The Excuse By Andy Griffiths

Today we read a short story by Andy Griffiths called The Excuse.

We went on mindmup and wrote a plan on what our story was going to be like.

The story we read was for inspiration and it was really funny

This is the start of my plan

The story was about a boy being late to school again and he had to come up with an excuse.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Readers Theatre:

What am I learning: To be a more confident reader and have fun while using expression.

How am I going towards achieving this learning?
Because while reading the script I had expression and was confident while reading.

What am I going to do to be a stronger performer in readers theatre?
I am going to not be nervous and practise my scripts.

I was reading the part as storyteller 1 and 2 and I had a lot of fun while reading it.

Writing Goal

Writing Goal

My goal in writing is: 
For punctuation my goal is to use commas when listing things, use question marks when questions are asked, to use exclamation marks to show strong feelings, loud noises/voices


I have chosen this goal because: 
I went to get higher marks and not get lower marks.


To achieve this goal I will need to: 
Make sure to use commas and questions marks and exclamation marks.

Festival Of The Arts Lino Cuting 2017

Art/ist meaning

A way of being creative and demonstrating an art.

Experimenting creative thoughts

Developing skills

Adding your imagination to your creations

Always doing your best even if you dont like your art.

Participate meaning

Being involved, Taking part.

Value meaning

The importance of something

How can you participate in the world as an artist?

Trying new art even if they're not your best at first try.

Even if you dont do art letting your imagination run wild on a page.

Inspiring people/artist with your work

What value do people place on being an artist in New Zealand?

Because in New Zealand we publicly fund art galleries and people go there to appreciate the art.

We put money towards art so that people have a chance to express their imagination and feelings.

Linocut Artist

Bill fick

George Woods

Anthony Davies

This is a practise of the lino we will be cutting on

Cultural, creativity, Maori, identity, fear, patterns

Pigeon, cultural, creativity, patterns, colors, birds

This is my practise drawings for my lino

Week 2

This week we came up with new pattern ideas and printed them onto paper and I really liked how my one came out on monday.

My Lino Print

My Lino Print

What is Kaitiakitanga, Sustainability, Rahui Tapu

What is Kaitiakitanga?
Guardianship .
Protecting something that is important to you.
How do we show Kaitiakitanga for Quail Island?
By making a water fountain for the birds because there is no fresh water on the island.
Making a penguin box for the penguins so that they can live somewhere safe and warm.

What is Sustainability?
Something that is renewable, you can replace it when you use it.
Replanting native trees on quail island.

What is Rahui Tapu?
Something that is sacred. It is something that is restricted.
If the penguins get scared cause a lot of people on the island giving them a restricted area so that they will not be scared.

Leprosy Writing

A Day In A Life Of A Leper

My name is Will Vallane and in 1907 I was forced to go to quail island because I had Leprosy. I was diagnosed in 1906. The same year as I had to go to Quail Island I was built a small house because I hated being in a giant hospital all by myself it was kinda creepy too. When I wake up I always had to wait for Mr W.Thomas (my caretaker) to bring my breakfast because I was not capable to make my own breakfast. He also comes in to feed my Tui, John.. Every time around 12.00pm I would always listen to records and look at pictures in the book because I could not read all I could see was the bright colors. Mr W.Thomas would cut my wood so that I could set my fire so that I wasn’t cold when I went to bed. He also had to bring my dinner at 7.30pm so that at 8.00pm I could ring my family and friends and see how they were. 5 minutes before I went to bed I sat outside and thought about life in Christchurch. 9.00pm I slowly fall asleep.

DOC research

What am i learning?
To give examples and uderstand the meaning of Kaitiakitanga, Sustainability, and Rahui Tapu.

What could I do next time?
I could add more information and maybe more color.

What am I wondering?
If people show Kaitiakitanga, Sustainability, and Rahui Tapu in all countries and how do other countries show it.

Thing Link Quail Island

Arts Photos And Learning 2017

Our First page is our workbook page and we drew superheros on them.

This is my Kowahiwhai drawings for our NZ Maori Art.

I draw 4 thumbnails for my final drawing.

These are some drawings of the girls I wanted to be my superhero.

This was my drawing idea for my final painting.

This is my color wheel for learning to mix colors together and to find which colors suit best.

These are some of my paintings that we were learning to shade with.

This is my final painting.