Room 21's Class Blog

We have been looking at Piet Mondrian's abstract art style. We practiced creating our our Mondrian inspired art using only red, yellow, blue and white. We used black lines to outline each shape. We used squares and rectangles of differing sizes. We arranged our shapes to create an image that was balanced. This activity took longer to complete than we expected.

This is our Calendar Art. We looked at the work of different artists including Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock and of course, Vincent Van Gogh.

Kane got to the highest level in our class.  He reached level 8 along with Tony and Ryan.  However, Kane also got the highest score.  Keep practicing so that you can beat Kane in next week's challenge. Nobody in the class beat Ms Corbett yet!!!  I am not looking forward to the day that somebody does beat me!!!!  Keep working at it guys.

We were always running out if headphones but now Rosie's dad has made a fantastic contribution to our class for which we are extremely grateful.

It was nice to host the Ako Hiko teachers at New Windsor School yesterday. It was great to catch up with everyone and have an informal discussion about our classrooms. Only high tech signs for us!!!

We were lucky enough to get some tips from New Zealand Football Fern, Lily Alfeld.  We had a great time Lily.  Thanks for the excellent tips.  For more information about Lily go to... http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=1170

Wow you look so brainy with those glasses. Congratulations Ayan. You presented an excellent mihi. Kia Ora Ayan.

We made these shapes all about us using "Tagxedo".  www.tagxedo.com

This is my cat.  He fell off the balcony at my house.  The balcony is on the second story of my house so it was quite high.  He was asleep on the thin rail of the balcony when he fell off.  He didn’t wake up in time and so he landed heavily on his side.  I spent the last 2 hours with him before he died.  It was in the middle of the night.  I was waiting for the Vets to open but he couldn’t hold on.  I cried for a week and I wouldn’t get off the couch.  I’m still very sad to have lost him. Room 11 Pets and Loss Ayan Once i saw a cat it was running to go to the other side and it was crashed and cars went over it and the cat died and no one picked it up and even i saw a bird flying and it fell on the ground and car did not care about animals and the cat i was talking about its kittens one of it died and i got scared and ran away and my dad found a cat in the garage and it was dead in the garage and i do not have a idea where my dad put it and i did not even look at it. And

Here are my Beep Test results to date.  They started pretty low.  Actually they are still pretty low now.  However, I am happy that they are moving up.  These results are from 6 March to 8 April.  I keep injuring my calf.  I hurt the other one today.  I know,excuses excuses...     I've been researching ways to help me improve my results.  I look forward to getting back out there.   Ms Laxa has made fantastic progress.  Her short term aim is to get to Level 3. She was so close today. I am proud of her and motivated to get better. 

We have been doing the Beep Test now for a few weeks.  Unfortunately we had a big break of about 2 weeks in between.  Twice now I have pulled my calf muscle.  I want to research about preventing that injury so I can run further.  I’m going to find a way to increase my current score of 2.4 to my goal of 5.1.   Please add the information you have found to improve your Beep Test Score.  Include your Lowest Score AND Current Score AND Your Goal .   Room 11 Paulette My lowest score is 1.4.  My current score is 2.4.  My goal is 5.1.  I Am frustrated because I keep pulling my calf muscle.  I think I have to warm up my muscles and stretch my calf before I run.  I will see what information I can find on the internet. Ayan My lowest  beep test score is 2.6. My highest score is 3.1.My goal  is 7.9 Kira My lowest beep test score I have ever gotten was a score of 4.7. I do not have a current score because I did not want to do the beep test today. My goal is to get up t