My Tapa Cloth Reflection By Teagan

Reflecting on my Tapa Cloth

1. Are you pleased with your Tapa Cloth? why / why not?
Yes I am pleased with my tapa because I work so hard on it with my patterns.

2. What did you find easy when you were creating your Tapa?
The boarder was the easiest when I was creating my tapa because it was the last bit I did.

3. What did you find tricky when you were creating your Tapa?
Doing the patterns in the diamonds,it was really tricky drawing the flowers in the diamonds.


4. If you made another Tapa, what would you change and why?
I think I could have done better with my bleaching on the boarders.


5.  Who / What has helped you in creating your Tapa?
Tyler helped me rule and bleach my tapa.

6. Did you use any of your own cultural patterns in your own Tapa? Which ones? What do      they mean? If you didn’t use your cultural patterns, what did patterns did you use? Where did they come from?

My whole tapa is from Samoa.

7. What geometric elements does your Tapa Cloth show? Reflection, Rotation, Translation. My tapa shows translation.

Oh no Dad, By Teagan

At the moment we are on summer holiday in New Zealand. All students are on holiday for about six weeks. During the next month, Creative Voice will feature some of our best pieces of work that they have been done during the year. New work will feature on Creative Voice in mid February.

My Fishing Story

One sunny me my Dad and my cousins were fishing at the Panmure Wharf. My Dad packed up heaps of bait and made sure the weather and the sea was alright.  It was a quiet day for us as no one had caught any fish yet. We had been there for almost 2 hours and none of us could catch one. My Dad said one more hour and then we will go home.

My cousin threw his fishing line into the sea not expecting anything when...... A great big pull nearly pulled him into the ocean. He was pulling with all his strength, back and forth went the fish and my cousin. My cousin pulled with all of his strength and pulled the fish out of the water. It was like pulling a truck. It was a great big Snapper. This would feed our family for sure.  He pulled it up, it was twisting and swirling like a crazy animal. He got it off from the hook and gave to my Dad.

It was twisting and twirling in my Dad’s hands. It was trying to escape. My Dad was wobbling and the fish was wobbling too. My dad dropped it on the floor. My dad dropped the only fish we caught on the floor. It flipped and it flopped, my Dad tried to jump on it but it was too late.  It rolled into the sea. I was laughing and my cousins were laughing too. It didn’t really matter because that was a breading fish and it was too big. My Dad just covered it up by buying some fish from the store. He told us not to tell anyone or we will get in trouble.

Never give your fish to my Dad.

The End

My Christmas message By Teagan

This is my Christmas message to my Mum and Dad.

Teagan's Art Reflection

Art: Reflecting on my Endless Rhythm Painting

1. Are you pleased with your Endless Rhythm painting? why / why not?
Yes, I have lots of colours and it looks cool.

2. What did you find easy when you created your Endless Rhythm painting?
Making the big circles.

3. What part did you find tricky when you were creating your Endless Rhythm painting? -think about painting, ruling it up tracing plates, cups, etc.
I found painting a little bit hard because  

4. Who / What helped you when you were painting?
Nobody

5. What would you do differently next time? Think about: colours, painting, ruling up, etc.
Pick my colours differently. I would pick black instead of blue and do different shades pf colours.


6. What frustrated you when you created your Endless Rhythm painting?
Trying to find the middle of the paper.

This is my art. It is could Endless Rhythm. Click on it to make it bigger.

Addnan and Teagan's presentation on the Chinese Lantern Festival

Check out Teagan and Addnan's filmed presentation on the Chinese Lantern Festival.

Addnan & Teagan from Joy Paton on Vimeo.

My Bio Poem By Teagan

My Bio Poem

Teagan

Is: Humorous, Team Player, Supportive, Talented

Son of: Haisley and Terresa

Older Brother Of: Lukah, Koura-Beau and Riley.

Lover Of: Rugby, My Parents, Brothers, Sports

Who Feels: Exhausted after a rugby game, Sleepy after dinner, Guilty for not taking the blame.

Who Gives: Love to my brothers, Lunch to people when they  have none, Sharing my lollies with my brothers.

Who Fears: Being injured in a sports, Being embarrassed in front of everybody,  another earthquake or deadly disaster.

Who Would Like To See: Pizza from New York, See the Eiffel Tower in Paris, To go to Water World and all the other play parks in the Gold Coast Australia.

Who Lives In: Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand

Pao

My Art Reflection By Teagan

 Art: Reflecting on my Abstract Painting

1. Are you pleased with your abstract painting? why / why not?
Yes because I like the different shades of blue.

2. What did you find easy when you created your abstract painting?
Painting the square.

3. What part did you find tricky when you were creating your abstract painting? -think about painting, ruling it up etc.
Ruling the squares and doing all the shapes.

4. Who / What helped you when you were painting?
Miss Paton helped me.

5. What would you do differently next time? Think about: colours, painting, ruling of grid, etc.
I would do my painting tidier.


6. What frustrated you when you created your abstract painting?
The grid.

Our Paintings

This term we have been painting in the style of Friedrich Vordemberg Gildewart, an abstract artist from Germany. Check out our amazing artworks. There will be more to come, very soon.

My Comic Life on the Chinese Lantern Festival By Teagan and Addnan

This is me and Addnan's comic life on the Lantern Festival. Click on it to make it bigger and maybe you will learn something from our presentation.

My Presentation on the Chinese Lantern Festival By Teagan and Addnan

My Narrative Checklist By Teagan

This is my narrative check list. These are all the things that I have completed.

My Narrative By Teagan

My Own Narrative

Once upon a time there was boy a named Leroy. Leroy was a kung fu fighter and he would train with his master Sensei Wu under his dads pizza shop. Sensei Wu said in his words of wisdom  if he focused hard enough he would create a fireball and lightning ball  in his hands and become stronger  then his training would be finished. His father Tobi and his mother Temari owned a pizza shop. It was called Tobiriffic Pizza. Leroy had a little brother named Kakashi. Kakashi didn’t like what Leroy was doing and started  calling him Bruce Leroy. He was teasing him because he was a ninja. There was a bad group that would challenge people at Kung fu. The leaders name was Pain because of the pain he brings.


One day Pain and his group found Leroy and Sensei Wu’s training spot. Sensei  was  having a sleep when Pain stabbed him in the stomach and put Sensei Wu to his end. Leroy was cleaning his dads pizza shop when he heard this screaming “AAAA”. Leroy immediately knew it was Sensei Wu. Leroy ran over as fast as he could but it was too late Sensei Wu was dieing. He heard running but he couldn’t catch them they were  too fast. Leroy held Sensei Wu while Sensei Wu closed  his eyes and went into the light. Leroy screamed “NOOO!!”. Leroy said if he ever saw those guys again he would get his revenge.


Leroy teaches teenagers to help him to defeat Pain and his group. Leroy trains harder and focuses on mastering that fireball and lightning ball. One day  Leroy found a kid on the street. He must of got  beaten up by pain because he was bleeding by his lip and  his nose was all bloody too. Leroy asked him what his name was he whispered “ Kakashi “. Leroy screamed what. It was his little brother. So he picked him up and brought him to his class. Leroy was so angry it was like his head was going to explode. Leroy was furious.


A little while after he heard his mum scream “ AAAA”. Leroy ran up as fast as the wind and there he was . Pain, Pain grabbed his mother and chucked her to the floor then started chuckling to himself. Leroy focuses and remembered what Sensei Wu said. He focused and focused and focused. He opened up his hands and lightning started swirling in his left hand while in his right hand fire starting swirling in hand.  His eyes went blue as he struck the two hands and pushed it towards Pain. Pain screamed in pain “ Arrr”. Pain fell to the ground and was never seen again. Leroy keep training teenagers and himself. His dads pizza shop got bigger and it is all over the world. There was no more trouble and everybody lived happily after.
           

My Three Billy Goats Gruff Story By Teagan

Learning Intention
I am learning to identify the features of a narrative

Success Criteria:
I can identify the characters - defining the personalities of the characters
I can identify the setting/place - where and when the story took place
I can identify the problem the characters experience
I can identify the resolution - how the problem was solved

Read through this passage and use your highlighter on your netbook to identify the above features:- characters, setting, problem and resolution

The Billy Goats Gruff

There were once three billy goats- big old Grandfather Gruff, his son Bill, and his grandson Billy who was hardly more than a kid. They spent the snowy winter in a valley. But when spring came, they longed to climb to the green alps where sweet grass grew.
As they set off the little bell on the littlest Billy Goat Gruff went ting tang tong, and his little feet went trit trat trot.

The bell on the second Billy Goat Gruff went cling clong clang, and his feet went clippity-clip.

But the big bell on the biggest Billy Goat Gruff went bing bang bong and his feet went clip-clop clip-clop.

“Soon we will cross the river gorge and reach the mountains” he said.
Little did they know that a terrible troll had made his home under the bridge. There was no other way across the gorge, and the troll was growing fat and happy, eating the travellers who passed that way. As the littlest Billy Goat Gruff came trotting over the bridge, his bell went ting tang tong and his feet went trit trat trot. The troll heard him and poked his red eyes over the edge of the bridge.

“Who dares to cross my bridge?” he said. I’ll eat him between bread for a sandwich!”
The littlest Billy Goat Gruff blinked at the troll, then he said, “Eat me if you must, but I’m very small and thin. My father, Billy Goat Gruff, is coming along behind me. He’s much bigger and fatter than I am. Listen”
“Hrmph”, said the troll, but he listened, and sure enough he could hear the second Billy Goat Gruff coming, his bell going cling clong clang. “All right, be off with you,” said the troll. “But I’ll be waiting to eat you up on your way back”.

So the littlest Billy Goat Gruff hurried on across the bridge. But he stopped at the far side, to see what would happen. The second Billy Goat Gruff reached the brdieg, and his feet went clippity-clip and the bell round his neck went cling clong clang. The troll poked his bulging blue nose over the edge of the bridge. “Who dares to cross my bridge? I’ll eat him under pastry for a pie!”
The second Billy Goat Gruff blinked at the troll, then he said, “Eat me if you must, but I’m rather bony and tough. My father, Billy Goat Gruff, is coming along behind me. He’s much bigger and fatter than I. Listen”.
“Hrrmmphph!” said the troll, but he listened, and sure enough he could hear the third Billy Goat Gruff coming, his bell going bing bang bong. “All right”, said the troll.
“Get off my bridge. But I’ll be waiting here to eat you up on your way back!”
So the second Billy Goat Gruff hurried on across the bridge. But he stopped at the far side as well, to see what would happen.

When the third Billy Goat reached the bridge, his feet went clip-clop clip clop and the bell round his neck went bing bang bong. The troll pulled himself on to the bridge and stood barring the way- and a nasty, nobbly, spiteful, spikey, horrible, hairy troll he was.
“Who DARES to cross MY bridge? I’ll eat him RAW!”
The biggest Billy Goat Gruff blinked at the troll, then he said, “Eat me, will you? We’ll see about that!” And he lowered his two great horns, and pawed the planks with his big front foot-ratch scratch scrape-
“I’ve horns on my head and hooves on my feet
And I’ll show you what they’re for!
I’ve got hooves on my feet and horns on my head:
I’ve seen worse than you before!”

Then he thundered over the bridge and rammed the troll, and tossed him so high in the air that the troll did not come down for three days.
So the third Billy Goat Gruff reached the other side of the bridge, and trotted into the mountains with his son and grandson, to eat the sweet grass all summer long.
For all I know, they may still be there.  

Problem:
The problem was the troll. It would not move or give way to let the three goats across the bridge

Resolution:
Grandfather Gruff was the strongest in the team and the troll so he used his horn and hooves and rammed into the troll to get past.

My retelling of the Three Little Pigs Story By Teagan

Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there were three little pigs. One day their mother told them that they were old enough to build their own houses and live by themselves and not with their mother. The first pig worked very hard and built his house out of hay and straw. Then he relaxed on a stack of straw. The second pig worked very hard too and built his house out of twigs and sticks. Then sat down on a the chair he made out sticks. The third pig worked the hardest and built his house out of cement and bricks. He worked all day to make his house perfect.


One day there was a wolf and this wolf didn’t have his lunch, so he was looking for a feast. He was walking along the forest when he saw this house made out of straw. He looked in the window with his big eyes  and he could see a big piece of bacon. It was the first little pig. He shouted to the pig in his deep voice “Little pig, little pig let me in”.
The pig replied in his high voice “Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin”. The big bad wolf replied in his deep voice “I’ll huff and I’ll blow your house down”. So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the first pigs house down. So the first pig ran jiggling his way  over to the second pigs house.
He knocked on the door and shouted in horror “Open the door a wolf’s chasing me”. The wolf looked in with his big eyes into the second little pigs house. He saw two pieces of bacon, they were the pigs. The big bad wolf shouted “Little pigs, little pigs let me in”, the pigs replied “Not by the hairs of my chiny chin chin”.
The big bad wolf replied “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down”. So he huffed and he puffed and blew his house down. So the jiggling pigs ran over to the third little pigs house. They knocked on the door and shouted “Open the door a wolf wants to eat us for dinner”. The big bad wolf looked inside and saw three pieces of bacon. He shouted “Little pigs, little pigs let me in”.
the pigs replied “Not by the hair on our chinny chin chins”.
the wolf replied “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down”. So the big bad wolf huffed and he puffed but he could not blow the third pigs house down. He was frustrated. The wolf thought of a plan. He would climb on top of the chimney and come down the fireplace, but the third pig was ready. He put boiling hot water over the hot, hot fire. The wolf fell in “OWWW” he screamed. The big bad wolf stopped bullying and was never seen again.
The pigs lived together in their own brick houses and lived happily ever after.

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.

Canada Medal Table By Teagan

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

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 Popplet on the Olympics

This my popplet on the Olympics.

My Olympic Wordle By Teagan

This is my olympic wordle. Our topic this year is the olympics so we did a wordle on them.

Zeppelin's Group Poster By Teagan, Jacob, Kifi, Isaac

These are the the posters that my group made in Comic Life.