🕯 What Is Advent 🕯

🕯 What Is Advent 🕯

Advent is a season in the year that leads up to Christmas.

The wreath is made from ever green branches that are laid flat and symbolizes eternal life and the eternity of God. The advent wreath is also known as the advent crown.

Many advent wreaths have a white candle which is also known as the Christ candle in the center that symbolizes the coming of Christmas.   

                   

Ice Skating

Ice skating 

Last week on Friday we went ice  skating at Te Ahu centre.
The weather was wet so we went in some of the parents cars. when we got there and entered the room it felt freezing cold like I was in a freezer.

The ground was hard plastic and around was a blow up fence even a bubble machine! When we finally got on the ice there was already people slipping over!

me and me friend Priyanci just went around the side hanging on to the blow up fence. Out of no where music started playing and played musical statues boys vs girls. the music stooped and i tried to stop as fast as i could and over it wasn't a soft landing the boys ended up winning and ice skating was almost over. I had a little more of a skate around and CRASH! I fell again but on my arm. it wasn't a great ending but at least i still had a fun time. 

have you done ice skating before? 
how was your experience? 

Sandra Silberzweig

Sandra Silberzweig 

Last week we had to research some biography about Sandra               Silberzweig  

Sandra Silberzweig was born and raised in Toronto Canada in the 1960s. she is a visionary outsider artist that mostly uses bright paint that makes her work really stand out. Shapes are another thing she uses to make her work really stand out. Sandras art styles mostly reflects on her life long struggles. she sells her art online or in galleries.  

African Art

African Art +.* 

Near the start of term 1 we had a must do task on our contracts to do African Art. 
we used different shapes, patterns and bright colours.     

Each of them have unique styles and patterns some patterns were made simple others had a lot of shapes with lots of bright unique colours. 

End of term reflection

End Of The Term Reflection.

My Learning this Term has been interesting. I have learnt a lot about the Anzac Gallipoli war and how it started what made it happen. We have been doing a lot of art by creating African designs using patterns and different colours. We have set some goals for literacy and math and learnt how
to share to others about our goals and what we need to work on. We have been also learning and using mania kalini on our devices and have learnt cool new tricks that will help with our learning. I have enjoyed learning and experiencing mania kalani learning tool and doing our African patterns and shapes.

What I need to work on.
There are a few things i need to work on for next term like time management and getting higher scores in my basic facts.

Blog writing start of term goals

Blog writing  

At the start of the term our class set goals.

We have to choose a Maths, Literacy and personal goal.

My personal goal is to be resilient

-I can keep trying

- I can recognise what needs to be ‘let go’

- I can withstand difficulties or problems

- I can recover quickly from setbacks.  

My literacy goal is ideas + linking  

-I can link my new learning to my prior knowledge  

-I know that reading and writing go together

-I can find the big ideas/ authors

-I can elaborate on my ideas in writing.

My maths goal is Basic Facts

-I know that number knowledge and basic facts are a strong foundation

- I can instantly recall basic facts

-I know my times tables up to 9 times 9

-I know number groupings and patterns.

                                                             

Letter Writing

Blog writing

A few weeks ago our class have wrote letters from anzac in Gallipoli.

We had to put ourselves into other people's shoes
and describe what it's like to be soldiers in Gallipoli and fighting in the war.

We also made little poppies out of tissue paper and hang them on the wall.   

Clay Art

Clay Art 
A few weeks ago our class made clay art. The designs and shapes had to be Kiwiana related. 

My design is about my family 
the little kuros are me my sisters and brothers and the two big kuros are my parents. 

I started off with a flat piece of clay  then added more clay and shaped it into kuros. when I was finished I wet my hands with a little bit of water and carefully smoothed it out and put some little designs on the  two big kuros. 

When we were done we let them day for a couple of days and then hung them on the wall. 

Matarkiki

                                                                   Matarkiki 
          This week i have been learning facts about Matariki, so                               here is one fact that i would like to share.
                               Matariki is a group of seven stars that are known as the Maori new year they                                                                    usually appear in late May or early June.