World Environment Art

I had to create a piece of art (Drawing, music, etc) that has a message about the environment. Mine is of the world that is split in half. One half is what the world looked like 7,000,000 years ago, and the other one now. It is to show how much has changed since then.

How to play Snowball- Video

 After I made the blog about how to play snowball, I had to write a script so I could turn it into a video! I got some other people to act in it.
To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have made more videos to explain it more.

Banksy Artist Profile

 Today for T-shaped literacy I had to read an article and create an artist profile about Banksy. It was a little hard to read because the article was 3 pages long. 
To be BTB I could have spent more time making it.

Banksy

Banksy is an anonymous street artist that has been around for 47 years. He was spraying walls in Bristol, England, in the 1990’s. Art has been auctioned for 1,000’s of dollars in America. Today he makes art in cities from Vienna to San Francisco to Paris and many more countries and cities. He has moved from graffiti on walls to canvas art. He paints artworks with hidden messages telling us to save the world, and yet we still call his works “Graffiti”. He has been arrested many times but has never been caught by the police.

One of his most famous works is “Girl with balloon”. It depicts a young girl who is reaching for a red balloon. The meaning of the artwork is a loss of innocence or love, as the red balloon is love and the balloon has slipped out of her hands.

Many people think that Banksy's real name is Robin Gunningham, born in Yate 19 km from bristol. Many of Gunningham’s associates and former schoolmates thought that it was him, and Gunningham changed his last name to Banks. 

He brings messages and colour to grey cities and towns. He is not a graffitist, he is an artist.

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”.

    

What I think of Graffiti: Street art- or Crime?

 Today for literacy we had to write our thoughts about an article about street art. The article was called Graffiti: Street art- or Crime?
This activity was quite easy because before I read this article I already had my thoughts and opinions on Graffiti.

What I think of Graffiti and weather the men shouldn’t have been jailed

Graffiti is a bad thing, but it isn’t something to be jailed for. The five men could have at least been fined, they could easily paint over the graffiti.

Most street art has meaning to it, but when people are jailed for it nobody pay attention to what it might actually mean, because they are to caught up in “What they did was bad”. The graffiti artists might just be trying to help us but not with words, with art.

They have a great impact on the world. By sending out the message with graffiti they can make people work harder to save the planet.

Painting the town questions

 Today for literacy we had to read a book called "Painting the town" then answer the questions. Painting the town is about street art in Christchurch which was made after the 2011 earthquake. It was trying to tell us that not all street art is bad because they have meaning.

Toi Moko

Today for the daily quiz the teacher chose the question about Toi Moko. Toi moko are preserved Maori heads with tattoos on them. 
This DLO (Digital Learning Object) was quite easy because the school didn't block the Te Papa site this time. 
To be BTB I could have added more detail. 

Coral reefs are dying

 Today we did the weekly quiz and we had to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about how the world's coral reefs are dying. 
Please stop polluting and using chemicals because the world's fish rely on the coral reefs and the coral reefs are DYING.

How to play Snowball

For writing, we had to make an instruction manual about how to play a game of our choice. I chose a game called snowball which nobody in my class has heard of before. 

Snowball was my favourite game when I lived in a town called Haast, but I haven't played it in years so I chose snowball because I might be able to play it again.

How to play Snowball

Snowball is a fun game about teamwork and dodging the ball!

The game's duration can take as long as you want, but everyone must have had a turn running. You need six or more people to play.

Equipment

One dodgeball

A court with lines on it

How to play

1. Split the players into two teams. Name one team the taggers and the other the runners.

2. The taggers spread out anywhere on the court as long as they're at least two meters away from any line.

The entire runner team lines up at any corner of the court.

3. The first runner in line throws the ball anywhere on the court. If the ball goes out of the court they have to try and throw it again. Once they have thrown the ball they have to run on the lines and try to get to the opposite end of the court.

4. The taggers pass the ball between each other and try to hit the runner with the ball.

5. Once the runner gets to the opposite end of the court, their team gets a point. The next runner in line gets the ball and repeats what the previous runner did. If a runner is hit by the ball or the ball is caught by a tagger when the ball is thrown by the runner, then the teams swap roles.

To win, all you have to do is get the most points.

Tagger rules

- You must stay at least two meters away from any line unless you are passing by it to get to another part of the court.

- You cannot run or walk while holding the ball. You can still turn and jump.

Runner rules

- When you are running you can only stand on or directly next to the line.