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Summary Customised Shoes

LI: to explain in fewer words what the text is about.

Our challenge today was based on looking at the work Rangi-Haira Jaxon Greening creates. Rangi-Haira showcases his skills by painting custom designs on shoes with the inspiration of the traditional Maori carving his grandfather and father had done. We read an article that explained what Rangi-Haira had done with his work in order to create a summary. By reading the artice, we could gather 20 keywords, narrow it down to 6 keywords and then create a summary which had all the important main points. I found it interesting how passionate Rangi-Haira is while working with shoes and designing shoes.

Recreating Famous Artworks

LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in the artworks.

This week we have been learning about famous artworks and colour mixing. The artwork I chose was 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer. This artwork was painted in 1665. It was painted as a symbol of purity and innocence. Today it can be found in Mauritshuis, a museum in The Hagues, Netherlands and is to permanently stay there. I enjoyed this challenge because we got to pick our own famous artwork and I really enjoy digital artwork.

What is a Million?

LI: to describe what a million is to you.

For this writing activity, we focused on describing what something means to us. I chose to describe what a million is to me. A million to me is represented by many things, one for example is: the number of mosquito bites I have had. I really enjoyed this activity because I could get creative with my describing and make different types of comparisions.

Letter Q

LI: to evaluate.

This week we read about the origin of the Letter Q, and where it came from. Our task was to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object) to identify words that begin with the Letter Q. Once we had done that we identified the words we didin’t know and defined these. I found out about a few words starting with the letter Q and the meanings of some of them. I enjoyed the looking for these words.

Hauora with Olympians

LI: to draw and label your own Hauora diagram.

In order to be able to perform at their best athletes need to have a four walls of the whare tapawha standing. We created this poster to show what each wall represents and why it is important. I found out that with each wall standing and stable, it always leads to great success. However, if even one wall is unstable, it can be the difference between success and failure. I enjoyed finding out about how the whare tapawha relates to Olympic athletes. 

Ancient Greek Olympics Presentation

LI: to skim and scan to find facts about the Ancient Olympics and make notes in my own words.

https://prezi.com/view/RkWeShYEf70Ur589JT2s/

We used our reading time this week to find out about the Ancient Greek Olympics. Once we had made our notes and reorganised our information we collaboratively created a presentation. I found out that if women were caught in the olympics, they would get thrown off Mt. Olympus. This was a form of punishment due to the fact that women were forbidden from entering the Olympics because men would compete naked. I enjoyed finding out the information for this activity because it was fun and very informational.