Using the Mars fact sheet or an online search engine you need to compile details about Mars and record these on your blog ( or a piece of paper).
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
PLANNING A TRIP TO MARS
Using the Mars fact sheet or an online search engine you need to compile details about Mars and record these on your blog ( or a piece of paper).
BODY AND MOVEMENT IN DRAMA 🎭
How can an actor use their body and movement in a performance?Body movement is one of the most important and expressive forms of body language across all species on Earth. Whether it's a simple hand gesture to an entire show of flailing limbs, the movement of the body is not only important in real-life situations, but also in drama.
So what are some examples of body movement in Drama situations?
Well, it's human instinct to use hand gestures when you talk. But in situations like stage production, it is common for actors to over exaggerate and dramatise expressions like these.
Another example of body movement is when actors add drama to their emotions in an exaggerated way to portray their emotion more clearly. For example, actors may place their hand to their temple and open their mouth wide to portray surprise, shock, etc. I think this is called stylised movement but honestly I'm not too sure.Another classic example of body movement is dancing onstage.And even just extending your hands while singing counts as body movement. So there are many ways you can express your emotion just by moving your body.
What other ways can you think of?
Friday, 26 October 2018
DRAGONHEART CHALLENGE CHARTS 🎥
What am I learning?
I am learning to understand how characters are developed in a film like Dragonheart.
How does this show my learning?
Obstacles that characters face are crucial in films to develop not only the plot, but the character themselves. By completing these challenge charts I am showing I understand what specific challenges specific characters faced and how that helped to develop themselves as a character.
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
(This hardly related but oh well) Did the writers ever write an alternative ending to the film Dragonheart? If so, I'd like to see it. I feel like it was unfair that Draco had to die and there could have been some other way to avoid that. It was almost if the ending was rushed.
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
DRAGONHEART PLOT ANALYSIS 🎥
What am I learning?
I'm learning to analyse and understand the plot of the film 'Dragonheart'.
How does this show my learning?
By summarising the plot of the film I am showing that I understanding the meaning of the plot and how each part furthers the film.
What am I wondering?
I am wondering, how do the makers of these films come up with such intricate plots? Do they use the techniques that I already know that Pixar uses?
Thursday, 18 October 2018
HORNBY IS HAVING A LOGO COMPETITION!
Hornby is having a logo competition! Thanks to the Hornby Resident's Association and the student council, we have partnered up to hold a competition looking for a logo for our small but beautiful town. Hornby High School students of all year levels are eligible to enter 1-2 entries each up until Friday November 2nd, either digitally or on A3 paper. The winner will be announced December 3rd, that is, after a lengthy judging process including opinions from Hornby High School principal Mr Sutton. Jakita and I were in charge of creating a fun, short video to advertise it. I've never really made a video before so I volunteered to do it to challenge myself. We ended up actually making a really good video that I'm proud of, using Powtoon (the OG videomaker back at South Hornby!)
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MY WATERFALL SCENE 🌊🌲
Understanding the importance of setting to film!
Task: Create an either digital or physical visual response to a particular part of a setting (a time, place, or both). Write a brief explanation explaining why you think this particular aspect of setting was significant to the story.
I believe the waterfall in Dragonheart was a significant aspect in the film due to it being Draco's home. It tells the story of where he lives, shedding light on his own personal life, and also provides an explanation as to where he has been hiding all these years.
A physical visual response is what I wanted to do - it's something I've never done before so it will certainly be challenging.
Task: Create an either digital or physical visual response to a particular part of a setting (a time, place, or both). Write a brief explanation explaining why you think this particular aspect of setting was significant to the story.
I believe the waterfall in Dragonheart was a significant aspect in the film due to it being Draco's home. It tells the story of where he lives, shedding light on his own personal life, and also provides an explanation as to where he has been hiding all these years.
A physical visual response is what I wanted to do - it's something I've never done before so it will certainly be challenging.
25/09/18:
Began planning on my diorama waterfall scene in this Google Doc. I including equipment needed and the method I believe would be easy but practically free to make (I'm not wasting any of my pocket money on this - at least not yet). Here I was just playing around and using some pictures as reference to visualise my ideas, thanks to Pinterest and Google Images. Pinterest is actually a very good website to use when you need to create something, I have discovered recently.
29/09/18
Finally started on my diorama waterfall scene. I've done some researching since school ended - just some editing of my plan and equipment. After a good search in Mum's office for a cardboard box I found one and cut one up to replicate some of the homemade dioramas I was inspired by online. It looked almost like a shoe box. Next of all I started on the actual waterfall part. My plan was to hot glue ripples on a cut-out plastic template made from a Coke bottle. However, when I tried this, the plastic melted completely due to the heat (I should have thought about that), so I'm putting the waterfall portion on hold so I can find a better alternative. I did get some progress done today. I started hot gluing some rocks onto the walls to act as the rocks around the waterfall. I collected them from my garden (they're fake ones, don't worry) washed them and glued them on. It's looking good so far.
30/09/18
After my little brother helped me collect some more rocks I finally got it all finished. I've glued them in a curved sort of way and glued them on the bottom of the box leaving room for the 'river'. It was hard to place them strategically but I really like how it turned out. Other than that Mum and I have been trying to brainstorm some ideas on what we can use for water other than hot glue. Another aspect of the plan - using hot glue as the actual river at the bottom of the waterfall - has been destroyed because Ruby doesn't have many glue sticks that she can give me. Time to get my thinking cap on!
31/09/18
We finally found an alternative! My Mum has this very expensive but very beautiful iridescent plastic she graciously allowed me to use a few squares of. I've scrunched it up to serve as the ripples in the river and glued a long piece to the wall and let it "flow" down into the river. It's very pretty; it doesn't look as realistic as much of the professional dioramas but I think it's beautiful and a very creative way to display it.
03/09/18
School holidays have gotten me bored so I decided to paint something today. That something is my diorama. Using a cotton swab (I didn't want to use my expensive paintbrushes) and some of Ruby's concentrated blue food decorating thingy (again, I'm not using my expensive watercolour) I painted a blue background on the wall of the box to serve as the sky. The actual waterfall seen in Dragonheart has a cliff instead of the sky but I think this was a better alternative to leaving a bare wall. I used some cotton as some clouds (courtesy of Mum)
Finally I think I've finished. I'm going away most of the holidays so I wouldn't have much time if I didn't get it done right away. I'm proud of what I've done - it's so beautiful - and I think it is up to a high standard. If I would do another diorama I think I would have completed a draft. Mine wasn't perfect, there's still a few things I would have changed, so a draft would have been great to learn from. Also, I really need to learn how to handle a hot glue gun safely.
Like, seriously.
29/09/18
Finally started on my diorama waterfall scene. I've done some researching since school ended - just some editing of my plan and equipment. After a good search in Mum's office for a cardboard box I found one and cut one up to replicate some of the homemade dioramas I was inspired by online. It looked almost like a shoe box. Next of all I started on the actual waterfall part. My plan was to hot glue ripples on a cut-out plastic template made from a Coke bottle. However, when I tried this, the plastic melted completely due to the heat (I should have thought about that), so I'm putting the waterfall portion on hold so I can find a better alternative. I did get some progress done today. I started hot gluing some rocks onto the walls to act as the rocks around the waterfall. I collected them from my garden (they're fake ones, don't worry) washed them and glued them on. It's looking good so far.
30/09/18
After my little brother helped me collect some more rocks I finally got it all finished. I've glued them in a curved sort of way and glued them on the bottom of the box leaving room for the 'river'. It was hard to place them strategically but I really like how it turned out. Other than that Mum and I have been trying to brainstorm some ideas on what we can use for water other than hot glue. Another aspect of the plan - using hot glue as the actual river at the bottom of the waterfall - has been destroyed because Ruby doesn't have many glue sticks that she can give me. Time to get my thinking cap on!
31/09/18
We finally found an alternative! My Mum has this very expensive but very beautiful iridescent plastic she graciously allowed me to use a few squares of. I've scrunched it up to serve as the ripples in the river and glued a long piece to the wall and let it "flow" down into the river. It's very pretty; it doesn't look as realistic as much of the professional dioramas but I think it's beautiful and a very creative way to display it.
03/09/18
School holidays have gotten me bored so I decided to paint something today. That something is my diorama. Using a cotton swab (I didn't want to use my expensive paintbrushes) and some of Ruby's concentrated blue food decorating thingy (again, I'm not using my expensive watercolour) I painted a blue background on the wall of the box to serve as the sky. The actual waterfall seen in Dragonheart has a cliff instead of the sky but I think this was a better alternative to leaving a bare wall. I used some cotton as some clouds (courtesy of Mum)
Finally I think I've finished. I'm going away most of the holidays so I wouldn't have much time if I didn't get it done right away. I'm proud of what I've done - it's so beautiful - and I think it is up to a high standard. If I would do another diorama I think I would have completed a draft. Mine wasn't perfect, there's still a few things I would have changed, so a draft would have been great to learn from. Also, I really need to learn how to handle a hot glue gun safely.
Like, seriously.
Thursday, 27 September 2018
BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE MEGA BLOG 2018
It's that time of the year! Year 7, 8, and 9 students are starting to form small businesses and the school is making a downright-risky decision trusting us with money once again! Yes, it's Business and Enterprise 2018, and I'm back in the game for the third year after winning Business of the Year for two years running. I guess you could say I like this part of the year.
So, today, the first day, we decided our groups: I'm with Chloe, Jay, Rheanna, and myself of course. We've brainstormed a few ideas: cupcakes, cookies... but eventually we decided to switch to something more practical after getting some advice from Miss Richardson. Because practically every group (in Year 9 at least) is selling food, we would have a much better chance at being successful if we make something other than that. So, taking inspiration from last year and incorporating some of everyone's ideas, we've decided to make keychains! Our options are between: pom poms, perl beads, corkscrew and wire keychains, but I'm really set on making the perl beads. A struggle we're having right now is coming up with the name. We're throwing up Wonderland Keychains, Crazy Keychains, the Keychain Kart - but we also really like the idea of 'The Treasure Chest' as ours. I wonder what we will turn out as! We've decided roles today too. I'm the manager, Rheanna is marketing manager, Chloe is finance manager and Jay is the production manager.
Second update of Business and Enterprise. We're busy doing our market plan - I think we've decided on The Treasure Chest but we need something more. (UPDATE) Chloe's just come up with the idea of The Treasure Trove. We all like it! I guess that's what we're coming at you as from now on. The logo and slogan making has been difficult. Chloe found an online logo maker
that we're using to make it a bit easier. The slogan, however, is difficult to decide on.
Anyway, we're still deciding on what keychains to make. I think we're going to stick with pom poms and perl beads because everyone likes them. The idea of doing corkscrew and wire keychains are not really my style. I don't think we need to overcomplicate things and waste our money on products that I don't think will sell well. So far we need yarn and keychain rings and perl beads. However, Rheanna and I both own yarn and Ruby has some perl beads we could use. It seems to be just keychain rings we need. Hmm.
Fourth update. Overnight I came up with the idea of 'What's in your treasure chest' for our slogan but according to Jay it was too suggestive and he requested another one. Now we've decided not to do wire or corkscrew chains. However, we've been lucky enough to be sponsored by my mother's business, Kreative Kiwi Embroidery and Jay's Dad's part-time work TSI Logistics. Miss Simpson has also given us some advice - and so we're going to donate 10% of our profit to the Maui Dolphins. We're in the process of making posters using Canva and Piktochart. It's also been decided that we need some keychain chain (plugging chain, I believe it's called) from Mitre 10 so we've added that to our shopping list.
Fifth update: We have realised that our digital poster has not been completed. So as Miss Richardson is frantically trying to print our posters I'm going to make one.
Okay, finally made it. Check out the Bikini Bottom background and Rocky Horror text. It's like me in an advertisement.
Now we need to work on making our banner for the table. Miss Richardson has graciously been working hard on cutting paper to the right dimensions for every group.
We've made a start on the banner. We pencilled in 'The Treasure Trove' on it and we're deciding on what colours to use...
Sixth update: We just came back from some painting of the draft banner. A blue background, white bubble text, some yellow and red paint splattered across it. It's pretty messy but for a first draft I think it's okay. I think we need to improve the text - some letters are lowercase, some are uppercase, and the paint is just kind of... there. I don't like the blue either. Heck, this is turning into a very negative review of our handiwork. I've made some Business Cards to use - simple black and white design that we're going to stick into people's lockers. Miss Richardson had some advice for us, that was to wait until the day before because otherwise people are just going throw them away without a second thought and forget about our stall completely.
Seventh update: The making of the pom poms have commenced! It's pretty difficult for me to be honest. I posted a pom pom tutorial on my blog, check it out here. We got our stuff and we quickly got to work. We got some yarn and plugging chain. With our sponsorships we're going to buy perl beads and keychains (because it turns out we didn't have enough keychains at home and Ruby supposedly doesn't have anymore perl bead templates or beads).
Eighth update: We got our perl bead sets, keyrings, and a bunch of other unnecessary crap! Jay doesn't have the foggiest idea on how to make pom poms so we've assigned him perl bead duty. The kits come with little templates and perl beads that you just stick on and they magically start there. We purchased them from Spotlight and they're pretty neat in my opinion.
Ninth update: We've spent the last lessons working tirelessly on making pom poms and perl beads. We've purchased some proper perl bead templates so at home we're working on making them (we don't have access to an iron at school and I surely doubt Mum wouldn't appreciate us taking her work equipment)
Tenth update: THE DAY ARRIVES! It's the morning of Business and Enterprise and I got to say, I'm a little disappointed, because when I woke up my awards from Year 7 had fallen off the wall. Either Ruby had a part in this or the universe knows something...
Eleventh update: Finally, we've finished market day! We have spent the entire day setting up, selling, and buying products for a grand total of $100 total income. Minus the $8 we used to buy materials, and 20% to charity and the school, we made a whopping $73 between the four of us. That equals $18.40 each, and we already have made plans to go get bubble tea as a celebration.
But how did the day actually go? Well, we set up in the Learning Commons next to the tiered seating. We had our freshly-painted banner on the table, a chalkboard and some pom pom garland all set up for decoration. On the table we had all of our products spread out: from expensive to affordable. Our first few customers came fast, and the steady stream did not thin throughout the day either. Shout out to Mr Collins for being our first customer. At the end we'd sold most of our
perl bead key chains and pom poms.
We ended up lowering prices to sell faster which was an effective strategy, we learned. All of us ended up with something we'd bought at the end too - I ended up with three containers of coconut oil + beeswax + honey scrubs and another lip balm from my best friend's group, but also some items from some lovely people I've never met before either. I also tried the best cookies I've ever had in my life from this amazing stall >>>
Twelfth Update: Today we've spent our time finalising our income/profit/money stuff before we actually receive our money tomorrow from Mr Scott. Overall it's been a good experience- certainly very different from every other market day, but even with a few fights along the way we still managed to end up coming fourth in terms of making money. The awards, if there are any, are still to come and I'm eager to see who gets them. I'm immensely proud of every team who participated this - especially the Year Sevens, because it's their first year but they still did fantastic.
'Til 2019, may market day season come to an end, and bubble tea season begin!
So, today, the first day, we decided our groups: I'm with Chloe, Jay, Rheanna, and myself of course. We've brainstormed a few ideas: cupcakes, cookies... but eventually we decided to switch to something more practical after getting some advice from Miss Richardson. Because practically every group (in Year 9 at least) is selling food, we would have a much better chance at being successful if we make something other than that. So, taking inspiration from last year and incorporating some of everyone's ideas, we've decided to make keychains! Our options are between: pom poms, perl beads, corkscrew and wire keychains, but I'm really set on making the perl beads. A struggle we're having right now is coming up with the name. We're throwing up Wonderland Keychains, Crazy Keychains, the Keychain Kart - but we also really like the idea of 'The Treasure Chest' as ours. I wonder what we will turn out as! We've decided roles today too. I'm the manager, Rheanna is marketing manager, Chloe is finance manager and Jay is the production manager.
Second update of Business and Enterprise. We're busy doing our market plan - I think we've decided on The Treasure Chest but we need something more. (UPDATE) Chloe's just come up with the idea of The Treasure Trove. We all like it! I guess that's what we're coming at you as from now on. The logo and slogan making has been difficult. Chloe found an online logo maker that we're using to make it a bit easier. The slogan, however, is difficult to decide on.
Anyway, we're still deciding on what keychains to make. I think we're going to stick with pom poms and perl beads because everyone likes them. The idea of doing corkscrew and wire keychains are not really my style. I don't think we need to overcomplicate things and waste our money on products that I don't think will sell well. So far we need yarn and keychain rings and perl beads. However, Rheanna and I both own yarn and Ruby has some perl beads we could use. It seems to be just keychain rings we need. Hmm.
Fourth update. Overnight I came up with the idea of 'What's in your treasure chest' for our slogan but according to Jay it was too suggestive and he requested another one. Now we've decided not to do wire or corkscrew chains. However, we've been lucky enough to be sponsored by my mother's business, Kreative Kiwi Embroidery and Jay's Dad's part-time work TSI Logistics. Miss Simpson has also given us some advice - and so we're going to donate 10% of our profit to the Maui Dolphins. We're in the process of making posters using Canva and Piktochart. It's also been decided that we need some keychain chain (plugging chain, I believe it's called) from Mitre 10 so we've added that to our shopping list.
Fifth update: We have realised that our digital poster has not been completed. So as Miss Richardson is frantically trying to print our posters I'm going to make one.
Okay, finally made it. Check out the Bikini Bottom background and Rocky Horror text. It's like me in an advertisement.
Now we need to work on making our banner for the table. Miss Richardson has graciously been working hard on cutting paper to the right dimensions for every group.
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| Chloe making the perl beads! |
Sixth update: We just came back from some painting of the draft banner. A blue background, white bubble text, some yellow and red paint splattered across it. It's pretty messy but for a first draft I think it's okay. I think we need to improve the text - some letters are lowercase, some are uppercase, and the paint is just kind of... there. I don't like the blue either. Heck, this is turning into a very negative review of our handiwork. I've made some Business Cards to use - simple black and white design that we're going to stick into people's lockers. Miss Richardson had some advice for us, that was to wait until the day before because otherwise people are just going throw them away without a second thought and forget about our stall completely.
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| Our first pom pom! |
Seventh update: The making of the pom poms have commenced! It's pretty difficult for me to be honest. I posted a pom pom tutorial on my blog, check it out here. We got our stuff and we quickly got to work. We got some yarn and plugging chain. With our sponsorships we're going to buy perl beads and keychains (because it turns out we didn't have enough keychains at home and Ruby supposedly doesn't have anymore perl bead templates or beads).
Eighth update: We got our perl bead sets, keyrings, and a bunch of other unnecessary crap! Jay doesn't have the foggiest idea on how to make pom poms so we've assigned him perl bead duty. The kits come with little templates and perl beads that you just stick on and they magically start there. We purchased them from Spotlight and they're pretty neat in my opinion.
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| The cutest couple making perl beads! |
Ninth update: We've spent the last lessons working tirelessly on making pom poms and perl beads. We've purchased some proper perl bead templates so at home we're working on making them (we don't have access to an iron at school and I surely doubt Mum wouldn't appreciate us taking her work equipment)
Tenth update: THE DAY ARRIVES! It's the morning of Business and Enterprise and I got to say, I'm a little disappointed, because when I woke up my awards from Year 7 had fallen off the wall. Either Ruby had a part in this or the universe knows something...
Eleventh update: Finally, we've finished market day! We have spent the entire day setting up, selling, and buying products for a grand total of $100 total income. Minus the $8 we used to buy materials, and 20% to charity and the school, we made a whopping $73 between the four of us. That equals $18.40 each, and we already have made plans to go get bubble tea as a celebration.
But how did the day actually go? Well, we set up in the Learning Commons next to the tiered seating. We had our freshly-painted banner on the table, a chalkboard and some pom pom garland all set up for decoration. On the table we had all of our products spread out: from expensive to affordable. Our first few customers came fast, and the steady stream did not thin throughout the day either. Shout out to Mr Collins for being our first customer. At the end we'd sold most of our
perl bead key chains and pom poms. We ended up lowering prices to sell faster which was an effective strategy, we learned. All of us ended up with something we'd bought at the end too - I ended up with three containers of coconut oil + beeswax + honey scrubs and another lip balm from my best friend's group, but also some items from some lovely people I've never met before either. I also tried the best cookies I've ever had in my life from this amazing stall >>>
Twelfth Update: Today we've spent our time finalising our income/profit/money stuff before we actually receive our money tomorrow from Mr Scott. Overall it's been a good experience- certainly very different from every other market day, but even with a few fights along the way we still managed to end up coming fourth in terms of making money. The awards, if there are any, are still to come and I'm eager to see who gets them. I'm immensely proud of every team who participated this - especially the Year Sevens, because it's their first year but they still did fantastic.
'Til 2019, may market day season come to an end, and bubble tea season begin!
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