The Rubbish Trip

 

Yesterday we had a visit from Liam and Hannah from the "Rubbish Trip".

They talked to us about living with out a rubbish bin and how they live by the 6 Rs: REFUSE- REPLACE-REDUCE- REUSE-RECYCLE-ROT.REFUSE is the most important R. There would be no rubbish in the first place if we refuse unnecessary plastic and packaging.
They made us think about how much waste we are making and how we can reduce it. They reminded us about how plastic is ruining our sea and environment.
They asked us to think about making one small change to become more waste free. Here are our ideas:

• Ask our parents to buy us bamboo toothbrushes.
• See if we can get some metal straws. 
• We are going to refuse plastic straws in a big loud voice at cafes and shops.
• Buy our family members reusable coffee cups as gifts.
• Use fabric bags or offer to carry the groceries if our whanau forget their carry bags.
• We are keen to try and make some soap and shampoo at home or at school. We would also like to learn more about the Japanese wrapping technique Foroshiki.

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Movie Making

On Friday we started to make some short movies:
We were learning to compose different types of shots.
We were learning to follow a storyboard.
We were learning to collaborate with our group and work in different roles (editor, camera person, actor, director)

It was difficult to work in groups and stick to our separate roles. When we watched our movies back we realised that we need to work on keeping the camera still. We decided we would need to make our expressions more exaggerated so that the audience could understand our story line better. It was difficult to stick to our story board as well and not add in extra shots.

Next we are going to think about different types of films and plan to write our own scripts.

Visiting Author: Adele Broadbent.

Today we had a visit from Adele Broadbent. She is a YA author from Napier. She told us about her inspiration for her most recent book  Between. It is about a character who is fascinated with all things Supernatural. It sounded pretty interesting and we would love to read it one day.

We asked her how she stick to a story without getting bored of what she is writing. 

She gave us a great tip:

Choose a character and find something that they want. But don't give it to them straight away. Put a few challenges in front of the character and then end the story with your character getting what they want. That sounds like a great way to plan a narrative which we hope to try out.

She also has a great website where we can visit and search through a whole range of books she has reviewed

2D to 3D

We were learning to to make 3D shapes by creating our own 2D nets. We made the nets by by using wooden 3D shapes. We rolled them over the paper and traced each face. 
It was quite challenging because we had figure out if it was going to make the correct shape before we folded it up. We had to make sure we had the correct amount of faces.
when we made cylinders it was hard to figure out how long the long face needed to be.

PAL Training with Whaea Gina

We are training to be PAL (Physical Activity Leaders). Today we worked on:

Communication
Attention Getting Strategies- using a whistle or raising your hand, clapping etc.
Open Questions- provide more understanding
"Can you tell me where the boundary is?" "Can you explain to me 3 rules in this game?"

Role Modelling
Where appropriate clothing for sport
Positive Language
Participating in the game.
Showing patience
Doing the right thing.

Enviro 14/6: Ducks

Today for Enviro Kauri and Manuka trudged through the mud to check on the ducks. They are looking healthy but we haven’t seen any eggs yet. Our focus today was to look at their environment and how to make it safe and protected. We are starting to enquire into how to protect them from pests such as; rats, mustelids, dogs and cats, possums, pukeko and eels. If we have any experts in our community we would love to hear from you.

League Training

We have been lucky enough to work with some League coaches this term. We learn drills, passing skills and play heaps of cool games.