Basketball

  Do you like playing Basketball? Well I can tell you that I really adore basketball because it really gets me moving and I really like a game that has a lot of footwork. Anyways, rm22 went out to the Pt. England courts for our basketball session.

 The skills that we have learnt were, jump stops, dribbling and passes. These skills that we learnt can also help me because, I am trying out for basketball. I hope that these skills can help me get into the team.

  I can’t wait for the next session so I can learn more skills.

Olympic Flag - Info

Do you know what the 5 rings on the Olympic Flag represent ?. Well the rings were introduced by Pierre de Coubertin. It was first presented in, 1914, at the  Paris, Congress. Pierre de Coubertin is said to have found the original five rings symbol engraved on an stone unearthed at Delphi.
 
Delphi is in Greece and is one of the most sacred places in the ancient world. Placed in the breathtaking surroundings by the false Mt. Parnassus it is still an enchanting site. The ancient Greek believed that Delphi was the centre of the world  and was told the future of kings and common men.

Finding Equivalent Fractions

This is a screenshot that I have taken from a document that I have created. I is just a little example of  EQUIVALENT.

Reflections On My Favourite Place

This term we have been learning about art alive and my class has been talking about our favourite place. This story is going to tell you about my favourite place. I hope that you enjoy reading.

 My favourite place is not really that exciting but it’s really a place to chill and that is the field. The field has everything to make me focused, the fresh air and the sweet sound of the outdoors. 

 The field is my special, place because it calms me down whenever I don’t feel happy. It is also my favourite place because sometimes when I have too many things to do,I just lay down in the green grass and relax. Its like I’m in paradise!.
   
 I hope that my story has enough information for you. Please come back for more of my story’s. HAPPY HOLIDAYS HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TERM.

Taonga Time

Did you know that us seniors have Taonga time? Well Taonga time is when we rotate around classes and we are given a task to do from that teacher. We have Tanga time every Friday after morning tea.
    Last Friday I was told that I was in Mrs Langitupu’s class, but sadly she wasn’t here. Lucky we had a reliever. What we did when that reliever was, we filled out this form that had to do with planning our movie.
    I can’t wait till this Friday because I really enjoy doing movies and that is what we are going to do with Mrs Langitupu. I really like that our teachers came up with the idea of this Taonga time.

Artistic Styles

Cubism

P1:
In the early 1900’s , some artists became interested in African and Native American art. The styles of those cultures inspired cubism.

P2:
- Cubism began in France 1907
- Pablo Picasso and George Braque began drawing figures that were made of cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones and other geometric shapes
- They looked looked liked some has cut them then put them back together

P3:
- The ancient Egyptians, cubists wanted to show the most important parts of the things they painted
-  Cubists wanted to show all the sides of an object in the same picture
-   In Picasso’s The Guitar Player, it is difficult to see the person in the painting

Fauvism

P1:

- Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"). a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.  The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse and Andre Derain.

P2:
-  Joyful style of modern art developed by Henri Matisse and Andre Derain
- Fauvism was the first of the avant-garde movements that flourished in France in the early years of the twentieth century
- Between 1901 and 1906, several comprehensive exhibitions were held in Paris


P3:
- Fauvism was a short-lived movement, lasting only as long as its originator, Henri Matisse (1869-1954), fought to find the artistic freedom he needed.
- Matisse had to make color serve his art, rather as Gauguin needed to paint the sand pink to express an emotion. The Fauvists believed absolutely in color as an emotional force.
- They astonished viewers at the 1905 Salon d'Automne: the art critic Louis Vauxcelles saw their bold paintings surrounding a conventional sculpture of a young boy, and remarked that it was like a Donatello ``parmi les fauves'' (among the wild beasts).

Impressionist

P1:
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s in spite of harsh opposition from the art community in France. The name of the style is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, soleil levant, which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satiric review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari.

P2:
- Paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes
- Emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities
- Common, ordinary subject matter; the inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience

P3:
- The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media which became known as Impressionist music and Impressionist literature.
- The Impressionists ignited a revolution with an explosion of color and movement.
- Their vibrant canvases confounded critics, defied conventions and sparked scandal. A century and a half later, they are among the most revered and influential artists of all time.

Tent Instructions

Equipment:

- Tent
- Tent fly
- Tent pegs
- Mallet
- Tent poles
- Guy ropes

- Step 1: Find a Flat Surface
- Step 2: Open the tent bag to get all the Equipment out.
- Step 3. Flatten the tent on the ground.
- Step 4: Get the Poles and stick them though the pole parts in the Inner Tent.
- Step 5: Attach the two pole to and velcro and make sure it is tight.
- Step 6: Tie the tie at the top of the tent, in case the wind blows your tent away.
-Step 7: When you're done you will need to get the tent fly and chuck it over the tent so that we don’t get wet or it doesn't fly away.
- Step 8: Our Next step is to, pitch all the guy ropes down into the ground, with tent pegs.
- Step 9: Get all your gear and have a lovely camp.

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