String art.

This term in Whetu we all made a piece of string art. Making the string art that was fun.

Here are the instructions to making string art.

1. First you need to find a template and a nice piece of wood.

2. Once you have found a template that you like, print it out and blu tack the template to the piece of wood that you have chosen.

3. You will now need to nail in some nails on to the templates outline.

4. Once you have have finished nailing, take the paper off the wood, then find some string or wool.

5. Now you need to tin a knot onto a nail and and start weaving the string or wool  around the nails.

Tip: make sure that the sting is tight.

Here is my finished product.    

The flags

I hoped the original flag would stay. I wanted to keep this flag, because it would waste lots of New Zealand’s money to change the flag and there is no point changing the flag. I like this flag better than the new flag. If we changed the flag, the flag would not have the English Star. The English Star came from England, it’s another name for the Union Jack. I don’t like the black on the new flag. I think the Australians should change their flag because people say that Australia copied New Zealand's flag. I felt very happy when I heard that the original flag was staying.     

Easter

We celebrate Easter because Christians believe that Jesus died on

25 March {Good Friday}. On 27 March Mary came to see Jesus’s tomb where he was buried, finding it empty. The angel told Mary that he had risen. Good Friday is on the 25 March before Easter Sunday 27 March. Christians celebrate Good Friday because on Easter Jesus was risen.

 

A lot of people eat hot cross buns as a tradition on Good Friday. The cross on the bun is to represent the cross that Jesus died on. We have Easter eggs because when they are cracked open it is empty, like when Mary found Jesus tomb empty.

In the morning we go for a easter egg hunt and sometimes get a present. In the afternoon we eat our eggs.     

All about me

Dear Mrs Lindsay

My name is Dilyn. I was born on June the 10th 2005, in Morrinsville. I have one brother named Sheldon, two step brothers named Justin and Kurt and one sister named Jerikah   My nickname is Goofy and I like lego.

I like to read. Geronimo Stilton books, are  my favourite type of books. I also like DR.Seuss books too, they are very Creative and funny.  

 My favourite teacher is Mrs Taaffe. I have a pet cat named DJ and I catch the bus home. I like to bike to the end of the road and back. My favourite food is chicken, pasta and chocolate.

Art and drawing are some of my favourite activities. I think I am very good at art but not that good at drawing.

Cooking, I really like to cook. Nana and I made a yummy stir fry. It is very colourful.

Swimming is one of my favourite sport. I'm not much of a sporty person but I like to swim. The one thing I really like, animals. It is my  favourite thing.

From Dilyn

Swimming Sports

On Wednesday the 24th  February was swimming sports. I came last in freestyle and backstroke, and came 3rd in breaststroke. I was surprised at how I did in breaststroke. I also got two juices. I had a fun time and I am proud. :)

Dilyn's NPS Led Conference

Conference

My 2015 maths review.

My 2015 maths review.

Please don't touch any thing on right side.

My 2015 high jump video.

This video is me training for high jump for athletics 2015. My best jump is around 1/2 of a meter high. I find it hard to jump. High jump is my second favourite activity in athletics. My goal is to get 1 meter high.

My iDrive activity term 4 week e.

For iDrive this week I did lego with, Callum, Logan, Neo and Jesse. We made lego mining machines. I made a big machine that cleans all the jewels from the mine. The creation took a long time to make, it was hard but fun to make. The learning powers I used were Being Me, Connecting and Creativity. What I liked the most was working with people I don't really work with. Here are some pitchers.

 

My iDrive PMI

Labour Day

Labour Day is a public holiday.  Back in the 1800's people used to work a lot longer than eight hours a day. A man named Samuel Parnell refused to work more than eight hours a day. He encouraged other people to work only eight hours a day. Labour Day is in October, but it does not have a solid date, but it is on the fourth Monday. People get to have a day to do what ever they want and no work or school, unless you work at a hospital.   


Samuel Parnell.

My holiday recount

Holiday recount

Term 3 reflection.

My term three reflection.

Learning in the making conference 2015.

Learning in the Making Conference 2015. In the first session we did the roll and then got our mini timetable. Then we went to Marama and skyped someone. {I forgot who we skyped}. He talked about cyber safety. Then at about 10 '0' clock I went to a work shop and in that work shop,
Miss Sixsmith taught us how to make finger puppets and I made an Angry Bird. I needed a lot off help to make it. Then it was the first tea-break.

In the next session I cooked hot-dog pasta with Miss Williams. What we had to do is boil a pot of water. Then we cut up the hot-dogs into quarters and stuck dry spaghetti into the quarters.Once the water had boiled, we put in the quarters of the hot-dogs into the boiled water. Once it was cooked we put on the sauce and then we ate it for lunch.

In the third session I went to a work shop with my old art teacher called Mrs Keane and we made badges with fabric. I made mine the shape of a 'D' and stuck on a button. I also needed a lot of help with this as well. I wore mine for the rest of the day. Then it was the second tea-break.

In the last session I did  science with Mrs Barker and we had to pick up a paper clip with copper wire, one battery and a nail, but we could not tie or loop anything to the paper clip! I'm not going to tell you how to do it, because I want to see if you can do it. I had a very fun day.




















  

Idrive

This week for idrive Daniel, Cooper, Nesta, Fraser, Callum, Noah, Miles, Marcus and I did Lego.  Our learning powers were Connecting and Creativity. We had a few augments, but we managed to solve them and we also had to make changes along the way. It was really hard. It was fun working with people I don't really work with. Here is a picture of what we built.

Princess Diana

Princess Diana was born on July 1, 1961. Princess Diana married Prince Charles on 29 July 1981. Princess Diana was the first wife of Prince Charles. Prince Charles mum was Queen Elizabeth. Princess Diana was called The people's Princess because she understood people and wanted to be treated just like a normal person. Her sons names are Prince William and Prince Harry. Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in, August 31 1997. That means Princess Diana died at the age of 36 years old. That is a short life for Princess Diana. Here is  a pitcher of Princess Diana.  

Idrive

This week for iDrive Kurt, Neo, Joshua and  did role play.  The main idea about our play was, an old lady pretended to need help for every thing, but when she flew out of the car windscreen, she had to give payback by getting some one from the gang to go out the windscreen. Our learning powers was creativity and connecting. We had to plan out how the role play was going to go. We had some augments because we did not agree with each other. In the end it was fun to work with each other. We had to problem solve. Here are some photos.  

Book Review.

   

The year my life broke is a book about cricket.The main character is Josh. Josh and his family moved to Tarawarga and Josh went to a new school. At that school in Tarawarga where Josh played cricket. Josh made a friend called Callan. Together they built a tree house near Josh's house. On a scale from one to ten I recommend it being five. Here is a picture of The year my life broke.

I-drive this week.

This week for i-drive Charlie and I made a town with blocks. Charlie and I had to communicate to each other and problem solve and this is what it turned out like. It was hard to balance the blocks on each other. Charlie and I had lots of fun and we did not argue at each other. We were very proud of each other. :-)                                                 

My 2nd school holiday

At the end of term 2 on Friday the 3/7/2015 my Nana took me home to her house and I stayed five days. On Saturday I and Nana made fried bread. At night time I and Nana watched Horten here's a who. On Sunday, Monday, Tuesday me and Nana played games and baked. On Wednesday I went home.At home I had drawn pitchers, reed books and played games. On the last weekend of the holidays I went back to my Nana's house and we watched  Garfield 2. I had a fun holiday. :)