We have Pet Day at Ohaeawai School every year and one of the activities we do is to create a symmetrical design on a saucer using flower petals. You put Vaseline on the saucer first to make the flowers stick. That’s why they are called Vaseline Saucers. Here is a pic of me with mine:
We have been learning about using apps on our Chromebook to create images that look like mosaics or stained glass windows. We used Google Draw to make some and some people also used Sumopaint. Here is the image I made using Sumopaint/Google Draw. I chose a zodiac sign because it was my zodiac sign.
On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: It was about Respect.
I chose to do a Personification poem and made a carrot called mamma Poa.
Here they are:
On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: That’s Not the Monster We Ordered.
It was about being grateful for what you have.
I chose to design my own monster her name is Grity kitty.
We have been learning about abstract art. It’s all about creating works of art that don’t actually look like anything. We focused on the American artist Frank Stella, who liked to make pictures using shapes like circles, triangles and rectangles.
Here is my work:
On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Wombat Stew. It was about a dingo who caught a wombat and tried to make wombat stew. But, it didn’t work because he didn't finish the recipe that's why it was yuck.
I chose to make a trap to catch a wombat without hurting it and make a piece of writing/recipe here they are.
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For the last two weeks we have been learning about different kinds of poetry for reading and writing. I decided to publish this poem. It is a shape poem.
On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Maui and the sun.
It was about the Maori myth which explains how/why the sun moves across the sky.
I chose to do a picture about the book.
In Week 7 of Term 3, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Tidy
It was about a badger that was too tidy.
I chose to do a poster to do about some ways to show how I care about the environment and an apology letter to the forest and the animals.
Here they are:
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| My Poster |
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| My Sorry letter |
This week we carried on with our ‘insect’ topic for reading, writing, handwriting and art. For maths we worked on writing a variety of equations which would have a certain number for the answer. We also practised solving problems using place value or known facts knowledge. Here is a selection of my work:
Because we were using ‘Insects’ as a topic this week for reading and writing we created some insects but I didn't get to finish my art so my little sister and I made our own scenery.
Here is a photo of my creation:
Another thing we have been learning in maths is how to solve word problems involving combinations of things. You had to be able to write addition equations showing as many different combinations as we could.
Some people found it was useful to do your figuring out using a table. But not the kind of table you eat off-a mathematical table.
Here is my work.
Yet another thing we did for writing this week was to imagine that we had undergone metamorphosis.
We had to pretend we had woken up one morning and discovered we had changed. It would be like going to sleep as a caterpillar and waking up as a butterfly. We had to write about what our new body was like and what we could do. I chose to : be a dragon
Here is my work.
Dragon Or Human?
One Stormy night there was lightning and thunder and I was a photographer and I was on vacation in Hawaii. This was the perfect chance to take some good photos. As I was jogging to the perfect spot outside my luxurious home. I had been struck by lightning but the lightning was different. Was it a hit? Was it the power? Or was it something else? I had enough energy to drop myself back into my home.
The next morning I arose to a horrifying sight. I didn’t have skin. I had black and red scales all over me. I was so horrified that I locked all the doors and windows and pulled all the curtains shut on the doors and the windows, flicked off all the lights and then I grabbed all of my favourite snacks and drinks and I locked myself in my room watching some movies.
A couple hours passed and I flicked my room lights back on. I saw a big tail and yelled, “I don’t think I'm a snake anymore I think I’m turning into a dragon!” I sat down and started crying and said to myself “Am I gonna be like this forever?” Without thinking I ran outside.
As I ran outside someone saw me. They passed out and I then I had a taste for blood. Once again without thinking I ate them. It was grossly yum. Well, I was turning into a dragon. Something bad was happening to me. I ran back inside.
Something in my mind was saying something that said, “Your real self is coming to life.” It repeated that 5 times then it disappeared. I started turning into a big dragon. My memories were fading away and the only thing I could remember was being a dragon meant I had powers: fire, lava, teleporting and bombing.
So I destroyed all of Hawaii and ate everyone and that was my new home.
I lived in their volcano and I lived forever. To this day I am still alive as a dragon.
The End
Made By:Te Marama Kowhai Cowles
In Week 3 of Term 3, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson.
It was about being kind.
I chose to Make. I made a frame for the kindest person I know and that is my mum.
Here is my creation.
Today for Play, Make, Create Mrs Craig read us a book called Silly Goat Gruff and I chose to do a Wanted Poster about a Troll and I chose to make some would not make sound crossing the brige.
Today we wrote a piece of writing about the weather. We got to choose what ever type we wanted.
I chose to do it about Lightning and Thunder.
On Friday it was Matariki day. We did some activities. The day before we got to choose the three activities we wanted to do and we got to do two of them. I chose to do paper plate weaving, shortbread cooking and ki o rahi. I got to do shortbread cooking and paper plate weaving. First I did paper plate weaving in the first block and in the second block I did shortbread cooking. It was super fun. Here are some photos:
In Week 8, Miss Fletcher gave us a science lesson about Matariki. We had to write some notes about it. Here is my work:
In week 8 we did a personification writing about flax. Personification is when you personification something that's not a person Here is my work:
