Zentangle art

ZenTangle Art

Before lockdown we started an art piece called zentangle art.

We had to base it on our school pepeha.

The Lighthouse

One part of our pepeha is the lighthouse. Last week we went on a lighthouse walk.

The walk was long but fun because there were lots of interesting creatures to see.

My favorite part of the walk was stepping over and dodging stones and rocks!

When we made it to the lighthouse we sang our school pepeha.

This is one of the zentangle art themes.

Moengaroa

During the lighthouse walk we passed Moengaroa, our monga.

Moengaroa is another part to our school pepeha.

When we passed it it looked huge.

I was so desperate to climb Moengaroa but we were not allowed.

This is another zentangle art theme.

Hamanatua

Hamanatua is a part of our pepeha and zentangle art.

Our awa is Hamanatua. We walk down to our awa about once a term.

In the area we usually plant plants and pick up rubbish!

Hamanatua is my favorite part of the art!

Te poho rari

Last but not least our marae. Te poho rari is our marae's name.

Last year we had a sleepover at our marae. We did lots of activities there like art.

For dinner we had nachos! Te poho rari is the last part of our zentangle art.

I can't wait to finish my zentangle art!

Lockdown Learning

Lockdown Learning 

 During the lockdown we still did school activities even though we were not at school. Every week was a new theme and every Friday we dressed up as that theme. 

 Week 1: ANZAC Day

 On our first week of lockdown learning our theme was ANZAC day. Our teacher put up a check off list with lots of activities to complete. There were word finds, 10 WW1 (world war 1) questions and even poppy art. My favorite activity was making ANZAC biscuits (who does not like cookies?) On Friday we dressed up as poppies! 

 Week 2: Animal Kingdom

 Our second week's theme was animals. There were 4 groups we could choose from. The African big 4, sharks, big cats and reptiles. My group was reptiles because lizards and snakes are the closest I could get to a dragon (because I love dragons). Some of the activities were making a mask, making a diorama and guessing the mystery animal. My favorite one was making a mini animal. On Friday I dressed up as a horned lizard.

 Week 3: World Famous

 Our third week’s theme was World Famous. Like Animal Kingdom, there were 4 groups. I was in Movie. We could be any famous person in that theme and I was Benedict Cumberbatch. Some of the tasks were a quiz, magazine cover and even a face morph (I have no idea what that is). On Friday I dressed up Smaug because Benedict Cumberbatch (wow that is hard to spell) did the voice of smaug.

 Week 4: Story Time

 On our last week of lockdown (finally) our theme was Story Time. We could choose any book character to work on. My book character was Saphira from Eragon. Some of the activities were a book cover, a book review and even a wanted poster. My favorite task was the wanted poster. On Friday I dressed up as Saphira (because that was my character).

 Lockdown was pretty fun but we are back at school. YAY!