Stunning Siapo

Hi readers!

It is a Wednesday, which means it is a tech day! We go on the bus around 12:00 so before that we do art! So for the past 2 weeks, we have been working on something called a Siapo.

One of the oldest and most important traditions of Samoa is the Siapo or Tapa.  It is a type of cloth made from the bark of the mulberry tree.  It is very time-consuming, because the bark must be harvested, stripped, separated, scraped, and beaten before it can be used.  It is then laid out in the sun to dry.

The artist uses natural dyes, created from items such as berries, bark, and nuts to make patterns on the cloth.  

There are 13 traditional patterns used on siapo that represent things common to Samoan cultures such as nets, coconut leaves, shells, and flowers.

So this is what I made!

What do you think? Have you made a Siapo before? Do you have Samoan in your jeans?

Until next time!

Marvelous Mashup!

Hi Readers!

This blog post is going to be a mash-up of my literacy and numeracy learning this week. It is mainly continuing things from last week and my last blog post but updated and better!

First up is my numeracy!

For numeracy one of my tasks was to figure out patterns, write the following numbers that continue on from the pattern, and then write the rules. Here is a screenshot of what I have done.

Some of them were pretty easy, while others took me a bit longer to work out.

Next is literacy. 

Once again we have been doing our website. Last time I blogged about it I had nothing on it and it was more planning, but now I am nearing the end of the website.

I while show you some pages from my website to you can get an idea of what the whole website looks like.

Here they are

What do you think? What have you done this week? Have you made a website before? If you have what was is about?

Until next time!

Amazing Abode!

Hi readers!

This week and last week we have been learning about korus and their significance to the Maori culture. Because of this, we have been making artworks using the korus.

After making our things we made a video showing all the planning, finished products, and information about the koru. Here is my video!

What do you think? What do you know about korus? Have you ever made an artwork with korus? Have you used abode spark before?

Until next time!

Koru Creation

Hi readers!

Something I have really been enjoying this week is art! We are making koru art. I quite enjoy art and was really glad when we started doing art again.

We used pastel, pencil, vivid, and dye. We started by drawing our koro design lightly with a pencil. Then we went over it in vivid to give it a darker outline. Then we used pastels to colour it in. We used an ombre effect to make it look a bit 3-d and shiny. After that, we used dye to colour in any leftover space.

I used cold colour pastels like green, blue, purple etc... and finished it off with a black dye background.

Here is what it looks like

Here it is

I would just like to mention that for some reason my picture is upside down.

What do you think? What colours would you choose? Have you done koru art before?

Until next time!

Amazing Angles!

Hi Readers!

This week in maths we have been looking at angles and polygons. We have been determining the interior angles of shapes as well as drawing some shapes using a compass- not a North/South compass, but a pair of compasses that you draw circles with.

This is some of the things I learned

Here are some of the examples of the work we have done

 What do you think? What do you know about angles? Have you ever drawn something other than a circle with a compass? 

Until next time!

Back At School!

Hi readers!

It is the first week back at normal school and it was great to see my friends and the teachers again. I'm going to show you what I have done for the first week back at school again.

For literacy, we have continued our theme of wizard of oz. This we started our essay, which instead of writing a normal essay we are making in the form of a website, which is something I have never done before. I think it is going to be a fun way to make an essay and I hope my website turns out good. I have only just started making my website I can't show you anything, as all you would see is empty pages, but hopefully I while be able to give you the link to my finished website soon.

For numeracy, we have been learning about angles. We have continued something we did during online school, which was putting our work onto a slide. So I will show you one of my slides.

The first slide is about the different angles, but the second slide is about the rules of angle.

Finally, Inquiry. For inquiry, we have been working on a box that someone will open in 40 years' time. We have been working on a letter about COVID-19, our experiences in quarantine, and the benefits it had of the environment that we will put in a box for the students of 2060 to open.

Here is my letter.

How was your first week back at school/work? What have you learned/done this week? Are you happy you are back at work/school

Until next time!

Terrific Tech, Marvelous maths, Lovley Literacy, and Fun friday tasks!

Hi readers!

This week I have been doing a lot of stuff, and it is that time when I share with you some of the stuff I have done this week! This includes my maths, literacy, my friend tasks, and my tech tasks!

I am going to start off with my literacy. For this activity, we were asked a question that was "if you needed and evil animal to help you what creature would it be?" It could have been anything, lots of people made animals up, we had to make our character, you could draw it or dress up family members, pet, etc..

Here is what I made!

That is my dog,  you can read the description to see what it is.
This activity was based on the wizard of oz because the wicked witches had winged monkeys to help her capture Dorothy.

Next is my maths.
For maths, we have been learning about the map. We learned how to find the coordinates of any place on the map. For the activity, I am going to show we were asked to pick we thought 7 places/things that we found interesting/cool or fun in New Zealand and find the coordinates and write a small description about the place. Here is mine

These were the places I chose, the coordinates, a small description, and a picture

Next is my Friday activity I chose to make a drawing of a house on the back of any animal. I chose to make mine on the back of a turtle because their backs are quite flat and the move slowly so the house doesn't fall off.

Here is a picture of it

 Now because it is on the back of a turtle it is falling over a bit. I and my family would live in this house with me and we would travel the world on the back of a turtle, which can swim with the house on it's back.

Finally, my tech activity.
I choose to make a set of jewelry with stuff I could find around the home. For the necklace, I used string and wooden pegs. Here is what it looks like.

For the ring and bracelet, I used the same string a twisted it round and pined it together as I wanted to keep a theme as it was a set and the peg were too big for the ring and bracelet.

This is what it looks like!

What do you think? Are you excited to go back to school/work? If you have to build a house on the back of an animal what animal would you choose? Have you had any takeaways yet?

Until next time!