Tikanga Moari Performance Practice 😀😎😀

Today we practised our performance on Tikanga Maori. Some people were doing Rakau sticks but I was doing Poi with Justin V, Karliel, Natasha, Aaron & Nathan. First we had trouble with swinging the Poi's but then we watched a video about how to swing the Poi the correct way and some new moves like you swing you Poi on top of your head then with the other Poi you hit your waste side to side. Then we practised a dance schedule so that we don't look awkward in the performance. So after that we went and practised our schedule 3-4 times the it was time up for the 3rd block then we wrote a reflection then it was home time and we all went home. Over all it was a great day and I had a lot of fun practiceing our performance using Poi.😀😎😀

Narrative Assessment - Swimming

Festival of Cultural Sharing Writing Competition 2016

Today I went to the prize giving event for the festival of cultural sharing at the Fo Guang Shan temple and won first place in the writing competition. Seven schools participated with over 1000 children in the festival of cultural sharing day. Many students participated in the writing competition. I wrote about how you can use 3G in your life and explained what good deeds you can do.

When I went up to receive my prize I felt very happy for my personal prize but also for winning the writing competition trophy for Ormiston Primary School. The prize was given by an officer from the human rights commission.

 

Soil Experiments!

Today and yesterday we were experimenting about can you grow plants in tea bags? we had a lot of options but our group thought that this was the best and it was. we had a lot of fun in the processes and we collaborated together so we can successfully finish! We had some trouble in the beginning but then we finished it and now were waiting for the broccoli to grow =D when the plants grow then we will test if they are as good as normal broccoli we had a lot of fun and this was pretty cool =D

31 st May 2016 😀

Today was a very fun day because I went to a lot of workshop and learned a lot of new stuff and me and Arnav accomplished one of the most hardest goals in our I Explore about scratch was and that was that we made a platform and it was like real life. normally in scratch if you make a ball bounce it will go through the platform but we made it like there is gravity and the ball comes back to the ground and bounces. Today was a great learning experience and I really want to learn more about scratch and create a proper game
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Robotic Skeleton Hand

Today I was at home because I had a dental appointment. After I came home from the Dentist's my mum showed me this video of a man creating a skeleton hand made out of straws so I thought why don't I try it. I used straws, strings, tape, scissors, and a marker. First I looked at my own hand and marked the finger joints on the straws. Then I made small diamond shape cuts where the joints were. When one finger was done I slipped a string through the straw finger and tied a knot at the end and taped it so it was secured. Next I did the same with the four straw fingers. Once all of the fingers were done I taped them together to form a hand. I collected all the strings together. When I pulled the strings together, it formed a grabbing action. I used my creation to pick up some scrap paper and chucked them in the bin. I also used it to scratch my cat's back and she loved it :)

Reflection: the straws were a little too small so it was difficult to cut them. Next time I want to use longer straws.

Next steps: I think I can may be I can finalize the design and create a final version. I can also make a rubbish collector or an arm extender to grab things that are far away or too high to reach.

Fo Guang Shan temple NZ visit

Today a few students including me were selected to go to the Fo Guang Shan NZ Buddhist temple because the next day we have to lead our groups through the activities in the temple. I led the smaller children through the activities and looked after them so they didn't get mixed up with other groups or get lost.

On Friday when we went as a class we learnt a lot of things like 3G & 4G. 3G stands for 3 goodnesses: do Good deeds, say Good words, and think Good thoughts. 4G is 4 giving: give others hope, give others joy, give others convenience, and give others confidence. 

We also learnt how Siddartha became a Monk and showed people the good path to happiness and joy. We watched a 8 minute long movie on how he grew older and became kinder and more respectful. Even though he was a Prince with lots of wealth and riches he became a Monk. 

Inside the shrine there was a huge meditation place with a 3 thousand ton statue of Siddartha  made out of pure gold. It was massive. We also went to the art gallery and bathed a small statue of the Buddha. We saw a statue of his white horse too. Over all it was an amazing experience.