My Reflection on my Art - By Quaid

Print Making Reflection

1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not?
Yes, because it has lots of effects and light and dark colours.

2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink

Dry Ink and Wet Ink because it was fun using the roller and the inks.

3. What is your least favourite print and why?
Crayon because it wasn`t colourful.

4. What did you find easy?
Using the roller and the inks

5. What did you find hard?
Cutting out the silhouette.

6. What would you do differently next time?
Work faster and press the crayon harder.

7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process?
Miss Paton show us a range of silhouettes.

8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking?
How to use a roller and dye properly.

My reflection on my artwork, by Kifi

Printmaking Reflection

1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not?
Yes, I am pleased with my art.

2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink

My favourite part was the crayon and dye, because it looked very good.

3. What is your least favourite print and why?
My least favourite was the crayon rubbing, because it didn’t stand out.

4. What did you find easy?
I found gluing on my silhouettes easy.

5. What did you find hard?
I found the cutting out hard, because I was making mistakes.

6. What would you do differently next time?
Next time, I would slow down, so my work can be perfect

7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process?
My friends have helped me and my teacher.

8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking?
I have learnt, that printmaking makes good colors.

My reflection on print making by Teagan

Print Making Reflection

1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not?
Yes, I am pleased with my prints because my dye print came out really good, I pressed hard on the crayon.

2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink

I liked the dye, because it was easy and the outline showed up really good.

3. What is your least favourite print and why?
My crayon, because it shows white in some bits.

4. What did you find easy?
The dye.

5. What did you find hard?
The wet ink.

6. What would you do differently next time?
Roll harder when using the dry ink roller.

7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process?
Tyler, Miss Paton, and Mr. Blackmore

8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking? You need to press hard when you are using crayon and you need a lot of ink when you use a wet ink roller.

My reflection on my print making by Fine

Printmaking Reflection

 1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not? 
Yes. I am because I have put a lot of effort into my prints.

 2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink 
My favourite making of the print is the crayon print making. 

3. What is your least favourite print and why?
 My least favourite print is the dyed print. Because it didn’t turn out how I wanted it to. 

 4. What did you find easy?
 The dyed print. 

 5. What did you find hard? 
The wet ink print. 

 6. What would you do differently next time?
 I would change the colour of the dye on my print.

 7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process? 
Miss Paton has really helped me in correcting my mistakes.

 8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking? 
 To cut curves right. Also to do my olive leaves correctly.

Print Making Reflection By Tim

Print Making Reflection

 1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not?
Yes, I am pleased with my artwork, because I like the colours and the dye.

 2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink My favorite print was dry ink, because it soft and smooth.

 3. What is your least favourite print and why? My least favourite one was crayon and dye, because it didn’t look great and it came out too dark.

 4. What did you find easy? The part that was easy was the crayon rubbing.

 5. What did you find hard? The part that I found hard was the roller, because you have to press hard and your hands can get tired.

 6. What would you do differently next time? I would do my athletics athlete the wrong way, so when I ink print, it will be the right way. 7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process? The people that helped me was Angel, Caitlin, Mr Blackmore and Miss Paton.

 8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking? What I have learned from printmaking was not to remove the paper too quickly, as the result will not be good.

My reflection on my art work, by Asmah

Print Making Reflection

1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not?
I am pleased with my print, because it stands out on the black paper.

2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink

My favorite print is the crayon and dye, because it really looks great on the black paper.

3. What is your least favourite print and why?
The wet ink, because the ink doesn't show up well.

4. What did you find easy?
Doing the crayon rubbing.

5. What did you find hard?
Cutting the athlete out.

6. What would you do differently next time?
I would try out another athlete.

7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process?
Alazay, Fine and Miss Paton.

8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking?
I have learnt to cut the curves firmly.

This is my reflection on my art work. I am very pleased with my print. Please leave a comment. Thank you

More of our amazing prints

This week we have been working very hard using a variety of print making techniques-Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink. Check out our beautiful prints of sports that are competed in at the Olympic Games.

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Our beautiful prints

During these last couple of weeks we have been doing print making. We have been making cardboard templates of athletes in action combining ancient and modern day Olympic themes. We have created four different types of prints: Crayon rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink. Check out our amazing prints.

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My Olympic Wordle By Caitlin

This Term we are studying on the Olympics and my class have made  Wordle's. If you like my work please leave a comment.

My Popplet on what I know about the Olympic Games By Angel

This is my Popplet on what I know about the Olympic Games. I have grouped my ideas.

Taryn's USA Medal Table

This is Taryn's medal table. She has focused on the sports which have earned the most medals in for the United States of America.

New Zealand Medal Table By Quaid

These are the medals New Zealand has won so far. We hope to win many more within the next few days.

Australia Medal Table By Asmah

This is Asmah's medal table on Australia's progress. Australia is now ahead of New Zealand with the number of gold medals earned.

England (Great Britain) medal Table By Rose

This is Rose's medal table on Great Britain's performance, so far. 

Canada Medal Table By Teagan

This is Teagan's medal on Canada's progress so far. Lots of bronze medals gained.

China Medal Table, By Addnan

Check out Addnan's medal table on the progress the Chinese Olympic Team are going.

My Report on Valerie Adams By Quaid

Valerie Adams is a very famous shot putter. She has won many gold medals at the Olympics and has broken many world records.

Valerie Kasanita Adams was born on the 6th October 1984 in Rotorua, New Zealand. She had a Tongan mother Lalika Ngauamo and an English father Sydney Adams. She is a member of the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Valerie has several brothers including a star basketball player Steven Adams.

Valerie was noticed at school by her P.E teacher how she has a lot of strength. Also she was very shy but she was very good at basketball. When Valerie was 15, in 1999 she competed in her first World Youth Championships in shot-put, finishing in tenth place.

Sadly in 1998 Lilika (Valerie`s Mum) was diagnosed with cancer. The next year she died in hospital. Many people knew that Lilika was an inspiration to Valerie. The next couple of years, Valerie tried her best in shot-put and she tried hard not to let this tragedy get in the way of her life.

Valerie competed in a lot of events such as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. Valerie won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She won gold at the 2008 Beijing Games. She also won gold at the the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In Jamaica, she threw a shotput at 17.73 metres. She won silver at the Manchester Commonwealth Games.


Valerie is a very strong shot putter and she will continue to make New Zealand proud. There is no doubt that she will break more world records!

The BP Challenge

BP Challenge 1 from Joy Paton on Vimeo.

On Tuesday August 7th, the Senior Team had the BP Challenge. The students were divided into groups in which they had to work with a student in Room 5, 6, 7, 8. They were given three challenges to complete during the day and were marked on whether their creation met design brief criteria. Check out our movie.

My comment to Oh S'mar: By Jacob

This is my comment to Oh s'mar. It is on his Valerie Adams report.

My result on Place Value

 This is the first time I have been on this site. This is my score on level 1.

I have done better on level 2 than 1.

Do you know who Valerie Kasanita Adams is? Nicky

Do you know who Valerie Kasanita Adams is?  Valerie Adams is a famous New Zealand Shot putter. She has broken many records and has won many, many awards. I hope you enjoy this report and you learn something.

Valerie Adams grew up in Rotorua in New Zealand. She was born in 1984, her dad was English and her mum was Tongan. Valerie Kasanita Adams is 6 ft 5 inches or 1.96 metres tall. When Valerie played in her school basketball team her height and her sports skills made her really handy with the ball.Valerie Adams belongs to the church of Jesus Christ, of Latter - Day Saints.In 2010, Valerie Adams had separated her husband Bertrand Vili.  

As Valerie Adams got older she started to enjoy Shot Put, so to become an expert she had been coached. Valerie had three coaches, her first coach was Kirsten Hellier, they met in 1998, her second coach was Didier Poppe in 2010, and Jean Pierre Egger was her third Coach.

One of Valerie Adams achievements was winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006. She won another gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In Beijing Valerie won another gold medal in the 2008 Games. At the Melbourne Games she was shot putting at 19.66 m! In the Beijing Games, she threw a shot put at 20.56 m! Also in Jamaica she threw a shot put, the distance was 17.73 m, and won a silver at the Commonwealth Games! Valerie sure has won a lot of medals.

Sadly, Valerie's mum died when she was just 15. Whenever Valerie competes in challenges, she oftens look up to the Heavens.

My Report on Valerie Adams By Teagan

Valerie Adams

Valerie Kasanita Adams is one of the best Shot Putters in the world. She is one of the best gold medal chances for New Zealand, and makes New Zealand proud.

Valerie Kasanita Adams was born October 6th 1984. She was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. Valerie is Tongan from her mother Lilika Ngauomo, and English from her dad Sydney Adams. Valerie has several brothers over 7ft tall. Her youngest brother Steven Adams is a basketball player in Massachusetts United States of America. Valerie Is very tall. She is 6ft 4, that is 1.96 metres, nearly 2 metres tall. Valerie supports God and belongs to Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ.

Valerie was shy at school. She went to Otatara Primary School. Her family couldn’t afford shoes for her massive feet. She was the tallest in her class and used to get teased and got called names at school. She was good at basketball and had strong forearms which was first recognised by her P.E. teacher at Mangere High School.

A sad part in Valerie’s life was when her mother Lilika Ngauamo died of cancer when Valerie was just 15 years old. Her mother inspired her to shot put and to work harder. Valerie later on got married to the a New Caledonian discus thrower Bertrand Vili in 2004. But unfortunately Valerie  and Bertrand separated in 2010.

She broke the record for shot put in bare feet in the junior championships.  In 2001 Valerie won gold at the World Youth championships in Hungary. In 2002 Valerie was first in the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, throwing a distance of 17.73m and then went on to win silver at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, with a throw of  17.45m.Valerie went to her first Olympics in Athens in 2004, just a month after having surgery.Valerie came ninth in the qualifying round, she missed out on the final. One of the finalists later failed a drugs test, which brought Valerie into eighth place. In 2008 Valerie won gold at the Beijing Olympics.

Valerie has had three coaches. Her first coach was Kirsten Hellier, who was a well known javelin thrower. They met in 1998 and were together for 11 years. Her second coach was Dide Poppe and fired him in 2010. She now lives in Switzerland with her third coach Jean Pierre Egger. Valerie has done very well under him.
Valerie Adams is one of New Zealand’s icons and will hopefully win us some medals at the London Olympics this year.

My report on Valerie Adams By Isabella

Valerie Kasanita Adams

                          

Introduction

Valerie Kasanita Adams is a famous New Zealand shot putter. She has won many gold medals and she has broken many world records because of her powerful throwing ability.

Valerie Adams was born on 6th October 1984, in Rotorua New Zealand. She has a Tongan mother and her  father was English born. She also has several brothers. She was a shy child at school, she went to Otatara Primary School also she went to Mangere High School. She is 6 ft 5 in tall and she weighs 120 kg. She was also good at basketball. Her first coach was Kirsten Hellier she was well known for Javelin player. They met in 1998 and were together for 11 years.

In Valerie’s life there has also been some sadness because her mother died when she was 15 years old and it was her mother that inspired her. Also Valerie and her husband were divorced,

Valerie Adams has broke the world record for shot put in bare feet for the junior championship. She won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. In Jamaica she threw a shot put at 17.73m.

She won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Valerie Adams best throw was 21.24m. Valerie Adams has won 2 gold   medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. At the 2009 Grand Premio Rio in Brazil she won the competition with a new personal best and oceanian area record of 20.69m.  She won at the 2012 IAAF continental cup with a Season’s best mark of 20.85m.

Valerie Adams is well known for the three time world champion and two time Commonwealth and indoor champion for shot put.

She might win something for this year at the London 2012 Olympics.

My Report on Valerie Adams By Aryan

Valerie Adams

Valerie Kasanita Adams is a very famous shot putter. She has recently gone to the Olympics and She has won a lot of gold medals. She has put New Zealand on the map around the world for her very great achievements.

Valerie was born on October 6th 1984 in Rotorua. Lilika Ngauamo and Sydney Adams are her parents.  She has several brothers and they all are over seven feet tall. Her mother died when she was just 15 years old. In 1998 her mother had  cancer and she died the following year.
Valerie was very sad and turned to sports for comfort.

Valerie is a shot putter for New Zealand and she has won 12 gold medals, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal she has broken many world records. Overall Valerie Adams is a famous female shot putter. We all believe that she will definitely bring back a gold medal to New Zealand.

My Report on Valerie Adams By Oh S'mar

Report on Valerie Kasanita Adams

Valerie Adams is a famous New Zealand Shot Putter. She is representing New Zealand in the London Olympics 2012.

Valerie was born on October 6th 1984 in Rotorua, New Zealand. She is 6ft tall. Her mum Lilika Ngauamo is Tongan and her Dad, Sydney Adams is English. Valerie Adams has several brothers. Her brother are all 7ft tall. Her mother died when she was 15 years old. Her mother inspired her and her mother died before she became famous.

Valerie attended Otautara Primary School. She was shy when she first started school. Valerie Adams has been to three Olympic Games.

Valerie broke a record in the Junior Championship in bare feet. She has also set many world records. In 2009 Valerie threw a distance of 20.69m. In 1998 Valerie first met Kirstan Hellier a famous javelin thrower. She was her coach for 11 years. Kirstan supported Valerie when her mum died. Her next coach was Didder Poppe. In 2010 her Diddier Poppe was fired and Jean Pierre from Switzerland came along and has been working with her together since.

In 2007 Valerie Adams had married Bertand Vili but then separated in 2010. She was once Valerie Vili but is now back to Valerie Adams. Valerie Adams is having a successful career. She is making New Zealand proud. Hopefully she still remains the reigning women’s Olympics champion. We are all astonished with her amazing talent and wish her all the best on her journey.

My Report on Valerie Adams By Angel

Valerie Adams

Valerie Kasanita Adams is a famous New Zealand shot putter. She has broken many world records and has won many gold medals. Valerie Adams makes New Zealand proud of her achievements

 Valerie Kasanita Adams was born on October 6th 1984 in Rotorua, New Zealand and was brought up in a Christian background. Her mother Lilika Ngauamo was Tongan and her father Sydney Adams was English born. She also has several brothers that are over 7ft tall. Sadly her mother died when she was 15 years old and her mother inspired her. In 2010 she divorced her husband Bertrand Vili.

 Valerie was a shy child when she was at school. She was also very tall and good at basketball. Her P.E teacher spotted her talents at high school in Mangere and noticed her good forearm throws.

 Valerie Adams broke the record for shot put in bare feet in the junior championships. She also won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth. In Jamaica she threw a shot put at 17.73m and won silver at the Commonwealth Games. She is currently holding the New Zealand Oceanian, Commonwealth and equal World championship records with a personal best throw of 21.24 metres.

 Her first coach was Kristern Hellier. She was a very well known Javelin player. They met in 1998 and were together for 11 years. Valerie Adam’s coach now is Jean-Pierre Egger

 Valerie Adams’s makes New Zealand proud of her achievements. Valerie will make New Zealand proud in the 2012 Olympic games and will win lots of gold medals.