Tsunami Friday

 On Friday last week we had a tsunami drill. At First I ignored the tsunami warning on the news like it was a normal day but then my dad came over and told me that there was a tsunami. I then became terrified because of what I had seen in movies. We packed our things and drove up to the golf course on the hill. I was still scared because I had never witnessed a tsunami before. We met up with my dad’s workers and friends. We sat there talking and waiting for it to be over until we eventually went to eat at the golf club. At this point I started to calm down because it wasn’t like what I thought was gonna happen. After a while we finished and went back to our car and sat there until we were told that we could go. I was trying to sleep until someone told me that we could go home. I was relieved because I was just about to fall asleep and I was very bored. I woke up my dad and we went home. Where were you when it happened?

The Art Of Roy Lichtenstein

 In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been learning about the artist called Roy Lichtenstein and will be making pop art like he did. Roy Lichtenstein is a pop artist that makes paintings using Ben Day Dots. Roy Lichtenstein used not a lot of colours like other artist at the time did. Roy Lichtenstein made paintings and art of popular things at the time like comics and playing cards. Before he became an artist he began as a Abstract Expressionist painter. The technique I think we’re going to be using for the artwork is the dot technique that he also used. Have you heard about Roy Lichtenstein before?

Link to where I got the info from:
pop art slides

roy lichtenstein text

(other facts on google)

The Importance of Kawa of Care

 In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been learning the rules of the Kawa of Care because some people last year did not look after their chromebook properly. The Kawa of Care is an agreement with students, parents and schools to ensure students take the responsibility and care for their chromebook. We have made comics, animations and more about the Kawa of Care. I decided to make an animation. What I thought was hard was when I had to choose something in the kawa of care that I don’t do to make an animation about because I do most of them. What I think I could do better next time is make sure that I use the rules of kawa of care so that my chromebook won’t be damaged.

How to analyze an extract of a text

 At Paihia School Te Ngahere have been making scripts for when we screencastify so we can teach others how to analyze an extract of a text that we have chosen so that people can find the types of moods and atmospheres in the text. The text I chose was The Promise. It’s about children that are stuck inside a bunker. What I thought was hard was trying to state the mood or atmosphere in the text because I couldn’t think of a mood that describes the extract. What I thought was easy was probably the introduction because we already had an example video so I just wrote some of the lines from that video. Have you done a screencastify before?

An Interesting Cricket Game

 On Wednesday this week we learnt how to play cricket. It got boring after a few minutes. At least for me, probably because we just did the same thing over and over. I think my team won but I lost track over time because I was thinking about other stuff. We also did some practice before. What I thought was easy was when we practiced batting the ball because it was easier. What I thought was hard was when we had to catch the ball because sometimes it would go too far away. Have you played cricket before?

A Trip To Auckland

 One week ago I went to Auckland with my family to visit my brother. It was quite boring. Mostly because my parents came this time. They don’t really like to do anything but go to mall. After 3 or 4 hours we finally arrived at my brothers house which used to be our old house. After a day we went to the mall and ate and did a bit of shopping before going back home and playing video games. We basically did nothing but stay home all day.  What I liked was when I got to play video games with my brother mostly because I never get to spend time with him. What I thought was boring was having to stay home all day and do nothing. What do you like to do in Auckland?

Interesting Spiral Maori Art

 In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been doing some mahi toi. We were learning to draw continuous lines, draw curves and blend colours. To begin our art we started practicing drawing it on paper that already had the art on it so we just traced over it and most of us are still practicing. We also had to blend colors. What I thought was hard was probably when I had to blend the colors because I didn’t really know how to blend. What I thought was easy was when I had to trace it because all I needed to do was draw over the lines. What colours would you use?