Daffodil Art

This is my Daffodil Art. To make this, my class and a few yr 6's took 6 pieces of paper outside to the concrete with some newspaper on the ground. We then rubbed different colours of crayon against the paper to make an interesting texture. We dyed the daffodil flower itself, the stem, the trumpet, a vase for the flowers, and to border colours. They were to be dyed green for the stem, orange for the trumpet and yellow for the petals. For the last three, our 2 border colours and our vase, we got to choose what colours we did them. We had to cut out different stencils shapes to make them and then we assembled them together with glues. This process was really fun and I think you guys should give it a try!

Poupou Art Reflection

Poupou Art Reflection

I accomplished combining cool and warm colour contrast in my artworks so
that the colours don’t clash. I am very satisfied with my artwork because it is
very symmetrical, smooth and scary which was my goal during the process.
I found it easy to make too mirrored copies of my pou pou. In the process, I
found it challenging to work with a limited amount of colours on each side,
because of the warm coloured side and the cold coloured side. I need to work
on adding more details such as maori patterns and being able to think beyond
with my art. If I were to change anything, I would change the arms and head
as they are both much bigger than the body. I would change the design of my
pou pou.

Narrative: A boy named Timothy

A Boy Named Timothy

Last night, I couldn’t sleep. The room was cold and crowded and had a weird vibe. At first, it seemed pitch black inside, but the balcony door hidden by the curtains showed swaying shadows of light.

My breath caught in my throat; as silent tears ran down my face. I curled up towards myself, knees drawn to my chest, elbows close to my body as my hands tightly clenched the blankets. Until I heard the first knock. With that, I thought nothing of it wiped my eyes and sat up. I crept out of my bed and opened my bedroom door with the expectation of someone like my parents or little brother standing at the door, but no. There was no one. The sound of my parents fighting often kept me awake, so seeing my little brother was a frequent occasion. Then I heard another knock, this time I was sure it was behind me. I slowly turned around and looked around the room as I instantly locked eyes with a boy, standing at my balcony window, waving as if I knew him. I closed the door and curiously but gradually walked over to my balcony door. He looked friendly so I opened my window first with cautiousness and said “Hello”, he replied with “Hi, I’m Timothy Green, I’m new here”. “Naveen Dunne” I answered as I gazed down at what he was wearing. “Brown hair, blue eyes, green pyjamas, dinosaur socks and a teddy bear, what an odd combination” I thought. “What’s keeping you up?” he asked. “I don’t know, what’s keeping you up?” I quickly replied. “I don’t sleep” he jokingly said. With a questioned facial I trustingly opened the door. “My parents are fighting, it’s hard to fall asleep when you keep hearing your name” I said. “Oh” he added, “Well, what’s it about?”. “Who knows” I announced “They fight about anything and everything”. “Why don’t you talk to them?” he asked. “Me, talk to my parents.” I angrily said. “Yes, maybe if you talk to them they’ll stop fighting. You know kids can help adults too” he implied. Hesitatingly I walked over to the door and I listened to the constant bickering of my parents.

Looking back at Timothy, he signaled me to go. I opened the door and stepped foot outside my room. I tiptoed over to the kitchen as I peeked around the wall. I took a deep breath, and entered the kitchen. Nervous, I stared at my parents arguing. I stayed so quiet they didn’t even notice I was there. “STOP IT!” I yelled “That’s enough”. My parents and I talked for hours about solving what they were fighting about. My mum was pregnant and we couldn’t afford to buy things for the baby. They said that keeping the baby would have meant less things for my brother and I. We decided to let my Aunt who couldn’t have babies take care of it.

As I went back to my room tired, I ran over to my balcony and noticed Timothy was still there. “Thankyou” I told him as the sky turned red. “It’s okay, at least you helped your parents out”. As I walked back to my bed, I turned around and Timothy disappeared. I would have gotten up to go find him but being up for hours made me feel sleepy. I think its cool how I was able to help my parents, with a little bit of help from a boy named Timothy.

The End

Tongan Language Week: Discussions in Tongan

This week is Tongan week! Today me and Karla are showing you discussions in Tongan! Good Luck!

Elephants DLO

This is my Elephant DLO. It shows many facts about elephants and their endangerment. Here are some ways you can help:

- Adopt an elephant (It's legal)
- Spread awareness of Elephant crualty

- Don't buy tusk or Ivory

Values Prayers

In Christ the King, our four values are Respect, Justice, Peace and Joy and Love and Service. Today we had to create prayers linked for each value. These are the prayers I created.

Elephant Report

Elephants: Information Report

Known as the largest mammal of our time, the elephantidae family is home to both the African and
Indian/Asian species. The majestic and spectacular creatures are known to live in the continents of
Africa and Asia.

Appearrence

The African elephant is the larger species and has wrinkly grey skin, a swayed back and 2 tips at
the end of its trunk to pick things up. As for the Indian (or Asian) species, the elephants have much
less wrinkles and more of a humped back. They are quite small and only have 1 tip at the end of their
trunks. For any elephant, they can weigh upto 13,000 pounds when fully matured. They can grow upto
11 ft tall and their feet can grow to the size of 9: 30cm rulers.  Elephants are truly gigantic creatures
with long and large tusk. For baby elephants, much known as calfs, their height can be 2-3 ft tall. Male
elephants are called bulls and they leave their families when they reach puberty and may live alone or
with other males. Females (cows) travel in tight group and are lead by the eldest female called the
matriarch.

Diet

These mammals eat much more than their appetite. Nearly 80% of an elephants day is spent feeding.
On average, these peculiar creatures eat upto 400 pounds of food a day. They are herbivores so their
diet consist of things like leaves, roots, twigs, branches and fruit. Elephants can drink upto 30,000 gallons
of water a day which is how much the average person drinks in a week!

Special Features

Elephants are a very intelligent species. When they are hot, they tend to flap their ears to cool off and
lower their temperature. An elephants tusk continue to grow throughout its whole life - which means they
don’t grow to a particular size. Although they may have poor eyesight, they have a distinct sense of
smell and very good hearing.

Endangerment

Since 1978, the elephantidae family have been an endangered species due to people killing them for
parts. Upto 100 elephants are being killed a day. This is because of poachers taking part in illegal ivory
trade killing them for their ivory and tusk. These animals are practically used for human entertainment.
Elephants are prey to lions, tigers and many other meat eating creatures. To this day there is on 450,000
- 700,000 African elephants and between 35,000 - 40,000 of the Asian elephants which is a dramatic
difference.

Conclusion

Overall, it’s sad to think that one of our largest and long living creatures - that have been around for 55
million years - are quickly decreasing. We should not have to live in a world where one species can kill
another. It is crucial that we stop killing elephants and find better ways to entertain ourselves.