Merry Xmas!!

Hey everyone I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

This year I'm spending Christmas up in Auckland to spend time with family. Are you going anywhere for Christmas or just having a simple Xmas at home? I know that I prefer having Christmas at home with my family and pets.
Once again a very merry Christmas to everyone around the world, I look forwards to the ever approaching year of 2020 (which definitely has ring to it doesn't it?) and I'll make sure to keep everyone updated on all the school work I do in the new year!

Have a fantastic holidays and a happy new year...

-Liana

Lorde

This week Room 4 made a small inquiry into the famous NZ singer-songwriter Lorde as a teaser week for summer learning journey.
Our learning was to use image attribution which can be vaguely seen in small print underneath both the photos I have used.

Here is my work on Lorde...

Anaura Bay: Where We Went Tour

During week 7 Room 4 went on camp.
My biggest highlight would have been the surfing on the first day.
My downlight would have been when 'Crazy Bird Lady' started shouting at us (you need to watch the video to understand)
I had a lot of fun and look forwards to next years camp.
Here is my video, I hope you enjoy seeing and reading about where we went. Hope you have a great holidays whenever you start your holidays...
-Liana

2019 Highlights

Lately Room 4 have been working on our highlights videos or for the year 8's their leavers videos.
I really enjoyed making this because you were able to be really creative and make yours a lot unique from everyone elses (apart from the music).
I found it challenging to find all the photos because most of my photos are at home so I was basically working off the photos I could find from school.
With out a further ado here is my video...

How To Make Sushi

To celebrate the Rugby World Cup being in Japan our cooking class made sushi with the younger students. Have you ever made sushi?? To show our learning we made a google drawing.
Enjoy!!

All About Kawakawa

This term some of  Room 4's students went to a workshop on Kaiti  hill. We learned about some of the legends about Gisborne but we also did some workshops at the end of our day. During the work shops we learned about weaving harakeke, planting kumara, where plastic comes from and also the process of picking kawakawa as well as how to make kawakawa tea, which is very useful when you have a cough. Myself and my classmate Sophia make this google drawing to show our learning.
Enjoy!!

True Or False? Real Or Photo Shopped?

Today Room 4 were learning how to make a fake image.
I really enjoyed using my creativity to make my own fake image.
I found it hard to blank out my right leg and it looks really fake because I was in a rush to try to make it look like I was riding it. I also found it hard because I had to compromise, first of all I wanted to be riding a hippogriff but I couldn't find any good ones that are labelled for reuse, so I tried a thestral (obviously by this point you can tell I love harry potter) but once again no good ones so I had to compromise for a dragon.
Next time I would manage my time a bit better so I could try to make my right leg look a little bit more real.

Where Am I? - Holiday Writing

I Hear- the distant bleat of a lamb, crying for its mother. Silence filling my ears with only my thoughts to fill the stillness.
I Smell- the fresh morning air riddled with the smell of grass, tickling my nose as I breath it in.
I See- flicking of tails and nibbling of gumboots, frolicking body and flapping of ears. The early sun rising behind the hills, casting its rays upon my face. Dew covered grass, blanketing the land.
I Taste- the remote flavour of my breakfast of weetbix and muesli lingering in my mouth.
I Feel- bitter wind teasing my hair, whipping it into my stinging eyes. The overwhelming sense of ease washing over me as the world melts away. My place in the world, where I belong, where I feel at my happiest.

Where Am I??

Out in the paddock playing with my lamb.

This is a picture of Dave, my lamb from 2 years ago

Rugby World Cup Google Earth

Today Room 4 were learning how to use Google Earth to make a Rugby World Cup Video.

I enjoyed being creative with the writing on it.

 I found it frustrating to cooperate with my computer because it is getting old and so it loads super slowly, meaning that it took about 5 years longer than everyone elses.

Rugby World Cup Mascot Animation Action

Today I was learning how to make an animation under 50 slides in google slides.
 I enjoyed making each scene slightly different than the one before.
 I found it challenging to  come up with the story line for my highland cow.
 My digital learning object shows that I can make an animation in google slides.
 Next time I would change the story line I am following because I am not completely happy with it and would try to make it more creative.

Room 4 Pronouncing Maori Places

Scotland Mascot

Today I was learning how to make an avatar using google drawings

I enjoyed making the highland hairy cow and being creative with the flag (used as the hat), flower (the thistle) and the mascot, as well as adding my own touches like the kilt.

I found it challenging to find the colour for the hair because you had to be careful not to make it look too red but also capture the redness. As well as using the flag in a creative way because we weren't allowed to use it as the background.

My digital learning object shows that I can use poly line, select colours and be kind of creative.

Next time I would change... nothing, I'm pretty proud of my mascot making skills and I think this highland cow is as perfect as I can make it.

Eels

Last Tuesday Room 4 went to the Hustlers river to visit their long-fin eels. Long-fin eels, which are now endangered, are a species that Room 4 has been studying for our endangered species inquiry.
I really enjoyed this visit because even though I have eels on our farm, they aren't tame so we can't feed them by hand. Even though the eels were friendly, I couldn't help removing my legs from the water as the eels drew nearer, because our untamed eels have come close to biting me a couple of times. It was very entertaining feeding the eels because it nearly turned into a sort of competition as to who could feed the eels and to get the best spots for feeding them. Inspired by our visit to the Hustlers we wrote a series of poems and haikus to describe our experience.
Here is some of my writing...

Lush harakeke lines the banks,

hiding creatures below the still waters,

branches casting gloom-ridden shadows.

Underneath tranquil water lurks a secret,

awaiting a movement above.

Underneath tranquil waters lurks TIMMY THE TOE MUNCHER!!

(P.S The Timmy The Toe Muncher part would make a lot more sense if you could read my other piece of writing.)

Daisy's Maths Predicament

Today I was learning how to link slides to each other.
I enjoyed the design aspect of the quiz as it let me experiment around with the different colour tools and knowing my I took way to long on everything there.
I found it challenging to come up with the question because I was aiming this at a year 3-5 age level and I have completely forgotten what sort of level I was at during that stage.
My digital learning object shows that I know how to... link slides, figure out maths questions, embed slides into my blog, change the background.
Next time I would change the amount of time I used on each thing because sometimes I was spending too much time on something small.

Action Shots

Today I was learning how to make an original photo to create an action shot of what we enjoy doing in Matawai.
I enjoyed the finishing part where we were allowed to add in a background and a png or in my case a dog. 
I found it challenging to actually get my picture. I never seem to look vaguely good in photos and I'm very picky about trying to make everything as good as I can, so I found it hard to just deal with my horrible picture basically.
My digital learning object shows I can... use remove background, add a background in slides, take a photo using my webcam, add images to slides, and embed slides in my blog.
Next time I would try to change my photo so it looked like I was patting a dog more.

Taniwha Writing

A little while ago Room 4 did some slow writing where we were given something we had to put in our sentence (e.g simile, speech marks, a sentence starting with a verb or noun e.c.t) and created a sentence around that brief. The objective was to use a good word selection to enhance our writing. I really enjoyed writing the whole thing, I know it's not very specific but it was just really fun to have the time to actually think over your sentence and really choose your words carefully. I found it challenging to imagine my taniwha, because I didn't have the clearest of pictures in my mind as to what my taniwha actually looked like. My digital learning object shows that I am a stepping up blogger. Next time I would try to change up my writing style slightly because otherwise it sounds very similar to most other things I do. Here is my work

Tail cracking like a whip.

Swiftly snaking up the rough, sandpaper like tree bark.

Twig snapping underfoot, revealing the taniwhas placing.

Suddenly I spring into the clearing yelling I’ve got you now tree scum!”

Tongue lashing at the threatening hunter.

No hunter, wise or bold, is a match for the almighty, muscular and deadly tree serpent.

Matariki: City Vs Country

Today I was learning how to make an animation on Brush Ninja.
I enjoyed the creative aspect, e.g using limited shapes and colours to create a piece of art.
I found it challenging to actually come up with an idea to use for Matariki.
My digital learning object shows that I understand how to make an animation.
Next time I would change how long my animation is and hopefully get an idea in my head more easily so I would waste less time. Have you ever used Brush Ninja before?
This blog post shows that I am a stepping up blogger

End Of The Holidays!

I hope that everyone has had an amazing holiday full of family and friends, I sure did.Make sure to have a fantastic term 3 and to learn lots!
Is there anything cool or exciting you got up to this holidays?

Adrenalin Forest

While we were finally coming back home after our stay at Rotorua we decided to have a small detour to adrenalin forest. I really enjoyed this. Basically you have two caribbeana like hooks which can't both come off at the same time, so your safe when your 15 metres up in the trees. There were quite a few activities up in the trees which is quite physically challenging especially when your a bit shorter like me making my fingers stretch. I got up to level 4 after which I stopped, taking me about 2 hours to do so including every level which was pretty good.  One of  my brother got all the way to level 6 (the last level) which was even higher and very challenging! Mine and I think everyones favourite parts were the zip-lines especially the epic one on the end of level 4 or in my brothers case the colossal zip-line on the very last level. I would really recommend this as it was a super cool pit-stop for the family.

Have you ever done adrenalin forest?

If so which level did you get up to?

Escape Room

Escape Room

Whilst in Rotorua we heard of really cool escape room in a place called Motion. Out of the three different categories (zombie, spy and gangsta)  we chose gangsta and the medium hardness (out of easy, medium, hard or very hard) and got lead through to our very first escape room which was designed to look like an Italian restaurant. Do not worry we were locked in there from one door but there's another door which is unlocked which you can use if you need the toilet or say if there was a fire. Two extra rooms were adjoining to the dining room/bar (the kitchen which you had to get into by pin and the toilet which you had to get into by key as well as a hidden room which you had to get into!)  We had 1 hour to find all of the clues and unlock all of the locks. I won't give too much else away just in case at some point you do the same! I would definitely recommend this. 

Have you ever tried an escape room? 

Redwoods Rotorua

Redwoods Biking/Running-
Because we stayed close to the Redwoods when we went to Rotorua, we decided to use it to our advantage, therefore going for a couple of runs and some lovely bike rides through the very scenic trails. Overall the Redwoods are an amazing place to go to even if  you just want to walk, and is also an amazing place for taking artistic photos...

Have you ever been to the Redwoods?

  

Making Original Photos

Today Room 4 learnt about making original photos. The objective was to learn about how to use our digital cameras and not use other peoples photos who haven't allowed us to.

We had to take images of thing like ourselves, our art from this year, where we like to work, our school logo, another computer, our shoe and something yellow.

Next we had to download some images from people who had allowed us to like a kiwi, something green, a soccer ball, food, a beach, a Gisborne sunset and our favourite animal.

I  really enjoyed using Lunapic to put special effects on our faces.
I found it challenging to take photos of myself because I always seem to look weird in photos, no matter how hard I try not to.
Next time I'd spend less time trying to get a good photo of myself and just download one off my computer straight away.

Here is my work...

The Dream House

A couple of weeks back Mrs Bennett gave us the task of picking a piece of writing surrounded around a few different subjects e.g Dream House, Dream Vehicle, Dream Holiday, Dream Menu, Dream Animal e.c.t . I chose to do my dream house. Our objective was to DREAM BIG, use descriptive words, be creative, and just have fun! All of Room 4's end results were outstanding! Here is my writing, I hope you like it.

(P.S As you can tell by this I love animals, A LOT)





You pull up the driveway, a seal water feature in the middle of the circular drive. A humble 2 storey house with pearly white wood panelling lining the exterior. Beyond the double doors with pure gold handles (with 2 pet doors next to it) stands a grand staircase, starting at each end of the room and meeting on the next level. A awe-inspiring guests bedroom with an en suite, a tv, spa, cupcake shoot (to supply you with cupcakes 24/7), and basically anything you need in a room and more! To the other side of the hall lays a living room fit with a cinema tv, popcorn machine, drink machine and many more forms of entertainment.

Through the striking gold encrusted archway under the  staircase is a modern, open plan kitchen, suited with marble counter tops and a magnificent island, not to mention top of the line appliances. Incredible light flows into this room with a mountain top view, onto the pearly blue beach below. A smaller sitting room lays through another glorious archway. No tv is to be seen in this room, instead a cosy fireplace and sitting chairs, the ideal place to cuddle up and read your favourite book.

Outside a gazebo rests, the ultimate place for hosting friends and family for an old style BBQ. Follow the small-scale circular stone paving to the animal nursery, to care for all the baby animals, neighbouring with the animal ward, for all your sick furry friends. Not to mention the humongous retirement village adjacent to this. Beyond the smart fence is paddocks and paddocks full of goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys and horses and of course the llamas and alpacas paddock is separate, just in case they try to spit on the other animals. Every paddock  includes stunning 5 star accommodation, ticking all their needs.

Back to the house we venture into the outside access rodent room, with mice, guinea pigs and many other rodents. Connecting to the rodent room, is one all for reptiles, turtles lizards, skinks and many more animals live in this area (but no snakes, the crazy animal lady hates snakes, spiders and sharks, so you won’t find any of those in this house.  P.S The crazy lady is me.)

How about now we journey up that grand staircase to the second floor. Gorgeous art lines the modern 2nd level. Another guest room is placed to the left of the golden railing. Yet again natural light floods into this space thanks to the posh full size windows. Then to the master bedroom, 3 times the size of your average room, with everything you could dream of, a beautiful squishy and comfortable bed, you’ve heard of the single, king, and queen room, well this room gives you a monarch bed, 5 times bigger than any other bed, and anything you could need, indoor pool, en suite, fireplace, cinema TV, and endless other luxury items.

Across the hall is a swish dogs room, with automatic food dispensers and the most comfortable dog beds, fit for the queen's corgis. Next door is a splendid cats room with a separate room for the litter trays, which have laser technology  to fry the poop so you don’t have to get your hands dirty. Striking verandas come off every room to take in the enchanting ocean view. Then possibly the best room and my personal favourite, the red panda room. 5 sweet red pandas lay next door in a very natural habitat with real trees growing in the room and a forest wallpaper. This room is also equipped with air conditioning to make this room as close to home for the poor orphan red pandas. But no need to worry, Boo, Red, Pabu, Scarlett and Layla are all very friendly and happy (Layla especially loves cuddles).  Bathrooms are located on each floor including toilets of pure golds and a 24 karrot diamond  shower and of course the sink, made of a mix of pink star diamond and the most precious gem of all hope diamond.

But then there is a special surprise in the attic. Let's journey up there together. To get to this room climb up the fold away ladder and through the trapdoor into the stunning, awe-inspiring observatory, perfect for clear nights, to watch the stars.

I hope you enjoyed my house where you can literally reach for the stars and care for all your animals. Just make sure you stock up, because this house is expensive, it comes up to the price of dreaming big. Now enjoy your stay at ‘Reach for the Stars Villa’ and remember to dream big.

-Liana Redpath

Respect

Mr Knight gave us the task of creating a piece of work to show what respect is to us. I chose to make a poster. We had to make it bright and bold using colour and images. We all got to work and the end results were amazing. I really enjoyed making this piece of writing. The whole goal around this was to present our work to someone outside of Matawai School and for them to understand what respect is in our school. I found it hard to do all the pretty presentation work because I'm better at the whole work thing. My personal goal for this poster was to make it look like it was a bit slapped together at the last minute and slightly jumbled up, making it look in some peoples eyes IMperfect. But yet that's not the case at all because there is no such thing as PERFECT and IMPERFECT, there is just trying your best and well, not trying your best. So hopefully you take something away from this. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post. Have a great day...


Here is my work...
Sorry due to technical difficulty's I am not able to put a picture of my work up right now. But no need to worry it will be up soon...

My Profile

Hi, my name is Liana,  I'm a year 7 and go to school at Matawai School.  I was born in Gisborne and I have lived on a farm in Motu with my  parents and  my 2 brothers  ever since.  I play hockey as a half and netball as WA and WD.

My favourite subject is mathematics, I enjoy this because of the challenge.  I also really like writing because of the creativity you can use. I find it hard to do long division because really there's no point to doing it because you can just use the regular division.  My goal  this year is to improve on all of my subjects.

My favourite books are the Harry Potter series.  When I get older I want to be a veterinarian. Anita Mclaren inspires me because she's an awesome hockey player.  I play the ukulele with our school ukulele group.  This year we are playing at the War Memorial Theatre. I'm also going to be performing my song ‘My Dog Has Fleas’ which I wrote with my friend.

 I absolutely love animals.  I have a pet foxy named Gus,   4 sheep  names Lulu,  Momo, Mimi and Dave.  I also have  a  cow named Penelope  and horse named Bluey.  I have loved animals since I was tiny and got my own orphan lambs to care for. This year I aim to get champion lamb with my new orphan lambs.