Film Study

This week in Tui class, we are doing a film study about the Christmas movie Klaus. The movie themes  are Christmas, giving , making a change and kindness so I highly recommend it. First we watched the movie, then we got given a contract with 12 tasks on it that we had to complete this week. My favourite task on the contract is when we had to write a letter to a friend explaining why they should watch the movie.

should Guy Fawkes be banned in NZ?

Should the sale of Guy Fawkes be banned in NZ? I agree that Guy Fawkes should be banned in NZ because they scare animals, they can effect us, they could cause fires, hurt the environment and some can be expensive and a waste of money.

Guy Fawkes scare animals and pets because the loud noise can cause them to do things they don't normally do because the noise is to loud so they can't think properly. Guy Fawkes also can disturb your neighbours because they might be trying to sleep or they might have pets as well so it could frighten them or even scare them away.

Guy Fawkes can also be bad for us if we don't use them carefully or be safe with them. If you don't stand back far enough from the fireworks one of the sparks could flick into your eye causing you to go blind.

If Guy Fawkes are used inappropriately they can cause fires and then the fires can grow bigger and bigger destroying more and more land in a second. Also the smoke from the fires are breaking the ozone layer making it hotter for us.

Guy Fawkes can just be a waste of  money because some can be expensive but don't even work or they just last for a second.

In conclusion I think that Guy Fawkes should be banned in NZ because they scare animals, cause fires, hurt the environment and they can be a waste of money.

Roll A Picasso

In Tui class, for the last couple of weeks we have been learning about an amazing, talented artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso was born in Spain and his name is 20 names long.  Picasso was one of the most famous artist and he started to draw and paint incredible art pieces at a very young age.We were really inspired by his art work especially his cubism art.  After we had learnt about Picasso and looked at some of his incredible art work we made our own art work inspired by him. The art we did was called roll a Picasso. To do this we had a sheet of paper with different face shapes, mouth shapes, eye shapes ,ear shapes and nose shapes. Down the side of the paper their was numbers. For an example I rolled a 3 and I was looking for the shape of my face, I would find the number 3 and across the paper their would be to options  to choose from and what ever I you choose that will be my  face shape. He is my finished art work.

My school holidays!!!

It's term 4,  the holidays are over and school is back.  Today Mrs Cutler gave us a task, we had to think
about 3  things, 1 something amazing that you did in the holidays, 2 something scary that you did in the
holidays and 3 something relaxing that you did in the holidays. 

Something amazing in my holidays was…

That my cousins came up from Auckland and it was really exciting because the last time I saw
them was during Christmas so it was really cool to finally see them.

Something scary in the holidays was…

When we went to the beach for my brothers birthday we went biscuiting which is
where you attach a giant biscuit shaped floaty to the end of a boat and get towed around
on it and I know it sounds fun and it was but the scary thing was is that where we were
biscuiting there was stingrays swimming around and I am not a stingray fan.

something relaxing in my holidays was…

Just lying down in bed watching you tube and Netflix after a long day

A long long time ago, soldiers were getting ready for war and putting on their khaki swampy uniforms. They polished and polished their buttons until they shone brightly. The buttons on the khaki uniforms had a big, powerful impact to the soldiers. A button was just like a human it could sense the fear the soldiers felt and the danger that they were in.  It  felt their heart pound and pound and how fast it was racing.  The buttons made the soldiers feel proud and good about themselves because they shone brightly on their uniforms. The war came to an end and the soldiers returned home, they unpacked and put their uniforms in their wardrobe tucked away. Every year on the 25th of April they take their uniforms out of their wardrobe and wear them to the dawn parade. The soldiers marched down the path with pride but also a little hesitation. When they arrive back at home they tuck their uniforms back in their wardrobe for another year. The khaki uniform went in and out of the wardrobe but then stopped and stayed in. Ella's great-granddad was a very lucky man. There was a dent in 1 of the buttons that Ella was looking at. She asked her mum why it was their and she said " a piece of shell hit great granddad and  it was aiming right for the chest but then rebounded of the button. " great granddad was a very lucky man". "indeed  he made it out with out even a scratch".Ella asked her mum if she could keep the buttons and she did. she very carefully cut the buttons off the uniform then polished them until they gleamed. She found some ribbon and gently sewed the buttons onto it and put the one with the dent in the middle. She tied the ribbon together to make a neck less and wore it to the dawn parade.

DANGEROUS animals

Last week, our teacher gave us 2 books. One was called Leonardo Da Vinci and the other book was called dangerous animals.  We had to choose 1 of those books and I choose Dangerous Animals. On the back of the story there is making meaning questions. Some answers to the questions were in the book and the answers to the other questions would just be your opinion or your  point of view. I really enjoyed doing this task and I learnt lots from it. Did you know that mosquito's are the most dangerous animals in the world?

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