Mona Lisa Information Report

 In an estimated 1503, the famed Mona Lisa was painted. It’s well known artist Leonardo Da Vinci made the Mona Lisa at 51 years of age, and the portrait took him four years to master and perfect. His model for the painting was actually called Lisa del Giocondo, and the art is thought to have been a celebration for her new home where she lived with her husband, Francesco del Giocondo and in honour of their second born son, although the art 

never was delivered to it’s patron and Leonardo kept it with 

him throughout the rest of his life.

Many years later, in 1911, disaster struck. 

The Mona Lisa had been stolen! Its thief, the Italian artist Vicenzo Peruggia, had hidden out of sight for two years before he was finally captured and the painting returned.

There have now of course, been many reproductions of 

The Mona Lisa, including the one with the mustache at Pompidou, but the real one remains in it’s rightful place at the Louvre Museum in France.

And we hope nobody will dare to raid it.

Article By: Tara Morgan

Art Smart!

For topic each week we get into groups and complete challenges. We always have the same groups and I am with Krystal, Tui, Grace, Jimi, and Leo. This week, along with two other activities, we had art smart. In art smart, we had to individually take photos that involved water in some way. 

Here are some of the photos that I took. 

Would you like to do an activity like this?

Hand Ball!

Over the first week of term two, my class and I have been learning how to play hand ball. It's a mix of basket ball and netball that my teacher, Nic, created. Some of the basic rules in handball is that we can bounce the ball, but only three times before passing to another player. If you don't pass within three seconds, then it's the other teams ball. Like in netball, you can't be in the another players 'bubble' so you have to be a meter away at all times. 

Today I played as a 'centre', so it was my job to move around the other team's players, so my team could pass to me before I passed to another player, like the 'goal attack' so they could shoot. There was also boundaries for each player, as a centre, I was allowed to run anywhere on the court apart from in the goal circles.

Does handball sound like a fun game for your class or friends?

Maybe you could give it a go!

                                           

Goals for Term 2

This term I would like to have my main focus on maths, as it is my weakest subject. So far I can recall almost all of my time tables from 1-11s, so my aim for this term could be to learn the twelve and thirteen time tables and be able to recollect within three seconds, as the rule goes.

I would also like to learn new sports skills, my main sports have always been equestrian (at home) and club hockey. At school each term we usually have a new sport that many of us do not know how to play so we all get a chance to develop a new capability. For example, last term we played softball, and throughout the year before, we played volleyball, rippa rugby, and basket ball. I hope you enjoyed this blog post about my goals for this term.

Do YOU have some goals?

Anzac Day 25/4/21

Anzac Day, set on the 25th of April, is a celebration of lives that were taken in the first world war, over 100 years ago. These days to commemorate Anzac Day you can bake Anzac biscuits, wear a poppy on your shirt or participate in a dawn parade at your local town. The following paragraphs may explain somethings you may not have known about Anzac day. Enjoy!

Why the 25th?

Anzac day is celebrated on the 25th of April because on the morning of April 25th 1915, the Anzacs departed to capture Gallipoli peninsula in order to open  the Dardanelles to the allied navies. Therefore the 25th of April became the day when New Zealanders and Australians recalled on the sacrifice of those who had died in the war. 

Is Anzac Day recognised in all countries?

Anzac day is mainly rejoiced by individuals of Australia and New Zealand, though it can by celebrated by others worldwide.

What does 'Anzac' stand for?

The word Anzac was given to the soldiers from NZ and Australia that fought in ww1, it is short for 'Australia & New Zealand Army Corps'

The History of Anzac Biscuits:

During the first world war in 1910, Anzac biscuits were first created by the wives, girlfriends and mothers of the men at war as they were concerned that they were not able to eat many nutritional foods. They were first named 'Soldiers Biscuits' but after the soldiers landed in Gallipoli in 1915 they were soon changed to the title of Anzac biscuits. You can easily make Anzac biscuits using flour, sugar, coconut, rolled oats, butter, golden syrup or treacle, baking soda and boiling water. For more information on this recipe you can easily search it up or if you have a cook book it is likely to be found in there.

Walk up Mt Te Kinga 12.4.21

Last week, on the eighth of April, my class and I went for a fun day trip to walk up to Mt Te Kinga's Third lookout. On the way up it started off easy and gradually got steeper and we sometimes had to climb over logs or balance across them over murky and sunken patches on the track. It was a sunny day so the view from the second lookout was amazing. Some of the year eights (including me) had already been up mount Te Kinga to the top so we were used to the rough terrain. It was much quicker going down the summit so we had reached the bottom in about half and hour whereas it had taken us a much longer time to trek up.

When my group and I got down we ate our lunch while we waited for the groups that followed and then got ready to go swimming. The water was freezing cold when I first went in, but when I swam out further, I got used to it. After swimming a little while, Mackenzie and I teamed up to assemble a campfire. Then the whole class roasted three marshmallows each on the beach. 

Our trip was super fun and I hope we do another over the next three terms.

Would you enjoy a trip like this?

Earthquake Poster

Throughout term one we have been learning about geology, specifically the rock cycle although we have been learning about tsunamis and earthquakes too. Recently we made some posters about what we learned, they had to have 10 facts about the topic we had individually chosen. The poster could be about anything related to geology or the rock cycle, - I chose earthquakes. Here is a picture of my poster.