Recount about the film festival

Waking up knowing that I already given my permission slip made me feel confident for the fact that I was all organised such as my school uniform for school, I decided to get dropped off because the weather wasn't so fine, furthermore I was running late. I told my mum if she could drop me off to school because it would be faster for me to arrive to school for the Manaiakalani film festival.

Just arriving to school made me think about the Manaiakalani film festival, meanwhile time was going fast but I still had to wait until it was 11:30. While time was passing by I decided to ask my friends if the Manaiakalani film festival was good last year since I didn't go to the the ‘one last year’. Some reason I felt really intense because I knew that we would be arriving to the film festival in seconds.

Knowing that it was nearly a 11:30, our teacher told our class to line up in two lines, boys line, and girls line. Just walking outside seeing 4 buses passing by our school made me no that it was time to walk over near to the buses. This meant that we had just arrived near to the bus. We walked onto the bus, finding spaces to sit. I decided to sit with Mao on the bus.

Later that moment we sat down and watched the other classes join the bus with our class which was class 3.

As soon as we arrived at sylvia park we were looking at all these other schools arrive for the Manaiakalani film festival. Meanwhile we had to hope out of the buses and walk over to the synonymous. Firstly we hopped out of the bus, then walk into the enter, entrance. We had then got a instruction saying go to the movies entrance door. This meant that we had arrived to the synonymous just on time.

Going into the door where the movie took place. we started watching all sorts of clips of each class doing our own class movies, but there was a twist to it there we people to introduce their movie, there explained parts of the movies but not exactly all of it.

As soon as they started their first movie made me feel like my time has come all the way to this moment.

My favourite part of the film festival was the bowl cut because, there was just so much entertaining and furthermore there was just a lot of joy into the movie that they had made.

Maths-thinkboard

Other words for quickly

(popplet) other words for think

How to make a celtic knot

The first step for making a celtic knot is to research the patterns that you want to draw onto you peace of paper. For your celtic knot you will then need to select three people in a group so you can each have your own pattern in you celtic knots to represent that you were part of the group, meanwhile when you have then decided the pattern that you want to do for your celtic knot you will then want to decide where you want your design to go.

Once you have thought about what pattern you want to do for your celtic knot,

you will then want to start sketching your pattern inside your celtic knot. You would want to draw your pattern carefully so that it looks like you have contributed in the group sensibly. when you're doing your celtic knot you  would want to discuss with your group what kind of patterns that you think suits you and your group.

Having your discussion with your group you would want to go over your patterns or designing with vivid, this will help you because you would have a great out line of vivid… you would want to make sure that the vivid is black. Going over your patterns with vived you would want to make sure you choose colors that at least match with your group, at this point you would want to start discussing about what each other will do in their celtic knot.

If you have finally decided doing your colors… you would want to previously want to color in your celtic knot with  (pastels). You would want to do this for the fact that the colors will combine or stand out more clearly....this means that you will have to go over your celtic knot with just the colors that you think suits your celtic knot.

Finally, once you have done doing your coloring in you will need to combine all 3 of you celtic knots together. Then once you have combined them together you will have a beautiful celtic knot...

Reading about kowhaiwhai

What is Kowhaiwhai?

Kowhaiwhai are beautiful painted design patterns. At first, kowhaiwhai patterns can be viewed as decoration only, but closer examination shows that they involve sophisticated mathematical precision.  These patterns include symmetry, rotation, reflection and translation.

The koru or pitau is the most basic design element of kowhaiwhai. These are curving stalks with bulbs at one end. They bear a striking resemblance to the young shoot of a native fern.

After the koru or pitau, the next main motif or pattern of kowhaiwhai is the crescent or kape. This  is characterised by a line of evenly placed white circles on the outer edge of the crescent.

The koru or pitau and the kape, are all that make up the list of basic kowhaiwhai motifs. However when used in various combinations these two patterns can create many varying designs of incredible depth.

1. Why does it say that kowhaiwhai are more than just decoration?

Because each pattern has a meaning and its not just simple they have

beautiful painted designs that are used to make kowhaiwhai.

2. Describe the two main patterns of kowhaiwhai?

A koru is a spiral shape that is used in kowhaiwhai and koru

can be used over and over on each kowhaiwhai.

An Artform

Stories that explain the origin of kowhaiwhai all say that it is an art form secondary in importance to  woodcarving (whakairo) and tattooing (ta moko). When kowhaiwhai is compared to wood-carving and tattooing, there are several contrasts.  Apart from the obvious differences of how they are created, kowhaiwhai is seen as something more temporary. It is not seen as having  lasting value, so requires no special ritual and no formal training. It is considered to be a common (noa) activity and so therefore, can be carried out by anyone.

The colours red, black and white are often the only colours that appear in kowhaiwhai patterns. Red was obtained by mixing red ochre with shark-liver oil.  Black paint was made by mixing shark oil with powdered charcoal. For white paint, taioma or pipeclay was burned then pulverised and mixed with oil.

3. Why is kowhaiwhai seen as less important than whakairo and ta moko?

Because its compared to tattooing and wood carving so they are

technically compared as a whakairo and moko as more important.

4. Do you think whakairo and ta moko was carried out by anyone?

Yes because there are also other people that also do kowhaiwhai

for their own places in New zealand.

Origins

One oral account from Ngati Kahungunu, traces the origin of both wood-carving and kowhaiwhai. It tells us that:

When Whiro, Haepuru and Haematua climbed up to the second heaven to obtain carvings for their house, they were told by one of the gods that the art of decorating houses with wood carvings had already been taken away by their younger brothers. Whiro and his two friends complained to the god that they could not go begging to their younger brothers for the art, so the god showed them how to embellish a house with painted designs.

Whiro and the others then descended and adorned their own house with painted designs.( Best (1982:287-8…)

5. Why couldn't Whiro, Haepuru and Haemata get carvings for their house?

6a. sophisticated

Look at these words in the article and see if you can work out their meaning from the context. Then look up and write down the definition from the dictionary

Precision:          Being exactly the same and a curate

Resemblance    A state of resemblance of being alike

Motif                  A decoration or pattern                

Secondary        Means that you are less important than.

Temporary        lasting for a long period of time

Pulverised         reduced to fine particles

Obtained           something         

Embellished       make something or make it attractive

Adorn                 make something more beautiful or attractive

popplet

Triangle addition

What I did in my holidays

Realizing that I had just finished school, and it was friday, yes friday the last day of school this means I have the time off school. In my holidays my mum decided to go Rainbows-End. She told the rest of my family to come but instead of just going in the morning we decided to go at night.

There was a loud bang on the door ‘bang, bang, bang’ Three big knocks on the door.

I knew instantly that it was my family because it was just so obvious, only they would come at that time which was night time. I would have opened the door like my brother told me to but I was too busy struggling... trying to find suitable clothes for Rainbow-End. I was already in agony for some reason I was especially nerves for the fact that My family was already except for me making me feel like I should of got organised the day before.

Come to think of it, when I found my clothes the last minute later

there was another problem that happened that occurred to me… the

problem was I didn’t know what shoes to wear and on top of it I couldn't find

any of my shoes. This made me feel like a purple cow being the odd one out because

I couldn’t find any shoes but eventually I found my matching pair.

As my hand gripped onto the car door we decided to go straight away to

Rainbows End and eat later. We finally arrived silently out of the car, strolling

past the ticket man because we had booked it online. Just going through the entrance

had gave me chills just feeling the breeze going down my spine.

Just looking at the rides made me  just want to go turn back to the entrance and go back home...but is the same time I wanted to go because there was a new ride that has came out, it was called Stratosfear the stratosfear is now me and my brothers favourite ride so far. Since we were already through the enttrence we decided to go in the stratisfear first since it wasn’t such a long line.

Rangoli festival

Maths presentation

Immersion Assembly

On monday the 13th of October,

I was with my class looking around thinking

we have Immersion assembly, since we had to

go to the hall I noticed that the teachers were all

dressed up acting as art characters, The theme was

art attack. It started of with Mr. Bert doing a introduction

of what we were doing for term 4… There was teams such as

team, 1 team 2 , team 3, team 4 , and lastly team 5. Team five was

my favourite for the fact that they did a portrait upside down, there was

two people doing a portrait each, and there was only 3 portraits and that was my favourite.

  

Mr. Jacobson                  Mrs.Jarman                                         Mr.Burt

Ms.Paget                        Mrs.Nua                                               Mr.Bark

Ms.Lagitupu                    Ms.Squires                                          Ms.Clark

The names below mean those are

      the people who did the

                   portraits

popplet

                       
                                         This is my popplet about what you need for art...

triangle addition

Popplet

Popplet of the week is big...
outher words for big can be usfull up ahead

The malfunction of the fireworks

NZRFU to stop fireworks at games

People who got burned from the crowed

Saturday 23 of August

Recently there have been speculations about New Zealand's Rugby Union game. Steve Tew announced that all fireworks will be suspended, as there has been a spectator that has gone  to hospital, after she was hit by this debris from the fireworks. leaving two other people with agonising eyes. The misfire at the rugby union game, was between the All blacks and the Wallabies, at eden park. As the fireworks set off there was a malfunction blast of fire, during the All blacks haka, leading the crowd screaming.

Steve Tew vocalized that all fireworks that are displayed are off until the case is known…

as the fireworks made the crowed in consternation…  Steve-Tew apologies because the fireworks didn’t work out how they thought it would be. As they decided to have the fireworks during the All blacks haka, while this happened there was a huge hit of misfire that had carried onto their eyes.

common wealth games

popplet: word for watched

Feet first

Explore the history of Karate (doing your own research):

Find out five facts and state them:

What is the purpose of Karate?

(1) The purpose of Karate is that you are protecting yourself,

(2) You don't need to have weapons

(3) Karate is a non hand sport

(4) This sport is art and they have all different levels

(5) And you have to warm up before you start versing your opponent.

What is ‘dojo’?

For what reason is it important to bow in karate?

Because karate was made in Japan and when you bow down

it is a way of showing your respect, and showing there

tradition of showing that they have respect…  

Explore the culture of Japan, in what other instances do they bow?

It is because this sport has been none as a japanese game

but can also be used by other countries, for this reason they would

also bow down because they show respect to the leader coach.

What does a ‘belt’ represent?

A belt represents what level or stage you are at.

For instance, if you have been practicing for years you

move up levels. Just like how we move up by year like yr 7&8.

There are levels of belts in karate, what are the levels and what does each one represent? (You will need to do some of your own research)

The whir area is the first one you will get and then when you go really good like a pro you will then have a black belt...

Explain a sempai?

It means a long tail monkey…

For what reason is it important that people warm up prior to karate?

Because you would get a tensed cold body but if you dont get ready you will

be feeling not really ready.

What are some other sports and activities that people warm up in?

1) Rugby

2) Touch

3) Running

Explain all of the moves in karate:

Side kick

frontal kick

kick

Explain it well so that your audience can imagine it.

There is a punching back and they kick it high and low,

mean while they are also be punching it in a hard but delicit

way.

How can one prevent themselves from getting an injury from Karate?

By doing karate do protect themselves but karate is to

protect yourself not make the fight.

Jzarahr competed in a tournament, how did she do in the tournament?

she had won and learnt how much she need to improve.

What advice could you give someone who was about to compete in a sports tournament?\

She had improved and when she had to go against this boy...

Read Jzarahr’s interview state three facts about her.

she was at brown

she had fun

she is nearly on black

Karate is a sport from Japan, what are some sports from other countries around the world?

Netball

basketball

soccer

Who is Sa Johnson? State three facts about him.

she had been practising for long

HE has been practising long

he is good at karate  

He teaches children

From reading the text do you think Karate is difficult? Why/why not?

she had a good futer focus and being good

Karate is hard because you have to have things right

and you have to make your self focused to go in a harder level belt.

Why do you think karate would be an important skill to have? State your reasons and why.

she had been doing

Well karate is good to defend yourself and

karate is not made to attack it is made to defend.

Research and find one famous person who has a black belt and is excellent at Karate.

State five facts about them.

Mark Garry

he is 8

has a black belt

he has 7 trophies

and he has a dad that did karate

Venn diagram

Display the similarities and differences between Karate and sport of your choice.

Life education

Drugs and alcohol are chemicals that make damage to your, heart,  brain,

and also they can take over your organs. If you ever take drugs or alcohol  it

would change how a human's body works…

Since harold has finished. I now know the purpose of how drugs and alcohol can hurt your family and yourself. Having the addiction can cause serious anger into your life because your body is not fully developed as your brain can only take only one if you have not been fully grown up. if this does happen this can cause you to have slow reactions as the alcohol or drugs can take over your brain signals.

For the last past few week have been discussing how you can start to be addicted…

and this can be caused just by your friends, as they have been asking people to buy this

product as they are trying to get money doing this can lead to serious danger and your brain

is telling yourself to have more and more. If your body tries to have drugs or alcohol for the first time you could possibly die from the decision that you have made, If you choose to ever have alcohol or drugs it is best to think what would happen if you do this… think about the addiction and how it hurts people, and if you watched the videos with harold you could see how bad it became.

If you have ever been sore or sick you would probably take medicine, you already

no about the type of drugs that can be used in there such as chemicals.

If you are talking about the legal bad drugs then those are the ones that can

change the way that your body works such as damage to all your body… it is good

for you to know before you even go near drugs or alcohol there are chemicals that make your

brain signal of, when this happens and you get really bad and you get hurt you won't be feeling anything to the next day.

 

Your brain can only signal so much for instance if you would go have

alcohol you brain can only take over one drink but that is only when your body is fully developed

so if you have more than two,  the alcohol goes then through you body and then goes to the brain and make it not fully work...

Going lift education made me learn to have really get decision and think

about how bad things can get… Seeing how all these people got hurt made me

think about what it would do to my family

reading football

Referring to the title of the text what do you think the article is about?

I would say it is about a football game that they would go to maybe every

saturday. I would recommend this as it says saturday and once you have game

on a certain day you would have all your games on that day.

Why do Saturday’s start early for Alice?

To get to the ground early to prepare for the game so that if

another team came I guess they would have the first spot to

choose from, because they can choose a spot that is just right for them.

What does Alice enjoy being a part of, for what reason do you believe she enjoys this?

She enjoys being in the backline while her team is arriving to train

as they are getting busy setting up that goals.

What does the goal weigh? What do you think Ashleigh is doing when she says this. Think about if the goal were to literally weigh this, would it be even possible for Ashleigh to lift it?

Ashleigh said that the goal weighs a ton but she means that it seems heavy

to her. If this actually was a ton she wouldn’t be able to lift it as it would be to

heavy for her it would be impossible.

How do you think the girls are feeling prior to their game?

Probably because they are nerves because they haven’t played

them before and so this means that this is their first time against them

so they would think that they are maybe a really good game.

Put yourself in their shoes, how would you feeling/ how do you feel before playing a netball or rugby game?

I would feel good because you only know how they play once you versus them.

And if they are a really good player and you can see that she/he has potential then

you can get tips from then so that in your next game you can play with them.

“Jessica jumps high and deflects the ball” what does this mean?

This means that you are changing directions because your body

is interposing.  

What are the girls doing prior to their game starting?

They are trying to kick the ball away from their opponent so that they can help

their own team to get a try. Because if you don't try and get the ball of the other team there

is less luck that your team will win.

Refer to the images at the top of page 6. For what reason are they doing this?

They are taking turns on being goalkeeper while the rest of the team

fire kick the balls into the goal… so that they can win.

Frank urges the girls to not give up, what does it mean when you urge someone to do something?

It means they have to do somthing so for example

Can you make me a malo so this means you urge them]

to make or do something.

In most sports games there is always a referee, what is the role of the referee?

To make sure they are playing they are playing right in the right time

so that they can not cheat, referees can make you game better because without

your reef you have no game so it is best to have a reef,

Why is a referee so important?

They are so important because without them you

can’t have a game so it is best to have a reef during

your game and also it makes us play properly.

What are three very important characters a person needs to have to be part of a sports team.

They need to be sporty have great attitude to your

team even if they are not so great at playing and show

that you care for your team and you need cooperation.

Who is Cara Telea, state five facts about her.

1. she played football

2. She good at getting goals

3. She is good at talking to her team

4. She is good at still playing and not being scared

5. She has heaps of friends

From reading the text, do you think soccer is a difficult game to play? Why/why not.

I would say it is half half because it’s up to the team you are versing and

how you play because if you have played soccer heaps then you are most

likely good at soccer.

Why do you think soccer is more popular in some countries instead of some others?

Because other countries like other sports

and also because some people prefer different

sports because people are all different.

Who is a famous soccer player, state five facts about them.

Neyma

he is 21

he is from brazil

he is good at winning

he is good at getting goals