Stop motion animation ( communication )

This is a little stop motion animation movie about communication. we did this to show different ways of communication. one thing that was really fun to do was, doing the colour key. colour key is like green screening. unfortunately it didn't work for us. something that i learnt is that it takes a looong looooong time to make. you need to have a lot of patience and persistence when things don't go the way you want them to. i wonder how some people have the time to make an actual movie using stop motion animation. Lisa gets bullied by Patrisha because she has a beard. Then Jacob comes in and he stands up for lisa and patrisha apologizes.


 

Marimba Festival

On Wednesday the 7th of November, round about 115 kids came from schools round NZ came to Tauranga, to perform a selection of songs about ... the ocean. 20 of the kids came from my school. the students from my school were soooooo lucky because we had the choice of going and participating, most other kids were selected or had to audition. We were the first school from Gisborne to ever participate in this marimba festival. One thing that stood out to me was that everyone that participated had different instruments. They obviously had the same thing but they were different styles. There were also violins, a saxophone and a shell horn. I feel like we were like a big orchestra performing in front of fancy people. There was like a couple hundred people watching us play. It was an very fun experience that I had.


                                         


                                                                                                               

What have we been doing ?

On wednesday 18/9/18 Makaraka School went to the war memorial theater to watch Central School's production.  i wrote a letter to them about how i thought about there production and thanking them for inviting us to watch.



Lily
Makaraka School 137
Makaraka Main Road Gisborne

 19/9/18

 Central School
 7 Central street

 Dear Staff and Students of Central School, I am writing this letter to thank you for inviting us back to the past, and showing us how your school has been developed in the years, through your awesome production - This is us - Anei Matou. All 130 of us kids and staff at Makaraka school are proud of you for going up on that big stage and participating in the show. I thought that it was cool how you shared the narrating round, instead of one or two people doing it themselves. It was also cool how you had Maori Language and you translated it in English so than we know what it means. I really liked how you guys were singing over top of the music, it just filled the missing gap. Another thing that I absolutely adored was your costumes. I'm still wondering whether you made them or you bought them because they were absolutely amazing. The performance helped me understand the story more about your school. As they say, you learn something everyday, and that day I learned sooo much. For example, I learned that Central School first opened in 1857! One of my favorite things in your production was the props, I loved all the detail and it looked like it took forever to do. One of the highlights for me was a literal highlight. It was a fantastic idea to put lights on your logo and I thought it was outstanding! I give a BIG HAND to the boys whos played James Cook and Kiwa, that must have been sooo hot in there. Again I give a BIG HAND to the BIG HANDS. I felt so happy after seeing your production and I think you were too. I also hope that you have another one next year, and I bet it's not going to be just good, but it's going to be awesomely super fantastically amazing! All 430 kids at your school would have been very proud of yourselves and each other. And again I thank you inviting us to your production. It helped me learn a lot more than I already know about Turanganui A Kiwa and your school.

 Arohanui

 Lily

My Speech

This is the video of my saying my speech. Before I presented my speech I was really nervous, I had tingles running up and down my spine, butterflies flying around in my tummy and my hands were shaking like there was a mini earthquake in them. But ....... when i started to say my speech I got more relaxed and I think I took a chill pill. And after I said my speech I felt so proud of myself and I had accomplished my goal of being proud of myself and being me. 

What is loom ?

 Georgia and I made this video useing "Loom" Loom is a app and you can cast your screen, face in a video, and voice. we did all three in our video. we were talking about collaboration and what it means to us.

The old rust bucket

In class we are reading a book called trash and we got set a task to right a description of the old rust bucket/ old house.

Bushes swaying in the wind making a swishing sound. While cats meowing with the breeze harmony. And rocks clashing together with the sound of metal to metal.

Rocks tumbling down the hill. Trees dancing along with the wind. Poles so still like a statue, but a boring statue.

Sky so gloomy and plain. Chimney white but shadowy and foggy. Ground so rocky and dull.

By Lily

How much have I improved from last term ?

so what i did was i, chose a blog post of mine and i improved it to show how much i have improved.

Slime Time Science

For the science fair Leah and I did our science project on slime. Our aim/objective was to see what happens when you add different things into slime. We tested Dirt, Clay and paper towels. Dirt completely melted the slime, we thought it would make the slime hard and crispy. The clay made the slime soooooo good. It made the slime really stretchy and spreadable, like spreading butter on toast. And the paper towels made the slime really clumpy and weird, and not stretchy at all. Overall it was pretty good but we didn't get in the finals. But there's always next year.

"You never know what you will find" in the Trash

  In class we are reading a book called "Trash" and we also have been set question. and the question    relate to the book. My slide show will update as i go on through the book and questions.      

Term 3 goals

 This is my Term 3 goals. Term 3 already, the year has gone by so fast. Next term I am going to
be leaving my amazing school makaraka. I hope I still do blogging  at intermediate

what is voki ?

go to voki

We used voki to say our learning instead you having to read it. On voki you can create a character and write or speak what you want it to say. You can change the voice to what you want it to be.

Experience at whangara farm

On monday the 11/6/2018, my class and I went to Whangara farm to see real professional trails, nursery and more. We went there to see what it's like at a real trail.

At the trails there are all different types grass sections. In our groups we were allowed to get a sample to do a test on. The soil that my group has is phalaris and RC ( red clover ) In our groups we did a test on the soil. 2 groups did nitrogen, 2 groups did potassium and 2 groups did phosphorus. My group did potassium. The results that the tests w
ork by is colour. Potassium's base colour is black. If the colour turns black it is low in potassium. If it turns smokey grey than it is medium in potassium. And if it turns light grey than it is high in potassium. Our one turned in between high and medium.

At the nursery there were willow trees and. What they did at the nursery was they let the tree grow, and when they will cut off the biggest trunk off the tree and put it back in the ground, and it will re grow it's self into another tree and they will keep repeating it over and over again. Just down from the nursery there was a river. The river was quite dirty in regardes of the flooding.

 

We also went up to a hill and on top of the hill there was a measuring machine type thing that weighed and measured the rainwater. There was also a few cages on the hill. The cages were me
nt for measuring the grass.  Renee one of the people who worked at whangara farms, one of her jobs was to measure how much dry matter there is for the animals. In the caged space she presses down with her special tool 5 times. In the four corners and in the middle and that measures how much dry matter there is for the animals to eat. She does that prosess for each cage, she does it one time and then goes back in two weeks and does it again in the same spot then she moves into another spot.

observasions of pH test

Angus's dad Nick came in to our class. Nick is an Agronomist and we did a pH test on some of the dirt he brought in. My group did the test on sand. The sand is te hapara sand and it has a good amount of pH in it, so it would be good to grow plants in. We also took some awesome photos with microscope. The sand looks sooo cool through the microscope.
                            Thank you sooooo much Nick!!!

Want to know how to make a really goood blog post

This week with Mrs Crouser we have been doing blog posts.(How to make a quality blog post) If you are having trouble making a gooooood blog post than this will defintly help help you because it helped me a lot.

How well are my term 2 weekly goals going

This is my goals i do them each week. I review on a quote, review on last week and if i have achevied my goals than i review on them, but if i didn't than i could use them again the next week.

Want to know how to make a quality blog comment

In my class we have been learning how to make quality blog comments with Mrs Crouser. Its all about being safe and smart online. And if you are having trouble writing blog comments or any online comments than I am very sure this will help.

Green House

 We made Green Houses for our class business. Each group made a Green House and planted one particular seed. For example my group has Rye grass and another group has Barley. We are testing witch seed grows fastest, how tall they end up growing and stuff like that. Since it is winter we needed to put plastic on the green house to keep the plants warm but we also need frost cloth so it can still breath.

Bigger and Better meat project

     
                      This is my Bigger and Better meat project.
       We are learning about different types of animals, meat and land.

Term 2 times table scores

     These is my math grid scores. Each week I put my score in from my math gird.

ice skating day 2

This is ice skating day 2

Anzac project

Here is my Anzac work. We reed 5 books and reviewed them. (We rote the story in our own words) something that I learnt was how Jack didn't come back from war alive. I really liked how the little girl wanted to march on Anzac day like her grandad. I did wonder how Simpson didn't die of illness from carrying the soldiers that were hurt, sick or dead.

ice skating 11/4/2018

Anzac Biscuits 11/4/2018

RECIPE         Annabel Langbein's Anzac biscuits

Prep time:      10 mins

Cook time:     20-25 mins

Makes:           about 30

Tips

Tip: If you don't have golden syrup you can use honey or maple syrup instead.

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole grain rolled oats
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup thread coconut
• 1 cup soft brown sugar
• ¼ cup golden syrup
• 125g butter
• 2 tbsp boiling water
• ½ tsp baking soda

steps

1. Preheat oven to 160°C fan bake and line 2 oven trays with baking paper for easy clean-up.
2. Combine rolled oats, flour, coconut and sugar in a large bowl. Heat together golden syrup, butter and boiling water until butter melts. Stir in soda, then mix into dry ingredients until well combined.
3. Roll mixture into balls slightly smaller than a golf ball and place on trays, allowing a little room for spreading. For biscuits that are crunchy on the outside but a little chewy inside, lightly flatten with a fork or damp fingers and bake until lightly golden (about 20 minutes). For chunky, super-hard biscuits, bake for about 30 minutes. For very crunchy thin biscuits, press dough very flat and bake for about 15 minutes

Observation.

Julia: Our group  name was HJLG that stands for Hannah,Julia,Lily and Gypsy. The were wet ingredients and dry. when I put the butter and golden syrup in the microwave and after when I took it out It smells Delicious. After rachel took them out they looked amazing it had a nice golden and brownish colour.

A few minutes later. We just tasted the Anzac biscuits and they were delicious I could really taste the golden syrup and rolled oats  

Julia’s thoughts

My thoughts on the Anzac biscuits are that they smelt good and they are looking good and they taste good. They were a Ten out of Ten.  

Gypsy: My thoughts Feels sticky but crumbly. Smelt obviously Delicious. And tasted delicious and you could taste the golden syrup.It was so fun to make and we all worked in a team.I thought that the baking was very easy And fun.

Lily: i thought that it was a fun and easy recipe. The wet ingredients smelt so good and the dry didn't have a smell, but they felt really greessey with the wet ingredients in it. The wet ingredients colour was  a yellow and the dry ingredients colour was beige. The taste was so delightful. it tasted so sweet and yum but after it makes you kind of thirsty.     

Hannah’s observation: My observation was that after they were cooked they smelt yum and you could hardly resist them the colour was a golden brown.  The wet dry ingredients mix well together and the dry ingredients did not take over the wet ingredients or the wet ingredients did not take over the dry ingredients.  The anzac biscuits felt lite, golden and crunchy. The taste was delightful and crunchy.

Hannah’s thoughts:My thoughts are that the anzac biscuits are yum and crunchy and lite to eat.

Wives of the soldiers made ANZAC Biscuits for them. They were one of the only food you could send to them because the ingredients in the biscuit have a longer expiry date than your usual baking ingredients. The Anzac biscuit wasn't a biscuit it was a cake and they didn't have instructions either. In the 9th book of st andrews cookbook anzac biscuits were called Anzac crispies.

Goals of the week

Here are my goals for term 1. Each week we write goals and reflect on the goals that we did the previous week. If we don't complete our goals we can use them for another week. Sometimes  the goals can relate to a quote that we reflect on as well. We also reflect on a new quote each week.

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