Koru Art

 Koru Art

At the beginning of this year we used pastels to create koru art. I am in tui so I used green. The hammer head represents strength and the korus represent house captains caring for the little ones.   

                                      Learning conference

 I got a lot out of my learning conference. I think I could have been a little more organised, for I had not double checked my spelling mistakes. Click the link below to see my finished learning conference.

Islas Learning Conference 

                                                                Treaty Of Waitangi


Term twos Inquiry/Topic was to be in a group of three to research and make a slide about the Treaty Of Waitangi. I was in a group with Gracie and Reese we worked well together. I Enjoyed the walks we took to Gather information about the barracks and past Pirongia (Alexandria). Click the link below to see my slide


Treaty Of Waitangi    

   Integrity games By Isla

Adrenaline pumping, the 5 and 6 year olds await their next game. Hungry for fun and some bored. We modeled and gave examples. Now it was time...

I tried to ciece their attention for they were forgetting to run back the skipping ropes. Like an ice-cream toppling over they fell off the stilts. Going around the bending poles and after that jumping into the hula hoops. “change direction”.

Group after group came while the other group we were paired up with had their rotation, me and Reese set up.

Although hard work I enjoyed the challenge and I am hoping we get to make integrity games next year.     

The Bike Trip

The Bike Trip                                    By Isla My legs yawned. They were tired and so was I. But I kept going. I hopped off, there was no way I was staying on. After I turned I hopped back on, I got scared so I biked at my own pace. Slow. Everyone took over me, I hopped off a lot as I was scared going down hill. Oh no. My chain had come off and my eyes started to fog up. Although someone helped me a tear dribbled down my face. In the end I made it back,panting but glad. Lily was waiting ready to greet me. “Do you want to go again?” I smiled. This time round I was much more confident and only hopping off sometimes.

Blue by Isla

Blue is the colour of tears

Jogging slowly down my face

It is the water trickling

Into my gumboots

Blue is burning water

Getting ready to pounce

It is the fridge

Leaking onto the floor

Blue is squashed blueberries

Beneath your feet

It is your frozen hands

Beneath weak gloves

Blue is not a happy colour

                                               Art

This term we have been doing art as our topic.We had pick a message to show in each of our pieces of art. my message is stop killing animals just for there horns,tusks and there fur. These are some of the types of art we have been doing:
starry night
cubism
photography
graffiti
and a choice of our own

starry night;
we had to recreate Vincent van goghs starry night. To do this we had to use small strokes and put our message in the bottom half of the picture.

photography;
we had to take a picture of some thing that showed our message clearly. This is my photo:

`we got to choose a style/artist and copy it but we also had to give it our own twist.

Graffiti:
we had to choose an effective word to show our message and make it look like it was done  by spray.

triathlon

                                                                     

                                                   TRIATHLON                                                     

The triathlon

                                                            NOHO TRIP
Kahikitatea Team stayed at the Puriki mari for the night we did heaps of activities including a potluck dinner.
weaving
we got taught how to make a flower out of flax. The next day the people who where good at the flower
the day before made a different type of flower also made out of flax.
CARVING
For carving we were all allowed to chose a mori design. we then drew our chosen design and got into
groups of three. we all took turns to use the equipment.
ROAKO STICKS

Whai Kathie taught us some fun games to play with  roako sticks. we had to have a buddy and copy/listen to whaia Kathie

Shelter for Little Spotted Kiwi

This is my plan and a model of a shelter I designed for a little spotted kiwi.
My modifications were made because I only had cardboard not wood.  I also put a spider in there because I learnt that kiwi eat spiders.

Kiwi are an endangered species.  It is my responsibility to care for the environment so that kiwi have a healthy country to live in.