My new famous string art

 In lock down I taught myself how to do string art with out a tutorial. I will teach you how to do it.

I would say the learning was a success because they turned out pretty good. You will need a big thick needle, cotton string, a canvas, paint, scissors and masking tape. First cut masking tape to length of canvas. Then put tape on whatever place you want (I did sideways ). Paint the half then wait to dry before switching where the tape was put and paint the other side. When completely dry draw a design on the back and poke holes through the canvas from the design on the back. Then cut a long piece of string and divide into four pieces. Then put the little piece of string through the needle and tie a simple knot. Weave through the holes making sure that after you go through the hole from the back you go through the hole to make that stitch appear. Make sure to always end at the back of the canvas so you can cut of excess there and keep on going just like you started with a new piece of string. Have you ever made string art before?

My super fun birthday

 Yesterday was my birthday. Mum and I made a feast for dinner. My favourite dinner is Chinese so Mum and I made Sweet N Sour Pork & Lemon Chicken on Fried Rice. It takes a lot of preparation and time to make. We also baked a cake but Mum wanted to surprise me with the special icing. Mum and Dad couldn't get presents so Dad got as many lollies as possible from the supermarket. Mum and my sister Anika stayed up late Wednesday night to put up balloons and decorate the box of lollies. 

My B-day pics

 Have you every made Chinese food at home before? Did you enjoy it?

My Cool Lock Down Rap

 In lock down it's very fun to do stuff like baking and bike rides. But my teacher Mr A wanted the class to do a lock down rap. 

I have been writing this rap about how I feel about lock down. My favourite part was the titanic part. I think that when in lock down if you don't go out of the house then you should bake and play outside and have some fun instead of laying in your bed all day. Have you ever done a lock down rap? If not ask your teacher and use Pobble because you get inspiration from the pictures on that website.

My amazing slide about Ian Ferguson!

 This is my slide of facts about Ian Ferguson. Ian Ferguson is  amazing at racing in a Canoe. He has a heap of cool memorable medals. He has four Gold medals and one Silver. We have been learning how to research about people and this time it was an Olympian.

There aren't many names as big and Ian Ferguson when it comes to Canoeing. Many kiwis want to be like him when they grow up. I really enjoyed researching about Ian Ferguson he has a really cool ability and strength. Ian Ferguson always have a bunch of momentum and won 4 out of 5 Olympics. Who is your favourite Olympian?

Our amazing Harakeke baskets

 Yesterday I really enjoyed making our Harakeke basket to hold our sausages in this Friday.  WALT make Harakeke baskets to put our sausages in on Friday. We need to get our baskets finished in order to get a free sausage.

We did it by getting two bits of flax and taking out the little strong bit in the middle. Then pull each half into three pieces. After we put seven of the pieces on way and weaved one over under to the end and then one under over to the end and so on. Then after we ran out of sticks we would go onto the side that only had five pieces and folded the one on the outside of the middle one over and then fold the left end one over to the right and then put the right one to the left side. Then I would tie them together and do the same on the other side of 5 pieces. I would get the middle one of the three and put it through the tie at the end of the other three. The you get all of the other long pieces and criss cross them around over the bit of flax you just put through the tie and fold some through the part where the sausage goes and it should look a bit like this or even better. I really enjoyed learning how to make these Harakeke mats. Mine does not quite look like a basket it mostly looks like a flat thing instead of a basket. Is this something you want to make?

Emily Carr art term 2 art

 This term my class has been learning about a famous Canadian artist named Emily Carr. Sadly Emily passed away 2 March 1945. Emily had a painting that was sold after she was dead for 3.9 million she really liked to paint trees and had a funky style. Here's a picture of a painting that Emily Carr made.

You can search up Emily Carr's paintings and there are a heap of pictures on google that she made.

So my class painted trees. First we used a sponge and painted 2-3 colours of paint onto a piece of paper. Then we had to draw on a piece of a visual on what we wanted our tree to look like. After that we had to look at our visual and try and paint it on our painting after they had dried. We also added grass at the bottom and we are very proud of us. 

Do you like my painting? Do this make you want to research about Emily Carr more?

Tips to find out if and article is true or fake!

 This week my class has been learning ways on how to find out if articles tell real or fake stories. Here is my Canva poster about tips to see if an article is true or fake.

I did it by using Canva and finding a background that's not to busy so then you can read the words. I tried to make a good colour combination so it is more pleasing to the eye. Then I thought of a few tips that I thought were good enough and put them on. After I let you know that I did it by finding a design of cool text and put a heading on. Have you ever made a poster on Canva before?