
For the past few weeks we have been working on our second class for social studies. This one is about Parihaka, Again we used My Maps to show our work. For those of you that don't know, Parihaka is a place in taranaki which was a place for tragedy in the 1800's. I will link my map underneath :)
Another part of this assessment was to look at a song that was written for Parihaka, we know this because it's called Parihaka! This song was written and preformed by Tim Finn & The Herbs. We have to look at the lyrics and see which ones are important. Here is my thinking :)
My friend, My friend, I hate to see you suffer
Events conspire to bring us to our knees
My friend, my friend, you've taken this the wrong way
Rise up, defend yourself, never give in
Look to the sky, the spirit of Te Whiti
The endless tide is murmuring his name
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated
And even at the darkest hour
His presence will remain
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka
Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit
Then stood accused, the madman and his dream
He saw the train go roaring through the tunnel
He heard the voice travel on the magic wire
But he loved the silence of the river
He watched the dog piss on the cannon's wheel
I know Te Whiti will never be defeated
And even at the darkest hour
His presence will remain
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka
One day you'll know the truth
They can't pull out the roots
Come and take me home
To weep for my lost brother
They gather still, the clouds of Taranaki
His children's children wearing the white plume
So take me for the sins of these sad islands
The wave still breaks on the rock of Rouhotu
And when you taste the salt that's on your pudding
And when you taste the sugar in your soup
Think of Te Whiti, he'll never be defeated
Even at the darkest hour
His presence will remain
I'll sing for you the song of Parihaka
Come to Parihaka
Weep for my lost brother
The spirit of nonviolence
Has come to fill the silence
Come to Parihaka
