Wearable Arts

Since term 2, we have been working on wearable arts. Liam, Rata and I are making a Fern Dress. We made our prototype, which ended up losing both arms and the stick helping it stand up... We have a few issues, but are brainstorming ideas to fix them. For example, how are we going to get the dress on and off? We thought we could make an opening in the metal hoop skirt and she could slip in and out of it, or more fabric instead of a hoop skirt, then add a zip.

We will start to make the proper dress tomorrow. Here is a picture of our prototype

Prototype ft. Rata

Instructions

Yesterday we made paper planes using the set of instructions on a google doc. Some of them were really confusing, and I kept mucking up. Later on, we went outside and flew them. Mine did ok, but I was way far from a ralevent place.
In the afternoon, one of the Juniors came to our class and taught us how to make origami butterflies. It was a lot of fun and I made two. He also gave us the instruction sheet so we could try ourselfs. Thank you Jo for teaching us!!

Now that we've done that, we have to  create our own step by step instructions to make anything. I'm not sure what I'm going to do it on yet. I did do a little funny one while I was thinking, though it's not very good... Hopefully I will have an idea by tomorrow!

Why Legend of Zelda: BOTW is a piece of art

After we did the joined argument about cellphones, we split off by ourselfs to write our own. It took me a while to come up with an idea but I decided to write about why Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild is a piece of art. Here is the final product!

✃ Shapes and Angles

This week we have been learning about how to measure interior angle sums, interior angles and exterior angles of any shape. This was quite new, though it was ok since we knew what the shapes were.

To measure the interior angle sum, you take the number of sides of a shape minus 2, then times that by 180. Next, we find the interior angle. Take the interior angle sum divided by the number of sides. Finally the exterior angle. The equation to find this is 180 - interior angle.

In simpler words,

{ NUMBER OF SIDES - 2 } x 180 = INTERIOR ANGLE SUM

{ INTERIOR ANGLE SUM } ÷ { NUMBER OF SIDES} = INTERIOR ANGLE

180 - { INTERIOR ANGLE } = EXTERIOR ANGLE

✃ Hopefully you found this helpful!

Cellphones at School

Billie, Kyra and I wrote our argument about weither cellphones should be allowed at school or not.  We did the introduction together, then split of to write our own paragraphs. I did the first paragraph about eye health, Kyra did the second about getting distracted, and Billie did the third about cyber bullying. After we read over it and edited some of the spelling, we wrote the conclusion. Here is what we have now!

Angles

This week, we have been learning about measuring and identifying the different angles. It was a lot of fun using the protractor. Here is my learning DLO!

Term 1 & 2

These two terms have been a lot of fun. We had Hanmer Springs camp which was a lot of fun, and I'm really proud of myself for climbing to the top of both trees. I competeted in the Kidslit competition, and although my team didn't win or get a place, the experience was good enough. 

I'm proud of myself for entering in the Friends of the Art gallery exhibit without procastinating. I also have been improving my basic facts, even just by a 2 or 3 second difference. 

Next term I would like to try and finish my work faster, and not let all the out of class things effect my that much. Maybe even do some at home.

Thank you Miss Hines for teaching us these 2 terms, and we will miss you a lot! Wishing you the best!