With Miss Mauga we learnt all about famous New Zealand Singers, specifically Brooke Fraser. We drew drawings of her either on paper or digitally. Here are the results:
Reflection
What did I do well? I think that the letters turned out well because they seem to match the original.
What could I work on? I could definitely work on the detail of the hair.
What did I learn? I learnt all about Brooke Fraser, her music career and family life.
All about Brooke Fraser
She made her debut in 2003 with her single, Better, and her debut album, What to Do With Daylight.
She is a proud mother to 2 and adores her children.
She’s was in Hillsong Worship for 5 years.
She also publishes music under her married name, Lighterwood.
This week in STEAM, we had a super cool activity where we became history detectives!
In small groups, we were given a famous New Zealander to learn about. Some of us had Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest! Others learned about Jean Batten, the amazing pilot who flew all the way across the world 🌍✈.
Some of us even explored the life of Ernest Rutherford, the scientist who helped discover atoms! ⚛
In my group we did Ernest Rutherford as our famous person. We worked together to find important dates in their lives – like when they were born, when they did something amazing, and when they changed the world. We put all our facts in order to make a giant timeline on a big sheet of paper. It was like building a story of their life!
We turned our paper timelines into awesome digital timelines on Canva. We added pictures, and fun colours to make them pop!
1) When was rugby introduced to New Zealand and by who?
Ans: Rugby was first introduced to New Zealand in 1870 by Charles Monro.
2) When did New Zealand play their first rugby game?
Ans: The first game to be played and recorded in NZ was in May of 1870.
3) When did New Zealand play their first international game? Did they win or lose? What was the score?
Ans: New Zealand played it’s first home international rugby match in 1893, but lost 6-8.
4) When was the New Zealand team called the All Blacks? Why are they known as the All Blacks? What were they originally called?
Ans: The New Zealand team weren’t called the All Blacks until the year 1905. Before that they were called the New Zealand Māori. They got that name because their uniforms were the “Blackest of Black”.
5) Name 3 of their best players. What are they known for?
Richie McCaw, who holds the record for Test Appearances.
Jonah Tali Lomu, was the top player in the 1995 World Cup.
Colin Meads, played a game against Africa with a broken arm.
6) Why do the All Blacks perform the Haka before each match? What does it mean and why do they perform it?
The haka is a fighting dance and a war cry, they perform it with such intensity to intimidate the other team. It lets the other team know they’re being serious.
This term, Tūī 4 have been learning about Lynley Dodd, a NZ children’s writer who has a very vivid and descriptive writing style. We split off into groups and chose a Lynley Dodd character. My group, No5, chose Zachary Quack. Our teacher generated a 7 simple rhyming phrases using AI, these phrases correspond to the character of choice, excluding group 1 and 7 who started and finished the presentation. Zachary Quack is a frolicking, joyful duckling whom accompanies Hairy Maclary in his adventures.
Group 5 consisted of 4 children, Giada, Isla, Cassandra and I. We worked hard to create actions and memorise the words. After brief negotiation the speakers and performers were decided. Isla and I were to say the paragraph and Giada and Cassandra were to create and perform the actions. The paragraph goes:
(Olivia) And who’s this small friend with a splash and a quack?
(Isla) It’s Zachary Quack who never looks back!
(Olivia) A duckling so tiny, with feathers so bright,
(Isla) Splashing and dashing with all of his might!
And Giada and Cassandra made corresponding actions that align with the words. The other groups did different things but pretty much ended up with the same result. A separate group of Tūī 4 students put together a Capcut, alongside working with their character groups. Eventually, we got it all together for assembly in due time, and the final product put together was marvellous.
For Weeks 3&4, Isla, Cassandra, Giada, and I created a new Minecraft world in hopes of recreating New Zealand’s most famous landmarks, animals, and fauna on a digital platform. This is the end result.
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What NZ identity features did we include?
We included The Okahune Carrot, The Beehive, Giant Lemon & Paeroa Bottle, and The Skytower. We also built many kinds of birds and trees.
What did I learn about Aotearoa during this project?
I learnt that The Beehive is where the NZ Government conducts most of its business, not where bees live!
What digital skills did I use?
We used Minecraft to create a digital world that showcases the structures, plants, and animals of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
What would I do differently next time?
We would definitely create more sizeable structures with more detail, and focus more on the landscape and positioning of everything.
How well did we work together?
We worked quite well together, though the addition of Giada did complicate things a little bit (when we decided to make 12 different structures, plants, and animals). Teamwork was great and strive for top quality all the time!
This week, we’ve been designing characters and backgrounds for our stop motion movie by hand. We’re elated to share how our designs are coming together! Here’s a look at our progress so far…
This week we started to design our characters and props. In our group, everyone had something to do. Aariya was in charge of all the sea animals, Jiyoon was doing the humans and their props and I did the background and the preliminary human drawing.
Right now, we are working on the background, the humans and the props. Jiyoon is helping me with the background,while I work on this blog. And Aariya is doing the rest of the props. I’m really happy on how the sea animals turned out, way better than the draft.
A storyboard is a bunch of boxes that you can put drawings and/or words to help with the planning process of a story.
Why is it important to complete a storyboard before starting your project?
So that you can have some idea of what you are going to do and how you are going to do it.
Our storyboard is about protecting and conserving oceans. At the start of the storyboard we see a mother taking her baby for a trip to the beach. When they reach there the camera moves underwater where you see the beautiful animals underneath. This helps the viewer get emotionally attached to the animals and when the animals get hurt they are more likely to feel empathy for that said animal. Further on we see a baby turtle and a baby human both getting stuck in plastic. The viewer will realise that they feel sad for the baby human and they can relate to the mama turtles feelings.
This week, we’ve been designing characters and backgrounds for our stop motion movie by hand. We’re elated to share how our designs are coming together! Here’s a look at our progress so far…
