Week 6 Reflection

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post! Today is Friday, so we have to do our weekly reflections. This week I decided to do a post about "This week I felt a sense of belonging when:".

• During hurumanu 1 people who were finished with their work were given free time and we played games and it made me feel very warm. 
• At music, we were learning how to play a song on the ukulele together with the whole class and it was very enjoyable. 
• During P.E we were playing korfball we were trying to shoot the ball but we couldn't so we just kept playing and it was very funny and delightful at the same time. 

30sec Self Directed Film - Film Study

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. Recently for film study, we were, appointed with a task where we had to create a film. There were some requirements for making this film. The final product should be no longer than 35 secs, no shorter than 30 secs, any music used has to be free, the film has to include multiple camera shots/angles and the finished product should have an understandable plot.

Process:
We first had to choose what our film is going to be about. We chose to do a horror film where a group member would retrieve a kicked ball from a bush. After choosing our topic, we then had to create a storyboard showing our plan for our film. After that, we then recorded our film and afterwards, we then finished filming and started editing our video.

Reflection Questions

1. What was your film about?

Our film was about someone retrieving a ball in a bush. 

2. Something I enjoyed in making my film...?

I enjoyed filming in the bushes and creating a creepy atmosphere in the film.

3. Something I learned when making my film...?

I learned how to put multiple videos down together and put music together to create a film.

4. Some film techniques I included were...?

Close up, Low Angle, Point of View, Medium Long shot and Over the Shoulder.

5. Something I found challenging was...?

I found it challenging to edit the video because it was hard to time the video. 

6. What I would differently next time:

Next time I would include more interesting music and show more of the theme in the film.

Sustainability Project

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today,  my group and I have completed our last assignment for our Sustainability assignment. This last project was more enjoyable rather than the two other tasks because in this task we had the choice to either create a game (digital or physical), write a story and many other things that can show a topic of sustainability. My group and I decided to create a game, we were inspired by the game cops and robbers. After writing all our rules out we also had to keep a log of our progress.

17/8 - P4&5	20/8 - P3&4	24/8 - P4&5
Goal  Brainstorm, what should we do? Topic?  By the end of the day: We finished planning and discussing the rules of the game.  Topic: Pollution/Sustainability Project: Physical game - Sustainability	Goal Finish Writing our Rules  Finish writing what each role is meant to do. By the end of the Day:, We finished writing the rules and roles of the game.	Goal Finish blog post  By the end of the day: Finished a blog post - Needs to be published -

Topic: Pollution

<<<Title: Seeds, Planters and the Polluters>>> 

There are three teams in this game - The Planters, Seedlings and the Polluters.

3 - 4 Planters

2 - 3 Polluters

The rest of the remaining of the class are seedlings 

Main Objective: Catch all the seedlings and turn them into whatever role has the most seedlings. 

How to start the game

The seedlings are given time to hide at the beginning of the game. After a minute or so
the planters are released, they have to find the seedlings. A few seconds after the planters are
released, the polluters will be released, and they have to find the seedlings. 

- Note: YOU´RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THE OTHER TEAM’S JAIL/GARDEN AND GET THE SEEDLINGS, ONLY THE SEEDLINGS ARE ALLOWED TO GET THEM!)  DON'T PRETEND TO BE ONE OF THE SEEDLINGS. PLEASE DO NOT CHEAT!

Rules:
- The taggers ( planters and polluters ) are not allowed to just barge in a prison and steal the seedlings.
- No Cheating
- The seedlings are the only one allowed to get/tag other seedlings from jail.

~Roles~

• Seedlings: Their main objective is to hide from both the planters and the polluters. If a planter tags them they are then taken to the planters prison where a planter will be stationed too. A seedling can get out of their prison/garden when another seedling has tagged them. The same happens with the polluters. Except when the seedlings are there for more than 3 minutes they become a polluter.

• Planters: Their main objective is to catch as many seedlings as they can. One of them has to guard the jail, and they have to be at least 2 metres away from the prison. The others have to try and tag all of the seedlings and bring them to their garden.

• Polluters: Their main objective is to catch all of the seedlings and turn them into polluters. The polluters also have a prison of their own where a guard will be stationed, and they to be at least 2 metres away from the prison 

<<< Prison/Gardens >>>

The prison for the planters is called a garden because a planter is a positive role so their prison
should be positive too. In their garden, one planter can be stationed in front of the garden but
they have to be at least 2 metres away from the garden. If they tag a seedling and the seedling
is still in their 

The prison for the polluters is called a prison because a polluter is a negative role. When a
seedling is captured and put into the prison there is a high chance that they can turn into a
polluter. If they are still in prison for 3 minutes then they are now polluters and will help them
capture other seedlings. The polluter can also have a guard stand by the prison, but they
have to be at least 2 metres away from it.

When a seedling is captured in any of these prisons, they can get the captured seedling back.
To do that they need to risk their lives and try to get into each tagger's prisons and tag the
seedling so they could get out.

Graphics:

1. Kahui / Plan 1

 

2. Field / Plan 2

Week 5 Reflections

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. It is Friday today, so we have to do our weekly reflections. I wasn't at school for three days last week, because I had injured my foot, so there weren't many things to write on week 4 reflections. So this week I attended all week and tried to walk on my right foot. 

This week I noticed my feelings and emotions was:

• I also felt very lethargic because I couldn't walk well with my right foot and it was hard to walk to classes on time, but luckily I arrived on time. 
• I was very lazy and slow this week. I don't really know why because I slept very early and then I felt very sleepy in the afternoon, which was unusual because by the afternoon I would be very energetic. 

Week 4 Reflections

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. It is Friday today, although I am not at school today I still have to do my reflections.

This week I felt affirmed in my unique identity when:

• A needle went inside my food and I was very scared because it felt very long and I was very scared but I didn't scream or cry, which I am very proud of. 
• I screamed at my sister and she screamed back at me and then we screamed together and then we got ice cream. 

The Piano

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post! For music, we are nearing the end to our piano/keyboard course, so we will be having an assessment. But before we need to answer some questions about the piano.

1: Where was the Piano invented and by who?
The piano was invented in Italy and by Bartolomeo Cristofori.

2: What did the first Piano look like?


3: What is the difference between a Piano and Keyboard?
The piano is an acoustic instrument and the keyboard is a digital instrument that needs energy.

4: What have you enjoyed about learning the piano/keyboard? What have you found challenging?
Learning new music was a very fun thing to do. I found it challenging to sync my right hand with my left hand.

Sustainability Investigation

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today I finished another post about the sustainability projects we have been doing for the past few weeks. For this task, we had to do a sustainability inquiry where we search for a topic of sustainability and do a research inquiry about it. My group and I decided to do an inquiry about how many animals have been threatened off existence in the past 2 decades.

We first collected data on animals that have been threatened over the 2 decades and we then used a spreadsheet to create a graph of the data we have collected.

Graphs: