Tracey Tawhiao Art

 For the past few weeks we have been doing artwork like Tracey Tawhiao. She is a Maori artist who uses newspaper for her art work. She finds words in the newspaper that have meaning. Then she paints over the paragraphs and then puts Maori designs over them. We did the same but chose patterns from our own culture. 

I found it tricky to get my name to stick onto the paper because it wouldn't stick to the pastel. I put it out into the sun to make the glue dry quicker. I found it hard to find a piece of newspaper that had words that meant something to me.

My digital learning object shows that I can explain what I did on a google drawing. 

Sacraments Of Initiation

This week we were learning about the Sacraments of Initiation. They are for when you are welcomed into the church. Sacraments are a sign of God's presence.

The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.

 

Haast Eagle Report

This week we have been writing a report about an extinct animal. 
We had to pick an extinct New Zealand animal I chose the Haast's Eagle we had the

research the description, habitat, diet and threats.
Our success criteria was to sequence ideas in order, stick to one topic and each

paragraph and use line breaks between paragraphs.
I found it easy to find information about the Haast's Eagle.
Here is my Haast's Eagle report.


Description
The Haast’s Eagle belongs to the Accipitridae family.
They're colours are reddish, brown, white, yellowish, and purplish. It had dark feathers

with white or cream tips. They had a wingspan of 3 metres which is the taller than

the roof of my house. They were 1.4 metres in size and weighed up to 8 kgs.

Habitat
They lived in the South Island, forests and marsh lands. The bones have not been found anywhere else throughout New Zealand. Haast's Eagle bones have been found

at dozens of sites in the South Island and one on Stewart Island.


Diet
They ate everything because they were at the top of the food chain. 
Threats
Their threats are human impact and habitat loss.


Did you know a Haast's Eagles claw is 11 cm long that is as long as a warwick highlighter.

Multiplication Tables Check Practice

 Today we did a multiplication check-up because this term we have been learning our times tables. 

This shows I know some of my 4x and 3x. I know 3x2 but I forgot to click enter on the test.

I found it easy to take a screenshot.

I found it hard to type my answers down because the 6 second timer for each question went fast.

I am now going to learn my 6x and 7x.

Faith GIF

 We were learning faith because it is our Term 3 value. We had to create a set of slides that had a quote about faith from the Bible, and what faith looks like, sounds like and feels like.

Then we went to Tall Tweets and turned it into a GIF.

Ruru Art

For the past two weeks we have been making Ruru art (Owl art).

We looked at John Bevan Ford's art. He is a New Zealand artist. He paints birds and hills. Inside the birds and hills he draws Maori patterns. We decided to have a go.

First we drew the ruru. Then we used dye  and blended it so it would look like John Bevan Ford's art. When it was dry, we vivided it and added Maori patterns. We made the eyes black because that's what he did.

I found it easy to choose colours because we had good colours to choose from in the dye trays. 

I found it hard to finish it on time because I did a lot of skinny lines. The more lines you have, the longer it takes to do the patterns on it.

I would like to learn more about John Bevan Ford and do more art like him because I had fun making the ruru.

Which New Zealand artist do you like? Why?

 

Bird Feeders

 This week we were making bird feeders.

We had to make a bird feeders from milk containers or recycled metal, wood, screws and nails. we painted the bird feeders I choose a buddy her name is Morgan she helped me paint the bird feeder.

One side was the Galaxy the other side was earth.

Here is the side I painted she painted the other side.