Summer learning journey #1

 

Today with Takutai we started practising for the summer learning journey. We watched a video and we got "invited" to a three-day voyage. So we had to list ten food things we would bring with us. So Me and my buddy chose these things.

My diya

 

Hello, today for our Diwali stuff we made Diyas a while ago and are posting them on our blog when we are done. We used modeling clay to shape small round pots with a thin bottom because if it has a thick bottom it won't dry as quick.  If you are making them with someone else you could put your initials on the bottom so they don't get mixed up. You can put cool patterns on your still wet Diya.

Next, it's time to paint, you could use pretty colours and bright colours and not too much black at all because Diwali is the festival of light so you want the colours to be bright. You could use a pencil to get in the markings and paint them. The paint drys super quick because its on proper clay. Its super fun to paint and you can put them all around your house. When you shape it it takes atleast 1-2 days to fully dry.

Then you can put candles in them. Once you have shaped and painted then you can put little candle inside light it and there you have your Diya. These were super fun to make and I finished a couple of days ago. We are taking them home once we are done and we get to keep them. I am super happy about how mine turned out and how all the patterns look. Hope you enjoy, bye.

Key word hunt and brief summary of Fly me up

 

Today, we had to read the article fly me up and then fill out this form. It was really interesting and fun.  I also liked the story and had a lot of things rushing in and out of my head while reading through the article. The article was really beautiful and had many hopeful things in the story. I hope you enjoy, bye.

Digital rangoli pattern and real life rangoli pattern

 

Hello, for our Diwali stuff we had to make rangoli, first in our maths books then do it digitally it was fun but I don't really love the one I did digitally. I searched up rangoli patterns and came up with an idea. I made the pattern and coloured it in with really bright colours. Then I just copied it onto my Chromebook, it was super fun but a little time consuming because I had to get the right shapes and copy them and also put them in the right places. Rangoli is a sign of welcome and they are meant to be sacred welcoming areas, they are also said to bring good luck.

Ms. Farrs muesli

 

Today, while the year sevens were at tech, Ms. Farr brought in her muesli that she brings in every morning and she gave a small portion to each of the year sixes in a red cup, we all had a bit of milk in it and it was so yummy, but there were definitely some things that I would change about it. I loved trying the crunchy muesli with dried fruits, overall it was delicious. 

Matariki vs diwali, compare and contrast

 

For our celebrations work, we had to do a compare and contrast. We basically had to compare both of them and then find out the things they do similarly. It was really fun and I couldn't really figure out what they had similar. So I hope you enjoy, Bye.

Nutritious cereal

 

Hello, for the next 5 weeks we are going to be researching, and making our own muesli. This week we are researching health ratings for cereals, week 2 we are going to plan what we are going to make and make a recipe, week 3 we are going to design our muesli box, week 4 we are going to make our muesli box and week 5 we are going to make our muesli. We are going to do this every Friday when the year 7s and 8s are at tech. Bye, hope you enjoy.