Sports Ed- The GumbiBears

 

Kia ora everyone,

After lunch 4 days a week we are doing sports ed. There are multiple different sports to be played and roughly 6 teams per each sport.

I am playing rounders, which is a game similar to softball, we are called the GumiBears. Ankit, Coll, Tuari, Honey, Leyan, Flynn, and I are in the team together.

This is is our team slide, it can give you a bit of information on our team chant, uniform, and mascot.

Lockdown round 2

Hi everyone, hope you are staying safe in lockdown.  

It's been a while since we've been quarantined, and often being isolated at home can quite obviously get boring at times, so here are some ideas to keep you busy and content at home.

What do you do to stay busy in lockdown?

Water

 Kia ora everyone, 

For inquiry recently we have been looking at the problems in our waterways, and the sea. Things like pollution and plastic.                                                                                                                                          We are learning about this to build up to wearable arts later on in the term

We were tasked to write a letter to Poto Williams on the issues asking her to help- and what she thought we could do. My letter isn't yet complete but I will update you when it is.

Tables

 So for inquiry today we did STEAM and had to create a table made of 10 sheets of paper and a metre of tape.

We managed 2 books on top of our structure. We originally made a more detailed item but changed it up last minute.

Our teamwork was good, but the table wasn't great.

Rising Rockets

 For inquiry this term we did the "Wonder Project" which is essentially were we had to design and fly rockets out of plastic bottles. 

Before actually creating anything we had to study physics and Newtons 3 laws, then we had to design a rocket that'd be aerodynamic and fly through the air at a high speed.

I was in a large group with Zoe Cowles, Olivia Ionita, Sophia Turnbull, Pandora, And Zara. 

We had our last flights a few days ago, and ended up coming 3rd. It didn't do very well because we had forgot to even out the weights in our nose cone.

Now we must create a video/skit explaining what we did through our experience and how, and once it's done I'll add it to my blog.

Have you ever designed a rocket with a plastic bottle?

How is Nasa in our homes?

Kia ora everyone!
For inquiry this term we are looking at building rockets, but beforehand, we've had to learn a bit about space.

One thing we've had to investigate is how Nasa is in our homes and cities. I was expecting satellites- or something cool, but I suppose what I discovered will have to do.

Aurora / Polar Lights

Kia ora everyone,

For our matariki studies we decided this week to also looked at the Aurora lights (also known as the northern, or southern lights) and created art on the two mixed. 

For many years, the aurora lights had been confusing scientists, some people thought it must've been because of a certain type of fox, running at the speed of light, and leaving a trail from its tail as it did so. Chinese historians believed that they were dragons, battling in the heavens. In reality though, they are pieces and particles from the sun, that break through the earths atmosphere, and glow in the cold night sky.

Sometimes they are very dim, and sometimes they are crazy bright, and light up the land for miles.

So- how did we incorporate matariki with the subject, and turn it into art-?

Matariki Explanation Animation

Presented By Choi-Boi Stations

Kia ora everyone, I'm back with another blog post!

Animators: Isabella S, Pandora H

Script Writer: Felix C

Voice actors: Felix C as the farmer and Tāwhirimātea, Pandora H as the narrator and side characters, and Isabella S as essentially anything else.

Since Matariki is coming up soon, we were tasked to create a short film or book to explain to the younger students in our school a little bit about what has been said to have happened, and why we celebrate it today. It had to be intriguing for the younger kids, and since heaps of people were doing puppet shows, we decided to animate sock puppets. It's not done yet, but we will update or make a new post when its done.

*I will edit the post soon and add the movie*

Blurb: Tucked away in a small village, a farmer tending to his crops gets a glimse of an extraordinary sight- no one believes him of course, but little did anyone know, there was something a lot more sinister going on behind the scenes- and it was real, very real.

Informative Inquiry

Hey Bloggers!

This term for inquiry we are researching about global issues.

First we had to create a word art about them, as presented here, and now we must watch videos about the subject we choose and take notes about them.

I'd write more but I started a bit late so there isn't much to say but that I choose to look up more about Poverty, and that you should sTaY cHuNnEd !!

What would you do yours on?

Pictures To Binary

Kia Ora everyone,

For coding this term we have been learning binary, We were challenged to make a picture in a 14 X 10 Grid, then translate it into binary, here's mine:

0000000000

0001110000

0010001000

0100000100

1000000010                           

1001001010

1001001010                            

1000000010

1000000010                          

1000000010

1000000010                         

1000000010

0101010100                             

0010101000

Can you figure out what it is?

My Family Tree

For our inquiry this term we are focusing on connecting the community. We are also going to create our pepehas this term so we needed to create our family trees. My mums side is quite big, but dads, not so much.

10 Ways to have a great conversation :)

Kia ora everyone!

Along with our inquiry this term (making connections) we also watched a ted talk about the 10 best ways to have a conversation (please note all the typos in this are on purposeee). Addison C and I made one together, I did the designs, and she did the writing and animation, enjoy! (Beware it really sucks)

Making connections - VOH Poster

For this terms inquiry we have been focusing on making connections in the community. We then learnt about a whole lot of different numbers and companies that you can contact if you want to talk about something: e.g. voices of hope, kidsline, heathline. We then needed to make a poster of our chosen company and explain  what it's for. It shouldn't include too much writing so someone walking by could quickly take a glance and know what and why to call it. I chose the voices of hope, they focus on mental illness.

Samoan Language Studies

Kia ora everyone!

This term we are learning Samoan. We first learnt  a bit about Samoa, like how they love their dances, where they are located, and more.

Then we learnt the basic Samoan Greetings:

1.  Fā = Bye
2. Tōfā soifua = Goodbye 
3. Talofa lava = Hello (Formal)
4. Talofa = Hi (Casual

We are now learning the alphabet, and we were meant to make a DLO about the alphabet and how to pronounce each letter, but I was away when we were tasked to do so, so here is a small chart of the alphabet itself.

And here is the slide I made at the beginning of them term with a bit of info about Samoa in it:

My Painfully Terrible Portrait

Kia Ora Bloggers,

At the start of this term we did abstract Portraits inspired by Romero Britto. Romero likes to draw people and then add lots of colors and patterns to the illustrations depending on how he's feeling. We did the same put instead put things about us on it, e.g.: Our family culture, things we like, etc.
In mine you will see animals, art pallets, the BTS icon (oh course!!) and a few other things.

I'm really not happy with how mine turned out, I'm happy with the background & patterns, just not with the demented face. Here's mine D: :

Fighting for fair- SLJ Teaser week activity 2 Day 4 (I'm Doing Them Randomly)

Kia ora everyone!

Today for literacy we were told to do a few more summer learning journey activities, I chose the one called "Fighting for freedom" which I turned to "Fighting for fair". We were told for this activity to: Think about an issue you would protest over (non-violently, of course!).  And then make an article about it. This made me think back to my art activity this term, our art was on "The power of taking action." I chose to do my collage art on animal cruelty and I highlighted the fact that animals are killed in a cruel way for our own satisfaction (I'm vegetarian lol). 

Lorde- SLJ Teaser week activity 1

Kia ora team,

This week we were challenged to try out a few of the Summer Learning Journeys teaser week activities, I wanted to do the first activity, which was on Lorde because- actually, you know what, I don't need to explain why I did the Lorde activity. I just did. (New Zealand Royalty year 6-8)

Here is my "Custom Lorde Profile" I hope you like it!

Are you going to take part in this years SLJ? Tell me in the comments below! And please give me feedback!

Credits to Wikipedia & NBR for photos. :)

The power of TAKING ACTION

Kia ora everyone!

This term our topic is: "The power of taking action" we are going to create an art piece to cause awareness of a situation (animal cruelty, racism, poverty, etc.) We will then use all the money we raised from selling/auctioning our art pieces and buy gifts for children who are less fortunate this Christmas. We will then all take the gifts down to the Cardboard cathedral were we will put all the gifts under the giving tree.

Here are examples of the art we may create:

Have you ever done anything like this? Tell me your answer and opinions on the topic in the comments!

Digiawards entry: Innovative Otautahi

Kia ora whanau!

This term we have spent almost every afternoon working on our digiwards entries, the theme this year was "Innovative Otautahi"

Earlier this term we went on a field trip into the city, we learnt about the red zones, gap fillers, and the Christchurch earthquakes.Earlier this term we went on a field trip into the city, we learnt about the red zones, gap fillers, and the Christchurch earthquakes.
Finally we had to plan our video, my friends and I chose to do a video in the "Storytime" category.

Our video is about the earthquakes, the first scene is a bit slow but it's meant to be a bit like a campsite, and there is a big rockslide, it's then about some mythical creatures coming and brightening up the city, as well as encouraging some kids to help out.

By: Sophia Turnball, Isabella Smith, Olivia Ionita, & Zara Dick.

Special thanks to anyone who helped!

If you have any feed-

back or questions, please tell me in the comments!

Introducing yourself: Me! (Music quiz)

Kia ora team!

This week a small group in the Korimako hub took a music quiz, I don't really know what else to say about it so I'm just going to show you it! Here it is! 

 

Name: Isabella
Age: 11
Favorite band/musician/artist: BTS
Favorite band/musician/artist language: Korean, English
Favorite band/musician/artist genre(s): Kpop & Rap
Favorite song from Favorite band/musician/artist: Boy with luv, Fake love, Dna, Dope. (I can't decide)
Would you like to hear this played as the school bell/played in the classroom?: Yes!
Picture of Favorite band/musician/artist:

What's your favourite music band/musician? Tell me in the comments!