Travels within Candesia

 Hey Bloggers, this week we have been studying Fantasy. We had to make a Pick a Path Fantasy story. My friend I did it together, we named it Travels within Candesia. I like reading Pick a Path stories, if you have read a Pick a Path story before did you enjoy it? I found it hard to finish it, it took ages to write everything. My friend and I tried to make it like a fantasy story! Do you enjoy the fantasy genre? We made it with only one right ending, so if you are going to do it be careful!

Do you watch many movies at home? What is your favourite type? Did you know that different types of movies are called genres? Can you tell me 2 Fantasy cliches? A cliche is something that happens in lots of fantasy movies, for example, The Prophecy is a common cliche within the fantasy genre. If there is anything I can do to improve my work, please comment below. Check out my Pick a Path below!

Bye Bloggers, Soph :)

Surprisingly Scary

 Hey Bloggers, how is lockdown going for you? In literacy, we have been studying different genres. When we have finished learning about all the genres we are going to make a movie! I'm really excited about that! Last year my friends and I did a western. The first genre we studied was horror, I don't love horror so I wasn't super pumped. We had to write a short horror story. I named mine Surprisingly Scary, it was a bit hard to come up with the title for my story. Do you ever find it hard to name your writing?

Do you like horror? I prefer other genres. Do you like writing stories? If you do, what kind of stories do you use? Do you like watching movies, what's your favourite kind? If there is anything I can improve on please comment below.

Bye Bloggers, Soph :)

Wonderful Water Cycle

 Hey Bloggers! How is lockdown treating you? For a Friday task, I had to make a diagram of the water cycle and where the water ends up. 

This task relates to my class's inquiry on water; we have been researching and finding out about the water cycle and what impact water has on the environment. We even watched two shows about water! our inquiry is leading to making wearable art based on water. I did this diagram on Google Drawings, have you used Google Drawings before? If you have, do you enjoy using it or do you use something else instead of Google Drawings?

Have you ever seen a diagram of the water cycle before? If you have, did it look the same as mine? I found it difficult to fit in all the words and not make it seem crowded. Do you enjoy learning about this? I find it interesting the sun is so hot it turns water into steam. Did you know that water can be a liquid, a steam, and a solid? If there is anything I can improve on please comment below.

Bye Bloggers, Soph :)

Amazing Aladdin

 Hi Bloggers, This term we had our Aladdin production. I was one of Jasmine's handmaidens, my name was Rajah. We have been practising since week 3 of term 2. I am sad that it is over! It was a great experience!  Have you ever been in a production before? I have all the songs stuck in my head, it's annoying but slightly comforting at the same time. I had a pink costume, I didn't love that! Everyone who was in the production had to come to school with foundation and mascara. 

We had to earn lots of dances and songs. There were two casts, Tahi and Rua, out of the four performances each cast had two in which they performed. If it wasn't your night to act then you were part of the choir. For the production we had a special stage, backdrop and lighting put in for the production. It was really cool!

What is your favourite picture? If you have been in a production did you enjoy it? Has your school done production before? If they have what kind of one did they do? Did lots of people come in to watch it? If there is anything I can improve on please comment below

Majestic Matariki Art

 Hey Bloggers, in school we have been doing foam printing of the Matariki cluster; the Seven Sisters. Matariki is a star cluster that comes out at the start of July. Matariki is the start of the Maori New Year and symbolizes new life. These prints have a mountain range down the bottom and Matariki at the top. The mountain range represents Mt Cook.  I tried to make my mountains weren't super pointy. We had to print and frame it ourselves.

The Steps:

First, we had to draw a draft on a piece of paper. We had to draw it on reversed because the picture flips when you print it. 

Second, you had to draw your design with a pen onto your piece of foam. You had to make sure you didn't dent your paper, if you did then it would show up in your print.

Third, you have to choose what colour ink you wanted and if you wanted to fade it or not. You roll a paint roller over some ink to get it covered in paint Then you roll it over your foam.

Forth, when your foam is covered in paint you put a piece of white paper over top and apply pressure with a dry paint roller. After you have done this you can take off the paper. You should now have a piece of art that resembles the Matariki star cluster.

If you want to you can clean and dry your piece of foam and do it again.

I did four pieces of art. I decided that my fourth one was the best-looking one so I framed that one. To make the frame you had to cut a rectangle into a piece of A3-sized paper. Then you stuck it on top of your artwork. We had to make sure that the bottom piece of art wasn't hanging out of the frame.

Next time I think I would apply more pressure when drawing my design onto the foam. I would also put more paint on so that I wouldn't get white dots. Have you ever foam printed before? If you have, did you enjoy it? I enjoyed doing this. What colours would you choose? If there is anything I can improve on please comment below.

Bye Bloggers, Soph :)

Excellent Egg Drop

 Hey Bloggers on Wednesday we learned about STEAM.  STEAM is all about science and teamwork. In the video below you can learn all about it.

  

We had to drop an egg from a height without it breaking. The teachers gave us some materials and we had to protect the egg with those. After we did this we had to fill out some slides about the outcome of our egg and how well we did as a team. 

Have you ever learned about STEAM before? If you have, did you like learning about it? Have you ever done an egg drop challenge? If you have, what materials have you used? If there is anything I can improve on please comment below and tell me.

Bye Bloggers, Soph :)

Mysterious Miss Serum

 Hey, Bloggers how were your holidays, tell me what you did in the comments. I had heaps of fun! In Literacy, we had to make the person sitting next to us a supervillain. My friend Sophie was sitting next to me; I turned her into Miss Serum. I really enjoyed creating this villain. It was fun to think about what my friend is like and then making her a villain. Sophie is really smart and is great at maths so I thought I would make her an evil scientist.

Her Backstory: When she was a young scientist everyone thought her creations were too dark and that she was ‘straying from the path’. After two years of this Sophie had had enough; she would start her quest to rule the world

Have you ever turned your friend into a villain? If you haven't you should! It's lots of fun! Do you watch many superhero movies? If you do, do you enjoy them? Do you think my villain sounds like a villain? If there is anything I can improve on please comment below and tell me.

Bye Bloggers, Soph:)