My Term Highlights and Evaluation

My Art - Printing Self Evaluation

Printing Art Evaluation	: (	: /	: )
Investigate and discuss printmaking processes.			✓
To research artists and complete an artist study to enhance understanding of printmaking.  (Art Analysis)		✓
Use line to create shapes and convey tone on their images.	✓
Use tone to show light in portrait drawings and polystyrene prints and lino prints.		✓
Use the printing process to produce a clear print.			✓
To learn how to use printing tools.			✓
Understand the importance of line, contours and texture to create a successful print.		✓

Write about what you have learnt about the lino print making process?

The different outlines of the art makes every detail detailed and makes it look very nice I also learnt if you don’t talk to your friends you get a lot more work done. And every detail counts.

What new skills have you learnt?  What did you improve at?

I learnt the different ways to hold the tool so you wouldn't cut yourself I achieved that and I also learnt that if you I also improve on my art skills the way to sketch and that there are many different portraits and kind of Art.

How well did you create tone and texture on your print?

I made every piece of my face look detailed and put in a lot of shading to pull it off the different colours I also used in my two different prints made it look a lot different as well.

What could you have done better?  If you were going to complete another print, what would you do differently?

I would take a different photo and I would put in a lot more shading and I will take lots of time completing it.

P.E

We had our second Athletics training today It was amazing we focused on Long Jump like our landing and our running I nearly got to the end of the sandpit. So I guess that is my goal to get to the end of the sandpit but we did do some kind of Athletics training last week but I had to get called in for Choir and that day we focused on Sprints I really good at sprints. My P.E. groups P.E. days are on Mondays and Wednesdays So looking forward to the real Athletics day. =)

Term 3 Writing Evaluation

What writing Level are you working at? 
(See your writing matrix)


• Early level 2
• level 2
• Early level 3
• level 3
• Early level 4
• level 4
• Early level 5
• level 5
What writing level should you be at?
(See your writing matrix)


• Early level 2
• level 2
• Early level 3
• level 3
• Early level 4
• level 4
• Early level 5
• level 5
• 
  


What writing goals have you achieved this Term?
(At least 2 goals).




I have really started to improve on my punctuation I have always been missing it out in my stories and I have really improved.


My vocabulary I have extended it quite a lot over the past term I am now also starting to use smarter words.


What are your next steps? What do you need to do to reach the next writing level?
(At least 2 goals)
I need to find interesting topics to write about and I need to use a range of punctuation. 


I also need to put my stories into paragraphs whilst writing.

Mathletics AGAIN!

I Got in the top 100 in NZ and Top 100 in THE WORLD in Mathletics.

WORLD: 70

NZ: 36

P.E. We Won

OK well our Marama Syndicate was having a competition for our cross country challenge who ever ran the most laps win and there was going to be something in it for us so we trained hard and WE CAME FIRST so we got the Prize we came up with many Ideas but we all agreed on a Movie it was B.Y.O snacks to. I Brought packs of lollies I might Share with my friends (Just Kidding) But Hope I have fun Its this afternoon!!

Mathletics

I was finally on the Score Board!! I was Working Hard to get there I'm Very Proud Hahaha
Just 89th

My Term Highlights And Evaluation

Funny parts??  What made you laugh this Term?

My friends have definitely made me laugh this term and my teachers there made me laugh this term but i have really enjoyed this term the humor and all.

Likes/dislikes

*I have liked this term is the new way of fitness and new varieties of learning i have enjoyed spending rin w with my friends and learning exciting ways to learn as well as learning new ways to look at things

*The only dislike i have is how all the classrooms are set out because i am used to getting told what to do and when to do it I know that sounds weird coming from me but I really do like it that way :)

Sports and activities

There has been many sports and activities that I have joined/competed in and I have enjoyed every moment of them too many to name but not enough to do and I hope there is more activities to come.    

What I Enjoyed

I have really enjoyed the many things i have learnt and the new strategies to learn with other things i already know. I have enjoyed in P.E our cross country we are still training at the moment and we are also going to carry on next term but I am really enjoying it we have too run around the domain I have picked up some techniques over my short experience but I know i'm getting better.

I have enjoyed in art my zentangling the best it it very detailed and quite I’m not very good at being quiet but i'm learning as well as i'm improving my zentangling and my handwork I really do enjoy zentangling and any type of art mrs hull throws at us.

Reading has been awesome I have a good report for reading and I am reading a higher level I am quite proud But i can do better that is something to work on threw out this year I have extended my range of vocabulary though.

NYLD - Best Day Ever

When I went to NYLD I learnt heaps of leadership roles and Responsibility's There were many quotes like- "Dream big achieve more" (Cam Calkoen)  "Be awesome" (Cam Calkoen) "If you build a dream a dream will build you" (Cam Calkoen) And so many more I was inspired the most by Cam Calkoen. We also learnt about superpowers because the theme was superheros and the superpowers are Laughter, Smarts, Kindness & Leadership. I am definitely laughter. Who agrees? Also we had a great performance by JAMIE MCDELL!!! It was AWESOME I had a great time!!!!

My movie

All up to date

I'm up to date with all my work YAY!!!

My Reading Role

Today I did a A-MAZ-ING job at my role for reading. My role was Discussion Directer and It was awesome, I did what I do best TALK, the teachers also said so themselves I Directed like a true Director. I'm quite proud that I got pointed out for good things not always bad.

;) I love this week!!

Pop Art

This is my pop Art I made a couple of weeks ago we had to do a sketch of either someone in our syndicate or one of our leaders we look up to I did my sketch of a friend of mine phoebe she also has a Blog check out hers to at http://npsphoebe-rayed.blogspot.co.nz/ 
Hope you like my art don't forget to leave a comment and there will be more coming soon.

Extra Art

I have been doing Extra art this week It's been great I made this ADORABLE tiger and a little baby panda I have not yet finished my panda but it's in progress I will have to get a picture of them and post it on my blog here

My White Water Rafting

Title: Downstream

The gentle rocking of the boat calmed me as everyone jumped in. I gripped onto the paddle in front of me and started to paddle in beat with the rest of the team. The hot, stuffy morning made my thighs stick to the rubber outside of the boat that kept us afloat. We start to speed up as we caught a ripple. I took a glimpse below to see what's there. I could see to the bottom of the glass like river showing each grain of sand beneath me. The constant turning of the raft reminds me to keep paddling. I ignore the sudden pain in my arms when we speed up. We get to a bit where we have to stop. I look around and realise the other teams have as well. We have to switch rafts.

We put both rafts together and hold on as a person clambers on, I clamber off leaving the boat I started from. I took a seat upfront and grabbed my paddle, I wait as the others clamber on and the rest clamber off. I see the other team up ahead, I felt a sudden jolt as my teammates push us off from the other raft. We caught a sudden rip and we floated down stream to catch up with the others. I yelled in encouragement to my teammates so all our paddles were were to be in rhythm to my voice. We were told to slow down up ahead so we could have a relaxing soak in the hot springs. We put our paddles in the water and made it slow down we turned up ahead and jumped from the raft into the crystal blue water below. we swam over to the hot waterfall. I felt the hot water getting to work on my tense muscles.

I felt relaxed and free.

My Stories

I have been writing story's carrying on from a 3 minute movie. We either have to carry on from the story or write what has already happened. Here are some story's I have wrote.

Giant turtles
I had to do it, I had to leave my boat behind. I jumped onto one of the gliding turtles it felt like I was flying, well for a bit. I cringed at the pain in my legs when I landed, I stood back up my legs felt a bit better. The turtles shell was solid and quite hard to grip, their was a piece of his shell that was rugged so I slid my fingers in. The turtle didn't seem to notice that I was on his back but just as I slid my other hand into yet another rugged spot the turtle started gaining speed so did the others up ahead.  I wondered what was happening. I was starting to lose grip when the turtle started to plunge, I didn't know what was happening so I held on really tight.

I saw water up ahead. I wondered If I should let go or not but I didn’t see any land around me so I just held on tight. The world started to spin but then I realised that it wasn't the world spinning it was the turtles, the turtles all were spinning there started to drop in the water one by one. I took a breath and then I plunged into the water. The turtle stopped spinning, I looked around and saw oversized coral everywhere.  I was starting to run out of breath, anytime now I will have to take a breath 3...2..1. I the turtle started to bubble. While I took a deep breath in I was waiting for a pain in my chest the suffocating thump from my heart, but it didn’t come as the turtle has made like some sort of oxygen for me.

The turtle kept drifting along the turtle town. There were massive corals made into homes like ours, I saw this massive coral like bigger than all the rest, I would have stopped but the turtle kept going. We went through this dark bit at the entrance but when we were past that it was wonderful there were electric eels in glass bowls lighting up the place then strangest of all there was a dinner table with shells all laid out probably as plates the turtle wiggled its shell I slipped off a bit but I gripped on a bit harder the turtle quickly turned and swam really fast out the door and up onto the surface it swam right up into the air and kept going then It dove back down but it turned invisible and touched the ground I jumped off and went into my house jumped into my bed and.....
Woke up

Adventures in the pits
I didn't want to go.
Mum made me, I have always been afraid of adventure world. Mum told me I had to stand up to my fares, I couldn't do it. She shoved me in the back seat of the killing machine taking me to my death. Mum told me to stop whining I couldn't. We parked outside looking at the place made me sick, I saw a boy my age puking coming out of the door mum tried to distract me but my eyes kept turning to the poor sick boy vomiting. Is that going to happen to me.

I had an idea, I guess I could fake that I was sick I could leave and sleep in my bed that i shouldn't have left this morning. I pulled it but it didn't work mum pulled me just as the automatic doors gobbled me up. I looked around. I saw swings, slides, trampolines, gaming machines, lolly machines and tables of food and then a boring mother area. Mum went off and left me alone by myself in this place people call fun.

I went to the table of food and tried a piece of cake it was horrible. I saw a massive slide up, ahead butterflies were flying freely in my stomach. I tried to avoid it but it was like calling me in, a little boy pushed past and I fell into a little ball pit. I leaped out like it was a pile of snakes ready to attack me. I decided to do it, to slide down that monstrous slide, I slowly took steps up the ladder each step creaked as if It was going to fall from underneath me, I reached the unsteady top and looked down all I could see was doom. I leaped and Plummeted.
I regretted it once I did it.

Hope you Enjoyed it!!

Things I looking forward to in 2013

I am really looking forward to swimming sports, I have been training hard I hope I at least get into the semi finals. I love swimming and I think I am quite good at it. I think there is another 2 or so weeks until swimming sports.
Hope all goes well

ITS 2013 THIS IS GOING TO BE THE YEAR!!!!

Best holidays ever!!!!!

My holidays were great I went to rotoura and we went on the luge they were so fun we also went to the zoo & we also went to this place called agroventures we went on these MASSIVE sky swings and we had so much fun The best bit was I spent all these times with my friend.

• My second holiday was a day trip to whangamata we went to this fun park were I had a 20 minute bungee it was so fun. there were water slides and it was awesome
  
  
  My third holiday  was when i went to my cousins place we went to M'cDonalds and there dogs had puppies!!
  
  My forth holiday was when I went to our batch in snells beach we went to heaps of beaches my best beach was goat island it's a marine reserve we went snorkeling around and about it was fantastic I saw a stingray! I also went on a glass bottom boat and it was AWESOME the massive snapper were following us and we saw goatfish.
  I loved my holidays

Can't wait untill N-Rock

I can't wait it's N-Rock tonight at 7:30 N-Rock is when the year 5-6-7-8'S get together and dance it has to be dance moves that the classrooms have made up overtime hope nothing goes wrong.
Hope all goes well.

N-Rock

N-Rock's dress rehearsal tomorrow quite exited don't know what were going to do but we've practiced hard but I just can't wait to the real N-Rock on Tuesday yaaaaay.

Swimming

It was my first swim of the summer on Wednesday it was nice and warm we made a whirl pool first then we did laps then we had 10 minutes free time it was fun the days we go swimming is on Monday Wednesday & Friday. Looking forward to tomorrow!!

Friendship poems

My friend 4 Eva
I could skip a heartbeat, and I would survive,
I could be in a car crash, and still be alive.                                              
The clouds could fall out of the sky,
The oceans could disappear, and all turn dry.

These things in life are all bad I know,
but there's far worse things,
just thought you should know.

Life would not be the same without someone like you,
You're there when I need you to help me through.
Through the good times and through the bad,
Be them happy, or be them sad.

I don't have to be with you, to know you're there,
We don't have to see each other, to know that we care.
We could be apart for years upon end,
and still remain the best of friends.

Life goes on, and people change,
And through it all, our friendship shall remain the same.
That's such as a life, and how things come to be.
Just thought you should know,
HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME.



We are friends
We are Friends
I got your back
You got mine,
I'll help you out
Anytime!
To see you hurt
To see you cry
Makes me weep
And wanna die
And if you agree
To never fight
It wouldn't matter
Who’s wrong or right
If a broken heart
Needs a mend
I'll be right there
Till the end
If your cheeks are wet
From drops of tears
Don't worry
Let go of your fears
Hand in hand
Love is sent,
We'll be friends
Till the end!!!!

Remember
I still remember the first day we met
We were too shy to say much at all
It's funny to think back to that time
Because now we're having a ball!

They say that true friendship is rare
An adage that I believe to be true
Genuine friendship is something that I cherish
I am so lucky to have met you.

Our bond is extremely special
It is unique in it's own way
We have something irreplaceable
I love you more and more each day.

We've been through so much together
In so little time we've shared
I will never forget all the moments
that you've shown me how much you cared.

Friends are forever
Especially the bond that you and I possess
I love your fun-filled personality
Somehow you never fail to impress.

The world could use more people like you
it would certainly be a better place
I love everything about you
You are someone I could never replace.

You are always there for me
When my spirits need a little lift
I cannot thank you enough for that
You are truly an extraordinary gift.

You are everything to me and more
I could never express that enough
Life is such a treacherous journey, and
Without you it would be even more tough.

Our story will continue to grow
With each passing day
Because I trust that with you by my side
Everything will always be Okay.

You are so dear to me
You know I will love you until the end
I will always be there for you, and
You will always (and forever) be my best friend.
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Athletics

Athletics
On Monday the 12 of November we had school Athletics involving sprints, shot put, long jump & high jump instead of high jump we played soccer because it was rainy and we didn't want anyone to slip and fall. First we got into our house groups and then we got sorted into age groups my team (12+) went to soccer first and we played a friendly game of 2 ball soccer there we a couple of injuries but not too bad. then we moved onto long jump and I didn't do very good then we went to shot put i didn’t do very good in that one too then we went to laps we did the 80M first and i came third tied with Yvonne and Sophie W then we went to finals and I came 5th and i got into hauraki plains then we had the race of 200M and i came 1st! i was stoked then i went into the finals but i came 6th witch didn't make it into hauraki plains but then we did the 800M you could choose to stop at 400M or keep going to 800M i did 800M and came 6th witch i think got into hauraki plains YAY! but it started pouring down so we got stuck under shelter until it stopped it slowed down so people can finish their events when we finished we came back to school and missed out on relays and flying squad but apart from that it was awesome!

Suzanne Prentice

On the 1st of November 47 students traveled to Thames for a production called Suzanne Prentice first we all had to meet at school on the front court to get trance port to our rehearsal once we were there we had to wait outside and get in order smallest to tallest before we were allowed in there were two T.V. stars there, their was Chris from the funky 

monkeys and the girl from operation heroes Donna vorndran Then we sat up on these (really uncomfy) metal seats I sat up the very top. When we sung all the songs we went back to our school to get ready for the performance that night when school was over everyone went home to get ready for when we all meet at the car park when we were all there they took the roll and we were off once we were there we had to wait in a room and drink lots of water. We got into our lines and headed to the stage we all waited quietly while we jumbled around excitedly them the curtains opened and reveled a big audience waiting for the show to begin It was very long but it was all over in the end and it was 9:20 and well after the show i was exhausted and shatted and once i came home i had something to eat then
fell asleep thinking how i'm going to get through the day tomorrow. XD