Silhouette Art

In class we have made some silhouette art. Here is mine with some descriptions of some of the symbolism I used

Translation, reflection, rotation revision

Year reflection

The year has been quite fun and enjoyable and WAY better then last year. Some of the major events of the year have been going on the overnight-er,ski trip, sailing, cross country,elgregoe,swimming sports, athletics, went to the regent theater  twice, bottle top art,did a first aid course, pet day and shantytown.For me the Chromebook has had a 2 steps forward 1 step back scenario on me as i have picked up a lot of skills and opened a new way of learning. But sometimes some of the activities that we got told to do on the Chromebook i would prefer to do on pen and paper. At maths time this year i thought that it stepped up in difficulty this year and pushed me to the limits which i found quite interesting. Technology this year a new experience made me more of a social person and opened a new way of thinking.Next year i am looking forward

to camp and High school entrance exams. overall 2016 was a fun school year and hopefully 2017 can top it.

Overnight trip

ON Thursday the 8th and Friday the 9th of December our class went on camp to the kanerie lodge. The video above is photos and videos from our trip. Overall it was a fun trip and future classes should do this. My favorite part was swimming in the lake.

Arahura marae diagram

Bottle top art reflection

Hr home links last one for the year

Pots and pans drumming

Yesterday we made our final pieces for the International pots and pans playoff. For the past couple of weeks we have been watching lessons of people teaching us how to drum but with pots and pans.The Rad Rhythm competition where people from all around the world enter a preform a piece of music made from drumming on pots and pans. They taught us different patterns and the basics of drumming. Then we made our own pieces of pots and pans music. Some of the cool things we learnt was that you can pick it up quite quickly. The rhythms were the same in 95% of drumming pieces. My favorite parts were putting together and finding new ways to make patterns. I would definitely do it again and if we could do it next year it would be awesome. I found the process of making the rhythms quite fun but unfortunately at the worst timing ever in the world i got sick.  If anyone reading this has spare time find some pots and pans and sticks and start making music.

Hr Home links Week 7 Term 4

Sailing on our lake

Home links W4 T4 P1

Home links W4 T4 Part 2

Spring Time

Where blossoms bloom,

Becoming day at night,

In the season of Halloween,

Where people get a fright.

Animals being born,

Waiting for the summer,

This heavy rain

Is a real bummer.

Birds chirping,

Flowers in the tree,

What do you know

The cat’s next to me.

Barbecues outside,

Sun beaming down,

Bees flying,

Dad looks like a clown.

Vegetables growing,

Want the pool,

This is why

Spring is cool.

If there was a word

To describe this season,

I could say anything

Without reason.