Art Alive Expo 2020

 Art Alive Expo 2020,

Today, we had our art expo. This was quite interesting, and I really enjoyed walking around the school, and looking at different art pieces. First, we started at the new entries/ year 1's class rooms. There was a lot of art in these classrooms, and they were very stunning. Their artwork includes tie dye monsters, fish made out of paper plates, and animal portraits made out of paper plaits and paint.

These were very beautiful. I also spotted in the hallway of the year 1 classes, bubble art. This looked very cool, and I'm guessing they were fun to make. In room 18, there was art hanging on pieces of string, and half of a page of paper said dirty hands and showed painted hand prints below, and showed when the hands were clean. Then we went and saw the year 7 and 8 extension art, which was terrific. rm 19 had Piet Mondrian art, and room 21 had paper butterfly hanging from a string.  room 23 had tie dye shirts, and  team 3 overall had artwork that was fun to look at because of the vibrant colours included. Team 2 had different self portraits using different things like shapes and colour. 

   Team 4 had different pieces of art about each of their cultures. For example, Maori, Pacific, and more.

Team 5 had different artists for different classes. Room 11 had Sebastiao Salgado, room 5 had Andy Warhol, room 4 had Vincent Van Goph , room 3 had Georges Seurat, room 2 had Alberto Giacometti, and room 1 had Edvar Munch.

Limerick Poem Literacy

 Walt: express ideas in poetry form.

Task Description:

For reading this week, we learnt about limericks. At the end of this presentation, is my own limerick.

Extension Art T4W8

Task Description:

For extension art this term, I had to create a landscape which represents both me, and New Zealand ( the country where I live.) As you may be able to see, there is a Samoan beach fale and flag, and a table with an L&P bottle, pineapple lumps, and chips. All of these things are at a beach in New Zealand, so it all adds up together, to represent me, my culture, and my country.

 

Reading Kiwi Kids T4W8

 Walt: Locate and summarise ideas within a range of texts.

Task Description:

For reading this week, we got to choose one or two kiwi kids articles, and write/ answer questions about them in this presentation. 

Tonga Country Profile

Tonga Country Profile:

Name of Country: Tonga

Tonga is a Country in Oceania. Tonga’s capital city is Nuku'alofa, which is located on the main

island, Tongatapu. The three main islands are Tongatapu, Ha'apai, and Vava'u. Tonga has 170

islands, and 36 of them are inhabited. 

Tonga’s population is 107,197. Tonga and New Zealand have a long history together. Tonga has

a king named Tupou VI. Tupou VI has been the king of Tonga since 2012. Before him, was his

brother George Tupou V. George Tupou V was the King of Tonga from when his father,

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV passed away in 2006 until he himself passed away six years later. The last

queen of Tonga was Queen Salote Tupou III, who’s father was Tupou III.

(The royal palace in Tonga)

Tonga exports squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops, domain names. Tonga’s main export

partners are South Korea, the United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Samoa,  American Samoa,

and Australia. The main imports of Tonga are Poultry Meat , Cars , Sheep and Goat Meat ,

Electrical Control Boards , and Frozen Bovine Meat

The main religion in Tonga is Protestant by 64.1%. The main language they speak in Tonga, is

Tongan. One of the most valued things in a Tongan household is culture. Culture is about things

like music, dancing, food, language, and more.

Tonga’s currency is Tongan Pa’anga. In Tonga, you can swim with whales, experience the

Mapu 'A Vaea blowholes (Nature preserve in Tonga,) Swim or watch the sunset at Ha'atafu

Beach, catch a ferry to Pangaimotu. It seems like there’s a lot to do in Tonga. Tonga is another

Pacific country with clear blue water at beaches, and lots of different types of food, and lots of

culture.

Te Reo Create Task T3W8

Task Description:
This task was apart of Te Reo fo this week. For This task, we had to create a create for the slides for Te Reo this week, asking, and answering questions in Maori.

Te Reo T3W8

Walt: Ask and answer questions about what things are
 

Task Description:This task was apart of Te Reo this week. For this task, we had to fill in the blank spaces for the questions in this presentation.

Dune Swale Daphne Writing T3W8

Dune Swale Daphne

Where it normally grows: In the south Taranaki between Whanganui and Levin

Future outlook: Not very good

Are you interested in endangered species? Or have you heard of the Dune Swale Daphne? Well, this is
an informational report about the Dune Swale Daphne. I have collected some facts, and I am going to be
writing some information about the endangered species. So the first thing we know is, it’s scientific name
is Pimelea actea, but an easier name might be Dune Swale Daphne. It’s at risk of extinction, and it looks
like it has blob texture looking leafs, small bubble/balloon/grape looking leafs.

Protecting dune swale daphne also protects a number of other endangered plants and insects. This
endangered plant normally lives in inhabited damp areas in sand dune hollow. It’s diet is water, and
moist sand (flat sand habitat.)  (in the south Taranaki Bight between Whanganui and Levin) are the
natural habitat of Pimelea actea or dune swale daphne. It’s Conservation Status: Nationally Critical.
These flowers develop into translucent white fruit.

The Dune Swale Daphne was discovered in the 1960’s by Tony Druce and later by Don Ravine, it was
not formally named until 2008. There are quite a few threats to this species, 1. They are being eaten by
birds and lizards. 2.  The moist sand habitat is getting covered with grass and moss. 3. Very few plants
remain.

A few facts about this endangered plant 

1. Dune swale daphne (Pimelea actea) is a critically endangered New Zealand plant. 

2. Dune swale daphne used to inhabit moist sand flats on the Manawatu, Whanganui and Christchurch
coasts. 

3. Recently it has disappeared from all but one site where a few plants are thought to survive.

4. It is not known how much it will cost to remobilise the sand dunes.

Informational Writing T3W8

Walt: Research and present factual information
 

Task Description:
This Task was apart of writing for last week. For this task, we had to write a writing about endangered species.

Taha Hinengaro T3W8

Tongan: "Oua lau kafo kae laue lava" English: "Stay positive and count your blessings"
Meaning: Stay happy, maybe even make others happy, and be grateful.


Task Description:
This is the task for Taha Hinengaro today. For this task, we had chose a Tongan proverb, and create a drawing that relates to the proverb. Here is my drawing.