Category: Hanga | Create

Diya Creating

LI: To follow the instructions to make your own origami diya (diva lamp).

The photo above shows my origami diya (diva lamp). Our first challenge was to watch the video that shows how to fold an origami diya (diva lamp). Before we could start we needed to use a ruler to measure a 20cm square piece of paper to make our own origami square. I found one of the parts to make the triangle  challenging because I didn’t undertsand the part much until I got it and it was easy.

I found this activity fun because I enjoy doing origami.

Celebrating Diwali

LI: To use your smart searching skills to find out what Diwali is and how people celebrate around the world.

Our challenge was to write create a DLO that tells others what Diwali is and how people celebrate around the world. Something I found interesting was the many reasons different religions celebrate Diwali because they all have very interesting stories.

I found this activity fun and interesting because I learnt about a cultural celebration and it was very fun to learn about.

Phares dans la Tempete, la Jument

LI: To use your smart searching skills to find the story behind this picture.

Our challenge was to write create a DLO that shows where this lighthouse is and what the story is behind the image. We found out that the Phares dans la Tempete, la Jument is a lighthouse in Ouessant the coastline of West France, Brittany.

I found this activity interesting because I reaserched about a famous lighthouse and the ctory behind the image.

Inchcape Rock

LI: To find and summarise the story behind the poem

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No movement flows; the boat froze, sails and bottoms paused.

Silenced noise and signs, waves arise and slump bells enclosed.

Aberbrothok set down the bell, the storm and waves fell.

The rock had swept, the bell warned. Then raised danger

Sun cheered, joyful birds shrieked. Then came the lovable music.

The inchcape bell spotted a green mark as Ralph eyed.

Ralph mirthfully sang in sinister his insides laughed with evil.

Eyes focused on the bell, rowing to dispel Abbot’s label.

Heading towards inchcape rock, Ralph cuts the bell to plague.

Downturned the ringing bell, “the next person will be ensorcelled.”

Ralph sailed away scouring the seas heading towards Scotland’s shore.

Gazed upon the highs, the sunlight and breeze had last.

Rover takes his stand blinded by the dark gaze ahead.

Said ;”now we’re lost, how I wish the bell rang.”

The sound died, swells then striked the inchcape rock.

Ralph hath balded and cursed as waves and ships collided.

The ship sinking warned himself of cutting the inchcape bell

Our challenge was to unpack the story behind the 17 verses of the poem Inchcape Rock by Robert Southy. The part I found interesting was when sir Ralph crashed into the inchcape rock because he had cursed himself by cutting the bel of of the rock because he was jeleous of everyone praising Abbot.

I found this activity interesting because I unpacked a poem and I don’t get to really unpack poems most of the time.

 

Dinner for Family

For the respect care award activity, I made dinner for my family to complete a task. I made a cheesy potato bake. I used a deep dish, Maggi potato sachet, potatoes, a peeler, knife, cutting board, deep pot, water, 1 cup of milk, and cheese.

I found this activity fun becasue I got to cook, and after I got to eat it myself.

Spring Breakfast SLJ

For the Spring learning journey I completed task 2 which was to make my parents a spring breakfast.

First I toasted 3 pieces of bread and used a cookie cutter I made at tech to cut them into shapes, I made 2 stars and 4 hearts. Then  I put the hearts into the shape of a flower and decorated them with a chocolate spread and served them to my parents.

I found this activity fun because I enjoyed decoating the toast and cutting it out.

Spring Garden SLJ

For thew spring learning jorney I complated activity five, which was to create a spring garned in minecraft.

To make my garden I first started off by digging a big hole and switching the dirt with different types of stone blocks for texture. After I did that I filled it with water and added build a spruce bridge over it. Once I finished that I used Azalea leaves to create that shape of a circle and added flowers everywhere. Finally, I added a roof ontop of my garden and added leaves for decoration on top.

Observation Something Happened Here…

LI: Learning about New Zealand history.

For reading we looked at New zealand history from the school starter kit. We chose one of the 36 cards and learnt about the tangata whenua which tells us the mountain, river, tribe and marae for place we choose. We chose observation, this card was about Abel Tasman and Dumont D’urville. Abel Tasman’s story was about murderers bay, we learnt why he gave murderers bay the name and what happened.

I found this task interesting because I was given the opportunity to learn about history behind New Zealand.

Thank You Card

Me and the rest of thr netball team crated a thank you card for Miss Morris before she left the school. This card was created for Miss Morris as she was leaving our school. We wrote things about how she was an awesome coach and how she helped us level up our netball skills. We had good memories with Miss Morris and hope she will visit us soon.

 

Character Dispelling

For reading I chose a character from a text and dispelled the gender bias. I chose Brainy smurf as my character, when I dispelled the gender I changed a few things, for example a gave her more feminin clothing and a more defined body shape. While I was dispelling the gender I stayed with the theme of a steryotypical “nerd” because ofter when you hear the word “brainy” people think about “nerds”.

I enjoyed this activity because I got to take one of the characters I like and dispell the gender bias that followed from the past in evolution. This task let me express my ideas and think about questions like “what actually would my character look like as a female?” overall this activity helped me display my creativity and learn about gender bias and how men are displayed as more empowering as woman.